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“How did the intelligence community know that the Russians hacked the...

How did the intelligence community know that the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee?  CrowdStrike told them so. From the March 20 House Intelligence Committee hearing: Congressman Will...

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Cyber Firm at Center of Russian Hacking Charges Misread Data

(Voice of America – voanews.com – Oleksiy Kuzmenko, Pete Cobus – WASHINGTON – March 21, 2017) [Text with links here voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-comey-russia-hack-dnc-clinton-trump/3776067.html] An...

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NEWSLINK: “Russia-gate’s Unasked Questions; Comey’s testimony settles...

“… If the #FBI began its investigation of team #Trump in late July – after the nomination process but before the election – and the Trump campaign office was located in Trump Tower, doesn’t that...

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NEWSWATCH: “What Devin Nunes Knows. Team Obama was spying broadly on the...

“We’ve known since early February that a call by former national security adviser Mike Flynn to the Russian ambassador was monitored by U.S. intelligence. … Flynn’s name was revealed and leaked to the...

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NEWSWATCH: “Susan Rice Keeps Her Mask On; The press corps buys her story that...

“Susan Rice returned to the friendly confines of MSNBC … to respond to softball questions about the news that the #Obama national security adviser had ‘unmasked’ the identity of at least one member of...

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Another Reason to Avoid Rushing on Russia’s Election Role

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – April 20, 2017) Leonid Bershidsky is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was the founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti and founded the...

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Response by prominent Washington expert on Russia to JRL 2017-#95, 18 May...

Response by prominent Washington expert on Russia to JRL 2017-#95, 18 May 2017: “I was surprised to read Prof. Robinson’s analysis on your Russia List. His analysis misses one rather central point,...

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Andrei Liakhov: “Re: 2017-#98-Johnson’s Russia List/ My answer to the...

Subject: Re: 2017-#98-Johnson’s Russia List Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 20:01:47 +0300 From: Andrei Liakhov <gaffriloff@yahoo.co.uk> My answer to the “prominent Washington expert”: Dear expert, you...

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The Leaked NSA Report Is Being Read Backward; What if Russian hackers were...

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Leonid Bershidsky – June 6, 2017) Leonid Bershidsky is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was the founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti and founded the...

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TRANSCRIPT: The President congratulated Foreign Intelligence Service staff...

(Kremlin.ru – June 28, 2017) Vladimir Putin visited the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) to attend a gala event devoted to the 95th anniversary of Russian illegal intelligence....

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NEWSWATCH: “Intel Report: Kremlin Sees U.S. Urging Regime Change in Russia”– AP

[DIA report here dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/Russia%20Military%20Power%20Report%202017.pdf] “Kremlin leaders are convinced America is intent on regime change in...

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NEWSWATCH: “Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia...

“The … Clinton campaign and … Democratic National Committee helped fund research … result[ing] … in a now-famous dossier … alleg[ing] … Trump[] connections to Russia and possible coordination between...

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NEWSLINK: “Don’t Muzzle Former C.I.A. Officers”- New York Times/ Cindy Otis,...

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NEWSLINK: “The Intel Community’s Russia Report: A One Year Look Back”– Center...

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NEWSLINK: “Russia ‘will target US mid-term elections’ says CIA chief”–...

“Even though there has been co-operation in counter-terrorism (the CIA helped stop a plot in St Petersburg last year) … Pompeo says he still sees Russia primarily as an adversary, sharing the concerns...

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NEWSWATCH: “The Deep State Has Long Abused Its Power; From Eisenhower to...

“Few questions have greater import for the health and integrity of any republic than the question of whether important parts of its government’s national-security apparatus are abusing their power for...

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NEWSWATCH: “Democrats for Eavesdrop Abuse; Their intel memo confirms the FBI...

“… the memo confirms … the FBI used an opposition-research document paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee as part of its application to surveil Carter Page …...

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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Russia Investigation

House Permanent Select Committee on #Intelligence March 12, 2018 #Russia Investigation [PDF: intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ hpsci_russia_investigation_one_page_summary.pdf ] Overview Following a...

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NEWSWATCH: “Vladimir Putin timed Salisbury attack to get election boost, top...

“… Putin timed the [assassination attempt on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK] to boost his support in the Russian election, one of America’s top intelligence officials has...

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NEWSWATCH: “What Is the FBI Hiding? The bureau still won’t comply with an...

“Bit by bit, congressional investigators have wrested [information] from a recalcitrant [FBI regarding] its suspect 2016 election dealings. … one secret … jealously guard[ed]: how central that Steele...

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Musings II … The “Intelligence Community,”“Russian Interference,” and Due...

(Jack Matlock – Jackmatlock.com – June 29, 2018) About: Jack Matlock is a career diplomat who served on the front lines of American diplomacy during the Cold War and was U.S. ambassador to the Soviet...

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[Re:] American Intelligence [… Trump, Ukraine, Russia …“Fear: Trump in the...

Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward – p.230 “McMaster (National Security Adviser) said that, at 6:03 a.m., Trump had tweeted:

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “The Pentagon Has Prepared a Cyberattack Against Russia; U.S....

“The U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon have quietly agreed on the outlines of an offensive cyberattack … if Russia electronically interferes with the 2018 midterm election [according to...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “What Mueller Won’t Say: Did he investigate the Steele...

“… the exact words of Attorney General William Barr: ‘The Special Counsel and his staff thoroughly investigated allegations that members of the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump … conspired with...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “The Russia Investigation Will Continue; Counterintelligence...

