Russian influence operations still stoking tensions on social media, Senate reports say
A report expected to be released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee says that Russian interference operations still exist on social media platforms, and that the Russian operation discovered after the 2016 presidential election was much broader than once thought.
Ex-Senate aide charged with lying about reporter contacts
A former employee of the Senate intelligence committee has been arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about contacts with reporters.
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Attacking Mueller investigation, Trump launches accusations of conspiracy
Last week marked the anniversary of the Mueller investigation, and the GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee found that Russia tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The committee did not refute a report by The New York Times that emissaries…
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Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code
Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation…
The majority of Gina Haspel’s 33-year career at the agency has been spent in the Directorate of Operations, helping oversee clandestine spying efforts around the world.
The committee is recommending that states make sure voting machines have paper audit trails and aren't capable of being connected to the internet. Senators also are pushing for better communication among the various U.S. intelligence agencies and federal, state and…
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the panel, are scheduled to speak at 12:15 p.m. ET. Watch live here.
Leaders of the American intelligence agencies sounded a series of alarms at a Senate Intelligence hearing on Tuesday about Russian election meddling and breakdowns in the White House security clearance process. The resignation of a top aide over domestic abuse…
In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denied a report that he almost resigned over the summer. NBC News reported that Tillerson was close to quitting after President Trump’s politicized speech to the Boy Scouts of America.
