Intel Director’s Refusal to Reveal a Whistleblower Complaint is “Deeply Troubling,” Schiff Says
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffJ. Scott Applewhite/AP Last week, the Intelligence Community Inspector General notified Congress about a whistleblower complaint that was “credible” and of “urgent concern.” Now, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire won’t turn over the complaint at the behest of a “higher authority,” House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff…
Mar-a-Lago Intruder Convicted of Trespassing at Trump’s Private Club
Mar-a-Lago on April 3, 2019.Joe Raedle/Getty Images A jury in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday convicted a Chinese woman for trespassing and lying to a Secret Service agent at Mar-a-Lago on March 30. The verdict did not clarify whether the intruder, Yujing Zhang, a 33-year old financial consultant from Shanghai, was spying for the Chinese…
Mattis Aide’s Tell-All Book Cleared for Release After Months-Long Delay by the Pentagon
Zach Gibson/Getty A former aide to Defense Secretary James Mattis is moving forward with the release of a book his publisher has hyped as a “sometimes shocking account” of the Pentagon under President Donald Trump, less than two weeks after he sued the Pentagon over claims that officials delayed its release to help Mattis. Guy…
Michael Flynn’s Deep State Strategy Is Failing in Court. He May Not Care.
Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, leaves the federal court with his lawyer Sidney Powell on Tuesday.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press Michael Flynn’s combative new legal strategy appears to be failing in federal court. But it is increasingly clear that Flynn is aiming at a different audience. He’s apparently hoping that by claiming…
Trump’s National Security Team Is Now a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Defense Industry
President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One prior to departing from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on March 2, 2017.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty With John Bolton out as national security adviser, the defense industry is poised to receive even more representation in the highest levels of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team. Bolton deputy Charlie…
New Emails Show How the Pentagon Delayed a Mattis Aide’s Tell-All Book
Steven Ferdman/Getty On a Tuesday morning in March, Guy Snodgrass emailed his former boss, Defense Secretary James Mattis, to break some news: A tell-all book he had been writing for Random House, containing his “fly-on-the-wall view of Mattis” formed after 17 months working as the former general’s speechwriter, was set to be announced the following…