"... Mueller's Russia probe is over, and ... Trump on Friday again described the probe as a 'Witch Hunt,' [yet] the FBI is almost certain to continue its counterintelligence investigation into Russian...

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Musings II … The “Intelligence Community,”“Russian Interference,” and Due...

Did the U.S. “Intelligence Community” judge that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election? (Jackmatlock.com – Jack Matlock – June 29, 2018) Most commentators seem to think so. Every news...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. intelligence briefer appears to have overstated...

“The U.S. intelligence community’s top election security official …, Shelby Pierson, told lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election with the goal of...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “AG Barr just signaled that things are about to get ugly for...

“… The AG is logically being briefed on the progress and findings of U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation, which he commissioned to examine how the empty Russia collusion case got started in the...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Senate panel backs assessment that Russia interfered in...

“A [heavily redacted] bipartisan Senate report … confirms the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to sow chaos. Senators warned that it...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “The Vindication of Michael Flynn; Justice drops its...

“… Justice … dropped its case against Michael Flynn … ‘with prejudice[]’ …. [E]vidence … undermines the credibility of James Comey’s FBI, special counsel Robert Mueller, and the entire ‘Russia...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “FBI spread claim Trump worked with Russia, declassified...

“A newly declassified document reveals FBI officials circulated sensational claims that … Trump ‘worked with’ Russia in 2016 and that his campaign was offered ‘financial compensation’ to drop U.S....

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russian Criminal Group Finds New Target: Americans Working at...

A hacking group calling itself Evil Corp., indicted in December, has shown up in corporate networks with sophisticated ransomware. American officials worry election infrastructure could be next [...]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Intelligence officials cast doubt on Times’ Russia-Taliban...

“Intelligence officials say a news report about Russia paying the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan does not match ‘verifiable’ Taliban activity and was never presented to … Trump because it...

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What Does Russia Want In Afghanistan?

... Trump tweeted that the intelligence reports were not deemed credible and the Kremlin and the Taliban have rejected reports alleging that officers of the GRU - Russia's foreign military intelligence...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “How Kremlin’s View of U.S.’s War in Afghanistan Has Shifted”–...

“Deteriorating U.S.-Russian ties adversely affect a once-shared goal, leading to a U.S. intelligence assessment of bounties paid to Taliban.” “For years … the U.S. and Russia shared a goal of deposing...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “British court rules against Christopher Steele, orders...

“Court rules Steele’s firm violated Britain’s data privacy law by failing to aggressively check allegations in his dossier.” “A British judge ruled … that Christopher Steele violated a data privacy law...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “New FBI Notes Re-Debunk Major NYT Story, Highlight Media...

“The New York Times in 2017 falsely reported that the Trump campaign had ‘repeated’ contacts with Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 campaign, and instead of being held accountable for...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Trump Exits Open Skies Treaty, Moves to Discard Observation...

“Without specialized aircraft and equipment, Biden administration would have difficult time re-entering post-Cold War pact.” “The Trump administration formally shut the door on the Open Skies treaty...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Political appointees, career analysts clashed over...

“… [P]olitical appointees clashed with career intelligence analysts over the extent to which Russia and China interfered or sought to interfere in the 2020 election, … each side accusing the other of...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s Military Buildup Near Ukraine Is an Open Secret”– WSJ

Satellite images, social media posts and flight-tracking data allow private analysts to track details governments once classified [...]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “The guns of January; As war looms larger, what are Russia’s...

“The Kremlin’s aim would probably be to shatter Ukrainian military power and dictate terms.” “… Even with [various] advantages, Russia would struggle to occupy [Kyiv], let alone … Ukraine, … as large...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of...

“Russia’s president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculations on the Ukraine war.” “… [Putin reportedly] seemed to have limited...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine intel chief predicted Russia’s war. He says Crimea...

“… Budanov’s forecast for this year is that Russia will focus on occupying more territory in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A renewed offensive from its forces stationed north of Ukraine, in...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “In Ukraine, Technology Only Thickens the Fog of War”– Bloomberg

“The deluge of satellite imagery, drone footage, social media and smart phones has generated enough information to support any story you want to tell about what’s happening on the ground.” “… [T]wo...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Who are the militias raiding Russia’s Belgorod region? They...

“… [Recently] two militias … oppos[ing] … Putin — the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Free Russia Legion — claimed to have ‘liberated’ several border villages [in the Russian region of Belgorod]. The...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. had intelligence of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream...

“The United States learned of a Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines three months before they were damaged … The Washington Post reported … citing [online] leaked information...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “An unspooked spook; Ukraine’s spymaster has got under the...

“… 37-year-old General [Kyrylo] Budanov, a former commando, is Ukraine’s youngest-ever spymaster. … [A]rchitect of increasingly brazen operations within Russia, he is also a big irritant for the...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. General Warns Time Is Running Out for Ukraine’s...

“[According to] General Mark Milley, … Chairman[,] … Joint Chiefs of Staff[,] … Ukraine’s forces have … 30 to 45 days left … before … fall weather … stop[s] their advance. … ‘There’s still heavy...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “The third line: How the Pentagon assesses Ukraine’s progress;...

“… [DIA Director Trent] Maul … notes that Sergei Surovikin, the Russian general who built [Russia’s] defensive lines [in Ukraine], and Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner Group mercenaries achieved...

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Change of plans: U.S. Army embraces lessons learned from war...

“Expensive, massive tanks destroyed by small and cheap loitering munitions. Drones helping artillery locate targets. A battlefield so flooded with sensors … it’s impossible to stay hidden for long....

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