Politics Aug 04 WATCH LIVE: Experts testify on Chinese threats to U.S. national security By Associated Press
Politics Apr 14 WATCH: Senate intelligence committee holds hearing on threats worldwide The U.S. government's annual assessment of worldwide threats, released Tuesday ahead of congressional hearings expected to cover similar territory, charts a broad array of potential dangers anticipated by the intelligence community over the coming year. By News Desk and Associated Press
Politics Jan 18 WATCH: Avril Haines’ Senate confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the intelligence community, Avril Haines, promised Tuesday to “speak truth to power" and keep politics out of intelligence agencies to ensure their work is trusted. By Associated Press
Nation Aug 31 Watch 5:20 U.S. intelligence ensnared in politics over election security briefings With Election Day just over two months away, Americans will begin casting ballots in a few weeks. The U.S. intelligence community has already warned of multiple attempts by foreign powers to intervene in the November election. But now comes word…
Politics Aug 19 What a Senate panel’s inquiry into 2016 uncovered about Trump campaign’s Russia links The final report’s most notable finding singled out Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chair in 2016, whose contacts with Russian associates, the report said, posed a “grave counterintelligence threat.”… By Geoffrey Lou Guray
Aug 18 Senate panel finds Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The report purposely does not come to a final conclusion, as the other reports did, about whether there is enough evidence that Trump’s campaign coordinated or colluded with Russia to sway the election, leaving its findings open to partisan interpretation. Continue reading
May 18 Rubio named acting chair of Senate intelligence panel By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is taking over a powerful committee in Congress. Republican leaders announced Monday that Rubio will temporarily become chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Continue reading
May 14 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Burr steps down as head of Senate Intel Committee over trading inquiry In our news wrap Thursday, Sen. Richard Burr stepped down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee over allegations of insider trading linked to the pandemic. The North Carolina Republican sold large amounts of stock just before the market crashed. Continue watching
May 14 Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Mike Balsamo, Associated Press Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigation tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
May 05 Intel chief nominee Ratcliffe says he won’t be swayed by politics By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A Senate panel is considering Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence, holding the in-person hearing amid President Donald Trump's shakeup of the intelligence community and under drastic new distancing rules to protect Capitol Hill from the… Continue reading