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Emails Show McCabe Scrambling to Handle Hillary Stories

SLOW BUILD

The messages shared with The Daily Beast cast additional light on the circumstances that preceded McCabe’s firing from the FBI.

Betsy Swan | Published Sep 09, 2019

DNA, Fingerprint Led Feds to Bomb Suspect in Florida

NABBED

Cesar Sayoc Jr.—a registered Republican with a van covered in political decals, Trump paraphernalia, and threats against Democrats—is in custody.

Olivia Messer, Pervaiz Shallwani | Published Oct 26, 2018

Petraeus, Gates, Ex-CIA Chiefs Rebuke Trump Over Brennan

SPEAKING UP

Stripping clearances was “ill-considered and unprecedented,” former national-security bosses wrote.

Kimberly Dozier | Published Aug 16, 2018

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Clapper: U.S. Intel ID’d Russia-WikiLeaks ‘Cut-Out’ Suspect

CLOSE, BUT

Investigators zeroed in on alleged Assange connection last year, former DNI tells Skullduggery podcast.

James Clapper: Kim Jong Un Is a God in North Korea

EXCERPT

In his new memoir, Clapper recalls his time as a brigadier general serving in South Korea, where he got a good look at the paranoid, trigger-happy Hermit Kingdom.

James R. Clapper | Published Jun 01, 2018

Clapper: We Had ‘Staggering’ Proof of Putin Swaying Election

‘HARD TRUTH’

“Of course the Russian efforts affected the outcome.”

Spy Chiefs Hit Back at Trump

BLACK MARK

America’s top spies talked to Congress on Thursday. But they had a message for the new commander-in-chief and his insistence that Russia had nothing to do with his election.

Tim Mak | Published Jan 05, 2017

Americans to NSA: Lie to Us Some More

We Can’t Handle the Truth!

We cherish our freedoms? Value our privacy? Sort of. But the polls show we value our safety. So most of us don’t mind being lied to.

Dean Obeidallah | Published Jun 04, 2015

Obama to Putin: Stop Hacking Me

Make It Stop

The U.S. is calling out Russia for a “dramatic rise” in cyber espionage against America. It’s part of a veiled threat to the Kremlin: We know what you’re doing online.

Shane Harris | Published Apr 08, 2015

Top Spy: Don’t Fear ‘Cyber Armageddon’

FIREWALL

Good news: the U.S. is getting better at detecting cyber attacks already underway. Bad news: they’re multiplying.

Shane Harris | Published Feb 26, 2015

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