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"Don't give away classified info to the Russians" Trump: dON't GivE aWAy cLassiFIed inFo tO tHe RussIANs
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...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.
![Donald J. Trump 竺/ @realDonaldTrump ...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/255/412/849.jpg)
![Donald J. Trump 竺/ @realDonaldTrump ...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/255/412/849.jpg)
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As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining....
![Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining....](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/255/411/9db.jpg)
![Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining....](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/255/411/9db.jpg)
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Andrew McCabe replaces Comey on Thursday's hearing
![UPDATED WITNESS LIST: Senate Intelligence Committee to Hold World Wide Threats Hearing **Witness List Update: Acting Director Andrew McCabe to Testify** CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday May 10, 2017 Becca Glover Watkins (Burr) 202-228-1616 Rachel Cohen (Warner) 202-228-6884 WASHINGTON -Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, updated the witness list for the annual World Wide Threats hearing in open session on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Witnesses will include Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo; Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Andrew McCabe; National Security Agency Director, Admiral Mike Rogers; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director, Robert Cardillo; and the Defense Intelligence Agency Director, Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart. The witnesses will provide a comprehensive overview of the current and projected national security threats to the United States and our national interests, both at home and abroad. The hearing will move into closed session following the open session Details Hearing: World Wide Threats Witnesses: Director Daniel Coats of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director Mike Pompeo of the Central Intelligence Agency; *Acting Director Andrew McCabe of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Admiral Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency; Director Robert Cardillo of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. When: Thursday, May 11th 2017 at 10:00 am Where: Hart Senate Office Building Room 2](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/387/1f9.jpg)
![UPDATED WITNESS LIST: Senate Intelligence Committee to Hold World Wide Threats Hearing **Witness List Update: Acting Director Andrew McCabe to Testify** CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday May 10, 2017 Becca Glover Watkins (Burr) 202-228-1616 Rachel Cohen (Warner) 202-228-6884 WASHINGTON -Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, updated the witness list for the annual World Wide Threats hearing in open session on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Witnesses will include Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo; Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Andrew McCabe; National Security Agency Director, Admiral Mike Rogers; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director, Robert Cardillo; and the Defense Intelligence Agency Director, Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart. The witnesses will provide a comprehensive overview of the current and projected national security threats to the United States and our national interests, both at home and abroad. The hearing will move into closed session following the open session Details Hearing: World Wide Threats Witnesses: Director Daniel Coats of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Director Mike Pompeo of the Central Intelligence Agency; *Acting Director Andrew McCabe of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Admiral Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency; Director Robert Cardillo of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. When: Thursday, May 11th 2017 at 10:00 am Where: Hart Senate Office Building Room 2](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/387/1f9.jpg)
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Trump's getting desperate
![Tuesday at the White House began with an almost unusual stillness, with President Trump having no public appearances on his schedule. Trump met with aides, received his daily intelligence briefing, and tweeted a series of criticisms of his former acting attorney general. A normal morning, really. But by the end of the day, the embattled former national security advisor Michael Flynn's business associates had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. White House aides were being deployed all over primetime cable news once again to dismiss allegations of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. The president was revealed to have hired a private law firm to respond to an inquiry by a Republican senator about any possible business dealings between Trump's company and Russian interests. Oh, and the federal law enforcement officer charged with investigating all of it? He ended his day out of a job.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/384/089.jpg)
![Tuesday at the White House began with an almost unusual stillness, with President Trump having no public appearances on his schedule. Trump met with aides, received his daily intelligence briefing, and tweeted a series of criticisms of his former acting attorney general. A normal morning, really. But by the end of the day, the embattled former national security advisor Michael Flynn's business associates had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. White House aides were being deployed all over primetime cable news once again to dismiss allegations of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. The president was revealed to have hired a private law firm to respond to an inquiry by a Republican senator about any possible business dealings between Trump's company and Russian interests. Oh, and the federal law enforcement officer charged with investigating all of it? He ended his day out of a job.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/384/089.jpg)
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Trump screams at his television over Russia
![He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia. He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn't disappear and demanded thev speak out for him. He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/381/009.jpg)
![He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia. He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn't disappear and demanded thev speak out for him. He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/381/009.jpg)
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FBI was pressured to change focus towards leaks
![Several current and former officials said the relationship between the White House and the FBI had been strained for months, in part because administration officials were pressuring Comey to more aggressively pursue leak investigations over disclosures that embarrassed the White House and raised questions about ties with Russia That pressure was described as conversational challenges to FBI leadership to pursue the source of leaks seen as damaging to the administration, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Although the FBI is investigating disclosures of classified information, the bureau has resisted calls to prioritize leak investigations over the Russia matter, or probe matters that did not involve leaks of classified or otherwise sensitive information, the officials said](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/380/428.jpg)
![Several current and former officials said the relationship between the White House and the FBI had been strained for months, in part because administration officials were pressuring Comey to more aggressively pursue leak investigations over disclosures that embarrassed the White House and raised questions about ties with Russia That pressure was described as conversational challenges to FBI leadership to pursue the source of leaks seen as damaging to the administration, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Although the FBI is investigating disclosures of classified information, the bureau has resisted calls to prioritize leak investigations over the Russia matter, or probe matters that did not involve leaks of classified or otherwise sensitive information, the officials said](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/380/428.jpg)
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EDVA Rocket Docket!
