One of the sources of insider leaks designed to damage the Trump Administration has been revealed to be White House Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh. #NeverTrumper Katie Walsh is under investigation for being one of the primary people responsible for distributing highly confidential information to sources such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The "Russia hacked the US election" is getting its second wind.
One day after Reuters provided further details of the ongoing FBI probes - of which there are now reportedly three - into activities that are generally classified as the Kremlin's hacking of the US presidential election, the Senate Intelligence Committee has likewise escalated its probe into Russian interference, and is requesting that agencies preserve all materials that could tie into the committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
As the “information war” heats up between east and west, Russia’s Foreign Ministry wades in the battle by planning a fact-checking service of its own to debunk “fake news.” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova says that a fact-checking service will soon be launched that will collect and debunk any factually inaccurate international news stories that are put out by the “dishonest” western media. Her comments mirroring those of President Trump’s sentiments on “dishonest” U.S. media.
One day after John McCain made a questionable diplomatic outburst when as part of a US diplomatic tour meant to reassure Europe, and NATO, of Trump's support, the Senator told participants at a Security Conference in Munich that the Trump administration is in "disarray", on Saturday morning Vice President Mike Pence did his best to return to conventional foreign policy after he vowed that the United States will "hold Russia accountable." In an address to the Munich Security Conference, Pence assured European allies that the U.S.
WikiLeaks has released three classified CIA spy orders that detail how the agency were involved in ‘hacking’ the French elections in 2012. According to the espionage orders, the CIA spent seven months infiltrating all of France’s major political parties in order to influence the outcome of the French presidential election. Rt.com reports: The documents disclose that all of France’s major political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA’s human (“HUMINT”) and electronic (“SIGINT”) spies.