The Intercept has just released a new top-secret NSA document unearthed from leaked intelligence files provided by Edward Snowden which reveals in stunning clarity that the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from the early years of the war which has now claimed half a million lives.
In what some might call a desperate last minute distraction from WaPo's real news about Clinton's lies, WSJ reports that the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering by Paul Manafort (the same as the state's probe). In case you are confused, yes, WSJ admits this is in collaboration with the same federal money-laundering probe by special counsel Robert Mueller which has so far produced nothing.
Three decades ago, billionaire financier George Soros paid for a young Viktor Orbán to study in Britain. And as recently as 2010, Soros donated $1 million to Orbán’s government to help the cleanup effort following the infamous “red sludge” disaster.
What was previously widely suspected has now been confirmed. In its latest bombshell report that - for once - doesn’t include some nefarious allegations of wrongdoing or incompetence involving President Donald Trump or members of his administration, the Washington Post reported Tuesday that the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign jointly financed the creation of the infamous “Trump dossier," which helped inspire the launch of the floundering investigations into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians.
Update (4:30 PM EST): Not surprisingly, Jeff Flake has awarded his first, post-resignation interview to CNN who just happens to be making a lot of new Republican friends today...Here's what he had to tell Jake Tapper:
Sen Jeff Flake: Republicans ought to stand up and say “this is not right, this is not us, this is not conservative.” https://t.co/x6yhopKXrB pic.twitter.com/w6dktg8c3l
— CNN (@CNN) October 24, 2017
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