![The subpoenas issued in recent weeks by the US Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, were received by associates who worked with Flynn on contracts after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, according to the people familiar with the investigation.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/377/ee0.jpg)
![The subpoenas issued in recent weeks by the US Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, were received by associates who worked with Flynn on contracts after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, according to the people familiar with the investigation.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/377/ee0.jpg)
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The Grand Juries have issued subpoenas!
![Washington (CNN)-Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election, according to people familiar with the matter. CNN learned of the subpoenas hours before President Donald Trump fired FBl director James Comey The subpoenas represent the first sign of a significant escalation of activity in the FBl's broader investigation begun last July into possible ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/375/f1e.jpg)
![Washington (CNN)-Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election, according to people familiar with the matter. CNN learned of the subpoenas hours before President Donald Trump fired FBl director James Comey The subpoenas represent the first sign of a significant escalation of activity in the FBl's broader investigation begun last July into possible ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/375/f1e.jpg)
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They were working on this since his hearing last week.
![Building a case Senior White House and Justice Department officials had been working on building a case against Mr. Comey since at least last week, according to administration officials. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had been charged with coming up with reasons to fire him, the officials said. 154 Michael S. Schmidt](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/182/ca5.jpg)
![Building a case Senior White House and Justice Department officials had been working on building a case against Mr. Comey since at least last week, according to administration officials. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had been charged with coming up with reasons to fire him, the officials said. 154 Michael S. Schmidt](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/182/ca5.jpg)
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Fox News is spinning the story to sickening levels
![立1 the FOX NEWS SPECIALISTS FOX EWS channel JAMES COMEY RESIGNS JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #FoxNewsSpecialists SUCCESSFULLY SEIZE RAQOA IN THE NEAR FUTURE"... ANNOUNCEMENT COMES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/139/13b.jpg)
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Yates on Ron Rosenstein being Acting Attourney General
![FBI Director Comey testified before this committee, he has told why he appointed a special counsel to investigate the law plainly, back in 2003, he was Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General Ashcroft has refused, himself. Some of the senior officials and Trump campaign administration are connected to this Russian investigation, and Attorney General was forced to recuse himself I do think this is the kind of situation where we should do what, then Deputy Attorney General Comey as acting Attorney General did in the flame (ph) investigation, and appoint a special counsel YATES: Well, Senator, I think that my successor, Rod Rosenstein has a big job ahead of him. And, I don't think I'm going to be giving him any advice from the cheap seats about how he needs to do it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/133/db7.jpg)
![FBI Director Comey testified before this committee, he has told why he appointed a special counsel to investigate the law plainly, back in 2003, he was Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General Ashcroft has refused, himself. Some of the senior officials and Trump campaign administration are connected to this Russian investigation, and Attorney General was forced to recuse himself I do think this is the kind of situation where we should do what, then Deputy Attorney General Comey as acting Attorney General did in the flame (ph) investigation, and appoint a special counsel YATES: Well, Senator, I think that my successor, Rod Rosenstein has a big job ahead of him. And, I don't think I'm going to be giving him any advice from the cheap seats about how he needs to do it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/133/db7.jpg)
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Donald Trump's tweets after the Yates-Clapper hearing
![Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump 2m Biggest story today between Clapper & Yates is on surveillance. Why doesn't the media report on this? #Fake News! わ47 t738 83 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 6m The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end? わ228 t7373 1.3K Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 9m Sally Yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today she said nothing but old news! わ1.1K 874 3.2K Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 11m Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump. わ1.9K 1.5K 4.9K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/131/43f.jpg)
![Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump 2m Biggest story today between Clapper & Yates is on surveillance. Why doesn't the media report on this? #Fake News! わ47 t738 83 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 6m The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end? わ228 t7373 1.3K Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 9m Sally Yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today she said nothing but old news! わ1.1K 874 3.2K Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 11m Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows- there is "no evidence" of collusion w/ Russia and Trump. わ1.9K 1.5K 4.9K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/131/43f.jpg)
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The specifics are quite sensitive
![Clapper also dropped another piece of information disquieting for the Trump camp. Last month, the Guardian reported that British intelligence in late 2015 collected intelligence on suspicious interactions between Trump associates and known or suspected Russian agents and passed this information to to the United States "as part of a routine exchange of information." Asked about this report, Clapper said it was "accurate." He added, "The specifics are quite sensitive." This may well have been the first public confirmation from an intelligence community leader that US intelligence agencies have possessed secret information about ties between Trump's circle and Moscow. (Comey testified that the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of links between Trump associates and Russian began in late July 2016.)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/130/957.jpg)
