Showing posts with label intelligence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intelligence. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2026

Blocked Indefinitely (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked the $1.776B slush fund and has given Todd Blanche and the Treasury Secretary one week to rescind the fund in writing.

Todd Blanche petitioned the courts to release Epstein grand jury material as a diversion tactic after meeting with White House officials in the Situation Room to discuss how to protect Donald Trump.

President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director of National Intelligence.

Newly released transcripts reveal improprieties during the Broadview Six grand jury proceedings.

Plus listener questions.
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Sunday, May 10, 2026

‘Largely slop’: Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy is scant on substance but heavy on enemies

It makes no mention of far-right or white supremacist ideology, which has consistently been behind incidents of domestic political violence, but singles out “radically pro-transgender” and “anti-American” ideology for “neutralization”. It claims immigration has turned Europe into an “incubator of terror threats” and called on European allies to “halt its willful decline”. And it accuses past administrations of having “weaponized” the intelligence community, pledging to keep the intelligence apparatus from being used as a political tool “against innocent Americans” even as it outlines a plan that appears to do exactly that…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/trump-counter-terrorism-policy-sebastian-gorka


 

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Fulton County Foolishness (Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Mark Warner; Making the Case podcast on YouTube)

March 27 | From both a prosecutorial and intelligence standpoint, the FBI’s raid of a Fulton County election office doesn’t pass the smell test.

In this episode of Making the Case, Senator Whitehouse talks with Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the numerous red flags raised by the FBI’s search and seizure this past January. The two discuss DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the search, Trump’s Weaponization Working Group, the SAVE America Act, and more.

Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, where he champions policies to uphold American leadership in the world, protect our planet in a changing climate, and hold the powerful accountable.
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Monday, March 2, 2026

Sen. Mark Warner says he saw 'no intelligence' of imminent threat from Iran - POLITICO

"There was no imminent threat to the United States," he told host Dana Bash on CNN. "So the decision to put our service members in harm's way and bases around the region in harm's way was entirely based upon the president's decision, not an imminent threat to America."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/01/mark-warner-threat-iran-00806233 


 

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel - POLITICO

President Donald Trump has directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with his former campaign lawyer, known for pushing debunked theories of electoral fraud, according to four people with knowledge of the effort...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/09/kurt-olsen-2020-election-intelligence-00771580 


 

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

South Dakota SCIF plan puzzles DHS, CISA officials - POLITICO

There are also concerns around funding for the installation — which would need to be built from scratch and could cost millions — and some argue the move could give the Noem-aligned Dakota State University a leg up on future federal contracts...

 

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say | CNN Politics

The US military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by four people briefed on it...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites


Monday, May 26, 2025

Crime is Like a Denny’s (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The Supreme Court remanded the Alien Enemies Act case back down to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and at least one of the judges isn’t happy about it.

Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Chief of Staff ordered intelligence analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating Trump and Gabbard from being attacked for the administration’s claim that Venezuela’s government controls a criminal gang.

A federal judge found that the Trump Administration violated a court order when it sent a planeload of migrants to war-torn South Sudan, teeing up yet another possible contempt proceeding against the government.

Plus listener questions…
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Gabbard fires top officials that produced Venezuela gang intelligence - The Washington Post

"I am concerned about the apparent removal of senior leadership at the National Intelligence Council without any explanation except vague accusations made in the media," said Rep. Jim Himes (Connecticut), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. "Absent evidence to justify the firings, the workforce can only conclude that their jobs are contingent on producing analysis that is aligned with the President's agenda, rather than truthful and apolitical."

 








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