Kushner Resists Losing Access as Kelly Tackles Security Clearance Issues Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, over who should be allowed to see some […]
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Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says:- Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that the Justice Department is pursuing about three times as many leak investigations as were open at the end of the Obama era, a significant devotion of resources to […]
Reality Winner, N.S.A. Contractor Accused of Leak, Was Undone by Trail of Clues In the months after President Trump was elected, Reality Leigh Winner frequently expressed outraged political views about him on social media, in between photos of her cats and favorite quotations. But on the afternoon of May 9, […]
Intelligence Contractor Is Charged in First Leak Case Under Trump An intelligence contractor was charged with sending a classified report about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election to the news media, the Justice Department announced Monday, the first criminal leak case under President Trump. The case showed the department’s willingness […]
Can Donald Trump Be Trusted With State Secrets? On Monday, Americans learned that President Trump shared with the Russians highly classified intelligence about the United States fight against the Islamic State. Mr. Trump jocularly passed secrets obtained by Israel to Kremlin representatives in a White House meeting last week, blithely […]
At a Besieged White House, Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls The bad-news stories slammed into the White House in pitiless succession on Tuesday, leaving President Trump’s battle-scarred West Wing aides staring at their flat screens in glassy-eyed shock. The disclosure that Mr. Trump divulged classified intelligence to Russian officials that […]
House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry:- Top House Democrats on Monday called on the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to recuse himself from the panel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 […]
After Election, Trump's Professed Love for Leaks Quickly Faded After Election, Trump's Professed Love for Leaks Quickly Faded:- As a candidate for president, Donald J. Trump embraced the hackers who had leaked Hillary Clinton’s emails to the press, declaring at a rally in Pennsylvania, “I love WikiLeaks!” To the cheering […]
White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies:- President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community […]
Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Emails in Anthony Weiner Inquiry Jolt Hillary Clinton’s Campaign:- The presidential campaign was rocked on Friday after federal law enforcement officials said that emails pertinent to the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server were discovered on a computer belonging to […]
