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Nunes recognized himself and Trump in transcripts

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R Calif., now plans to audit files from the National Security Agency and White House t and conversations members of Congress aiso were swept up during NSA surveillanc whether Obama's National Security Council and White House counsel collected and distributed the intelligence or reasons unrelated to foreian intelligence ine whether identities epr residential candidates- or rump an leaders. He also plans to review We will be performing an accounting of all unmasking for politicalpurposes focused on the previo administration, a member of the committee told Fox News. "This is now a full-blown investigation." hite House unes, lol

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R Calif., now plans to audit files from the National Security Agency and White House t and conversations members of Congress aiso were swept up during NSA surveillanc whether Obama's National Security Council and White House counsel collected and distributed the intelligence or reasons unrelated to foreian intelligence ine whether identities epr residential candidates- or rump an leaders. He also plans to review We will be performing an accounting of all unmasking for politicalpurposes focused on the previo administration, a member of the committee told Fox News. "This is now a full-blown investigation." hite House unes, lol

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Associated Press: Manafort to register as a Foreign Agent

@AP BREAKING: Spokesman says former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is registering with US gov't as foreign agent. 4/12/17, 3:00 PM 1,433 RETWEETS 1,004 LIKES

@AP BREAKING: Spokesman says former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is registering with US gov't as foreign agent. 4/12/17, 3:00 PM 1,433 RETWEETS 1,004 LIKES

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$13 million!

o AT&T 6:49 PM ④ 17% Paul Manafort's transactions raise a number of questions, including whether his decision to turn to lenders connected to Donald J. Trump was related to his role in the campaign. DAMON WINTER/THE NEW YORK TIMES Aug. 19 was an eventful day for Paul Manafort. That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats' emails were hacked and the campaign's contacts with Russia came under scrutiny Dogged bv revelations about past financial dealings in Ukraine, Mr. Manafort retreated from public view But behind the scenes, he was busy with other matters. Papers were recorded that same day creating a shell company controlled by Mr. Manafort that soon received $13 million in loans from two businesses with ties to Mr. Trump, including one that partners with a Ukrainial-born billionaire and another led by a Trump economic adviser. They were among $20 million in loans secured by properties belonging to Mr. Manafort and his wife.

o AT&T 6:49 PM ④ 17% Paul Manafort's transactions raise a number of questions, including whether his decision to turn to lenders connected to Donald J. Trump was related to his role in the campaign. DAMON WINTER/THE NEW YORK TIMES Aug. 19 was an eventful day for Paul Manafort. That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats' emails were hacked and the campaign's contacts with Russia came under scrutiny Dogged bv revelations about past financial dealings in Ukraine, Mr. Manafort retreated from public view But behind the scenes, he was busy with other matters. Papers were recorded that same day creating a shell company controlled by Mr. Manafort that soon received $13 million in loans from two businesses with ties to Mr. Trump, including one that partners with a Ukrainial-born billionaire and another led by a Trump economic adviser. They were among $20 million in loans secured by properties belonging to Mr. Manafort and his wife.

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Putin's arrogance will cost him greatly

By brazenly assaulting American democracy, the Kremlin generated serious pushback in Washington and beyond. Russia seeks to employ the identical spies- and-lies playbook against France and Germany now, since they have elections coming up. Yet Putin's cover has been blown and European media and politicians are now discussing this threat seriously for the first time. To say nothing of the fact that Donald Trump's electoral victory, which nobody in Moscow seems to have anticipated, brought Russian espionage into scrutiny in Washington not seen since the early days of the Cold War. That the new president, whom Moscow hoped would turn American policy towards Russia, is instead facing an FBI counterintelligence investigation into how he landed in the White House demonstrates the perils of short-term Chekist thinking.

By brazenly assaulting American democracy, the Kremlin generated serious pushback in Washington and beyond. Russia seeks to employ the identical spies- and-lies playbook against France and Germany now, since they have elections coming up. Yet Putin's cover has been blown and European media and politicians are now discussing this threat seriously for the first time. To say nothing of the fact that Donald Trump's electoral victory, which nobody in Moscow seems to have anticipated, brought Russian espionage into scrutiny in Washington not seen since the early days of the Cold War. That the new president, whom Moscow hoped would turn American policy towards Russia, is instead facing an FBI counterintelligence investigation into how he landed in the White House demonstrates the perils of short-term Chekist thinking.

