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Fast Forward Russian Embassy In UK Can’t Let Seth Rich Story Go
Conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich are now being amplified by Russian officials. The Russian embassy in London tweeted on Friday a claim that Rich was behind the leak of DNC emails to Wikileaks. “WikiLeaks informer Seth Rich murdered in US but MSM was so busy accusing Russian hackers to take…
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Fast Forward Trump Wingman Michael Cohen Called In For Damage Control
President Trump summoned attorney and confidant Michael Cohen to the White House to discuss strategy as the investigation into ties between his campaign and Russia escalated with the appointment of a special counsel. According to Politico, Cohen arrived from New York on Thursday night to meet with Trump and White House counsel Donald McGahn. The…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Pushed Trump To Fight Back Against Special Counsel
Jared Kushner has been widely described as the moderating force in President Trump’s White House. But he may be about to lose this title. According to the New York Times, when Trump huddled with his close advisers Wednesday evening seeking a response to the decision to appoint a special counsel for the Russian investigation, Kushner…
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News Were Seth Rich Conspiracy Theories Boosted To Hide Trump’s Ever-Growing Problems?
The murder of a 27-year-old Jewish Democratic staffer is now being used to distract attention from criticism of President Trump. Massive coverage in conservative media outlets and websites, and a organized campaign to promote the news on social media, have taken a widely debunked story from the realm of obscure conspiracy into front-page news headlines,…
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Fast Forward Did Rod Rosenstein Know About Comey’s Memo On Trump And Russia?
There’s a big unawnswered question about the bombshell memo that ex-FBI director James Comey wrote in which he documents that President Trump pressured him to ease up on the investigation into Russia and Michael Flynn. Did deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein see it before writing his own memo that led to Comey’s ouster? According to…
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Fast Forward Report: Trump’s Russia Intel Disclosure Risks Life Of Israeli Spy Within ISIS
President Trump’s decision to share highly classified intelligence about an ISIS plot with Russian officials last week endangered the life of an Israeli spy embedded within the terror organization, ABC News reported Tuesday. The information, which was provided by Israel to U.S. intelligence, was about an ISIS plan to blow up an airplane with a…
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Opinion Why Trump’s Loose Lips May Be ‘Extraordinarily Dangerous’ — To Israel And Us
The care and handling of intelligence information is as much art as anything else. It has been estimated that 70% or more of “finished intelligence” — that is, the reports and analyses that go forward to policymakers — derives from open sources and diplomatic reporting, meaning that much of what a policymaker reads can also…
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Fast Forward EXPLAINED: 5 Reasons Israel Is Alarmed By Trump’s Leak Of Its Intel To Russia
Israeli intelligence officials did not mince words in describing the negative repercussions of President Donald Trump’s sharing secret information provided by Israel with the Russians. The Israelis’ “worst fears [were] confirmed,” an Israel intelligence source told BuzzFeed. Here’s why revealing the details provided by Israel to the U.S. is so disturbing to Israelis. 1. Compromising…
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