![Clapper also dropped another piece of information disquieting for the Trump camp. Last month, the Guardian reported that British intelligence in late 2015 collected intelligence on suspicious interactions between Trump associates and known or suspected Russian agents and passed this information to to the United States "as part of a routine exchange of information." Asked about this report, Clapper said it was "accurate." He added, "The specifics are quite sensitive." This may well have been the first public confirmation from an intelligence community leader that US intelligence agencies have possessed secret information about ties between Trump's circle and Moscow. (Comey testified that the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of links between Trump associates and Russian began in late July 2016.)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/130/957.jpg)
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The Trump-Grassley connection
![Individual Contributions Arranged By Type, Giver, Then Recipient Contributions to All Other Political Committees Except Joint Fundraising Committees Contributor Name City DONALD, TRUMP DONALD, TRUMP State ZIP Code Employer Occupation Committee Name Transaction Date Amount Image Number NEW YORK NY NEW YORK NY 10022 RAS VIA GRAS 10022 THE TRUMP 2600.00 15020152446 CEO 03/16/2015 ORGANIZATION THE TRUMP ORGANIZATIONCE CBASSLEY CHARLES E SENATOR VIA GRA 2600.00 15020152437 Total Contributions: 5200.00 TRY A: NEW QUERY RETURN TO: FEC HOME PAGE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/129/ab9.jpg)
![Individual Contributions Arranged By Type, Giver, Then Recipient Contributions to All Other Political Committees Except Joint Fundraising Committees Contributor Name City DONALD, TRUMP DONALD, TRUMP State ZIP Code Employer Occupation Committee Name Transaction Date Amount Image Number NEW YORK NY NEW YORK NY 10022 RAS VIA GRAS 10022 THE TRUMP 2600.00 15020152446 CEO 03/16/2015 ORGANIZATION THE TRUMP ORGANIZATIONCE CBASSLEY CHARLES E SENATOR VIA GRA 2600.00 15020152437 Total Contributions: 5200.00 TRY A: NEW QUERY RETURN TO: FEC HOME PAGE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/129/ab9.jpg)
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Kaspersky is in the US government systems!
![Kaspersky launched a US subsidiary in Washington DC in the summer of 2014. Called Kaspersky Government Security Solutions, and known as KGSS, it was tasked, according to four former employees, with establishing closer relationships with government officials in the hope of securing more US federal contracts. The former employees said the company regularly handed over intelligence gathered by Kaspersky's global network of researchers to US government officials as a way of currying favor with the US government. A Kaspersky spokesperson said the company had been doing business in North America since 2005, and that their technology had been certified by the National Institute of Standards and e Federal Information Processing Standard. "There is a lot of good threat intel and threat research that the company made available to intel community and that was readily offered and accepted," said Chris Doggett, a former president of Kaspersky Lab who worked with KGSS from its start in 2014, through December 2015 He said KGSS "went through extensive efforts to have it be independent" from Kaspersky, saying they were "absolutely separate" but not giving specific examples in how the two companies set themselves apart. US intelligence officials, however, do not believe that to be the case. The US intelligence officials BuzzFeed News spoke with said it did not appear Kaspersky or its subsidiary had any outstanding contracts in the US intelligence community. (Contracts within the US intelligence community are traditionally classified.) Until recently, few officials even knew that Kaspersky was a GSA-approved product, let alone the scope of its use. One of the intelligence officials was visibly stunned when BuzzFeed News pointed out the longstanding contracts between Kaspersky and the State Department. The Kaspersky issue has come up several times in recent closed meetings to the Senate Intelligence Committee, several officials said. In one instance, according to one official present at a recent classified briefing, Senate Intelligence Committee members were floored that Kaspersky products were approved for government us](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/253/128/2e4.jpg)
![Kaspersky launched a US subsidiary in Washington DC in the summer of 2014. Called Kaspersky Government Security Solutions, and known as KGSS, it was tasked, according to four former employees, with establishing closer relationships with government officials in the hope of securing more US federal contracts. The former employees said the company regularly handed over intelligence gathered by Kaspersky's global network of researchers to US government officials as a way of currying favor with the US government. A Kaspersky spokesperson said the company had been doing business in North America since 2005, and that their technology had been certified by the National Institute of Standards and e Federal Information Processing Standard. "There is a lot of good threat intel and threat research that the company made available to intel community and that was readily offered and accepted," said Chris Doggett, a former president of Kaspersky Lab who worked with KGSS from its start in 2014, through December 2015 He said KGSS "went through extensive efforts to have it be independent" from Kaspersky, saying they were "absolutely separate" but not giving specific examples in how the two companies set themselves apart. US intelligence officials, however, do not believe that to be the case. The US intelligence officials BuzzFeed News spoke with said it did not appear Kaspersky or its subsidiary had any outstanding contracts in the US intelligence community. (Contracts within the US intelligence community are traditionally classified.) Until recently, few officials even knew that Kaspersky was a GSA-approved product, let alone the scope of its use. One of the intelligence officials was visibly stunned when BuzzFeed News pointed out the longstanding contracts between Kaspersky and the State Department. The Kaspersky issue has come up several times in recent closed meetings to the Senate Intelligence Committee, several officials said. In one instance, according to one official present at a recent classified briefing, Senate Intelligence Committee members were floored that Kaspersky products were approved for government us](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/253/128/2e4.jpg)
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