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Comey confirms the investigation into Trump's Russia ties

FBI investigating possible coordination between Russia, Trump FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed that the bureau is investigating Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election - including any links or coordination between members of Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow. The bombshell revelation puts an end to months of roiling speculation and frustration on the part of Democrats, who saw the director's silence as a double- standard after Comey's repeated disclosures in the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton' s private email server. In a dramatic moment at the beginning of a hotly anticipated House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. election, Comey announced that he had been authorized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to break bureau policy and publicly disclose the probe. "As you know our practice is not to confirm the existence of an ongoing investigation," he said. "But in usual circumstances where it is in the public interest, it may be appropriate to do so." 29 A palpable ripple of anticipation went through the hearing room as Comey continued: "This is one of those circumstances."

FBI investigating possible coordination between Russia, Trump FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed that the bureau is investigating Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election - including any links or coordination between members of Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow. The bombshell revelation puts an end to months of roiling speculation and frustration on the part of Democrats, who saw the director's silence as a double- standard after Comey's repeated disclosures in the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton' s private email server. In a dramatic moment at the beginning of a hotly anticipated House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. election, Comey announced that he had been authorized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to break bureau policy and publicly disclose the probe. "As you know our practice is not to confirm the existence of an ongoing investigation," he said. "But in usual circumstances where it is in the public interest, it may be appropriate to do so." 29 A palpable ripple of anticipation went through the hearing room as Comey continued: "This is one of those circumstances."

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Dmitry Rybolovlev's plane travels

DCReport.org Wilbur Ross Comes to D.C. With an Unexamined History of Bussian Why would Rybolovlev's plane scurry back and ortth from Moscow to odd destinations like Charlotte and Concord, as well as to Las Vegas, New York, Burbank, and Miami, to arrive there precisely when Trump was there? The obvious question: was Rybolovlev a Putin emissary? ollgaichs from Russla and the Fomey Sovlet Unlon ox FSU iS 6:00p The Rachel Maddow Show 7:00p

DCReport.org Wilbur Ross Comes to D.C. With an Unexamined History of Bussian Why would Rybolovlev's plane scurry back and ortth from Moscow to odd destinations like Charlotte and Concord, as well as to Las Vegas, New York, Burbank, and Miami, to arrive there precisely when Trump was there? The obvious question: was Rybolovlev a Putin emissary? ollgaichs from Russla and the Fomey Sovlet Unlon ox FSU iS 6:00p The Rachel Maddow Show 7:00p

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The Trump-Russia Connections

source: https://swalwell.house.gov/issues/russIO-trump his-administration-s-ties Alex Shnaider « Rex Tillerson Tote Atf Russian Business nterests Carter Page Felix Sater Paul Manafort Jeff Sessions Sergey Kislyak Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Michael Flynn ed Kushner Russian-Affiliated Interests Roger Stone Deutsche Bank/ Bank of Cyprus Donald Trump, Jr. Wilbur Ross Dmitry Ryboloulev AKA "King of fertilizer" also missing Trump TAX RETURNS and Azerbaijan Trump Tower https://www.dcreport.org/wilbur-ross-russian-connections/ Flight history for aircraft M-KATE Scphar 43ETBA 4151 Landd 30-43 山04山 2 Feb Landed 27 AM 山。. @hypocrazy104 10 Feb Marsi Landed t tR

source: https://swalwell.house.gov/issues/russIO-trump his-administration-s-ties Alex Shnaider « Rex Tillerson Tote Atf Russian Business nterests Carter Page Felix Sater Paul Manafort Jeff Sessions Sergey Kislyak Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Michael Flynn ed Kushner Russian-Affiliated Interests Roger Stone Deutsche Bank/ Bank of Cyprus Donald Trump, Jr. Wilbur Ross Dmitry Ryboloulev AKA "King of fertilizer" also missing Trump TAX RETURNS and Azerbaijan Trump Tower https://www.dcreport.org/wilbur-ross-russian-connections/ Flight history for aircraft M-KATE Scphar 43ETBA 4151 Landd 30-43 山04山 2 Feb Landed 27 AM 山。. @hypocrazy104 10 Feb Marsi Landed t tR

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Russian money going to US presidential campaign

Last April, the CIA director was shown intelligence that worried him. It was- allegedly a tape recording of a conversation about mone from the Kremlin going into the US presidential campaign. It was passed to the US by one of the Baltic States' intelligence agencies The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens so a joint counter intelligence task force was created. It included six agencies or departments of government: dealing with the domestic, US, side of the inquiry, were the FBI, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice; for the foreign and intelligence aspects of the investigation, there were three agencies: the CIA, the Office of the Director on National Intelligence, and the NSA, the National Security Agency, responsible for electronic spying. Lawyers from the National Security Division in the Department of Justice then drew up an application. They took it to the secret US court that deals with intelligence, the EISA court, named after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They wanted to intercept the electronic records from two Russian banks. Their first application, in June, was rejected outright by the judge. They returned with a more narrowly drawn order in July and were rejected again. Finally, before a new judge, the order was granted, on October the 15th, three weeks before election

Last April, the CIA director was shown intelligence that worried him. It was- allegedly a tape recording of a conversation about mone from the Kremlin going into the US presidential campaign. It was passed to the US by one of the Baltic States' intelligence agencies The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens so a joint counter intelligence task force was created. It included six agencies or departments of government: dealing with the domestic, US, side of the inquiry, were the FBI, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice; for the foreign and intelligence aspects of the investigation, there were three agencies: the CIA, the Office of the Director on National Intelligence, and the NSA, the National Security Agency, responsible for electronic spying. Lawyers from the National Security Division in the Department of Justice then drew up an application. They took it to the secret US court that deals with intelligence, the EISA court, named after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They wanted to intercept the electronic records from two Russian banks. Their first application, in June, was rejected outright by the judge. They returned with a more narrowly drawn order in July and were rejected again. Finally, before a new judge, the order was granted, on October the 15th, three weeks before election

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Roger Stone Jr. contacted Guccifer 2.0 during the campaign

JEFF PEGUES: Despite that claim, Roger Stone now admits that he was in contact with Guccifer 2.0, at least 16 times during the 2016 campaign. That Twitter handle released hacked information believed to be stolen from Democratic Party servers. It targeted Hillary Clinton and ratic candidates in at least six states.

JEFF PEGUES: Despite that claim, Roger Stone now admits that he was in contact with Guccifer 2.0, at least 16 times during the 2016 campaign. That Twitter handle released hacked information believed to be stolen from Democratic Party servers. It targeted Hillary Clinton and ratic candidates in at least six states.

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Roger Stone Jr., Paul Manafort, and Lee Atwater.

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More Kushner and Abramovich!

Date Major Events M-KATE P4-MES M-YFTA N757AF N555LR N999LRN789LR N33LR HPN (White Plains, NY) to South Dakota to TEB (New York City) to HPN (White Plains, NY) March 17 LBG (Paris, France) to ORY (Paris, France) LGA (New York City) to DCA (Washington D.C.) to EGE (Eagle, co) Telluride Regional Airport (Telluride, CO) to LAS (Las Vegas, NV) March 18 LAS (Las Vegas, NV) to BOS (Boston, MA) to HPN (White Plains, March 19 NY) to South Dakota) to HPN (White Plains, NY) LGA (New York City) NYn) March 20 vKo (Moscow, Russia) to DEN Denver, Co) LGA (New York City) to BOF (Washington, D.C.) to EGE (Eagle, co) BLQ (Bologna, Italy) to HPN (White Plains, NY) Jared Kushner arrives in ASPEN, from Washington D.C. Abramovich arrives in Denver from Moscow-Abramovich owns a home in ASPEN Monday, 20 March 2017: Russian oligarch and Putin/Trump associate ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S 767 and JARED KUSHNER'S 757 arrive in Colorado; each landing at nearest airport to Aspen that can accommodate their large aircraft. Aspen's airport is too small for either. Abramovich flew from Moscow and owns a home in Aspen; Kushner flew from Washington D.C. and vacationed in Aspen at this time FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers testify before Congress; rebuff Obama admin wiretap claims and acknowledge counterintel investigation into Trump FLL (Miam/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) to MIA (Miami, FL) to IAD Washington, D.C.) March 21 AD (Washington, D.C.) to MIA (Miami, FL) House Intel. Committee Chairman David Nunes reportedly delivers wiretap information to White House March 22 EGE (Eagle, CO) to coastal Georgia HPN (White Plains, NY) TEB (New York City) to RIL (Rifle, CO) to JAC (Jackson Hole, WY) March 23 full article/chart at: EricRosenwaldPhotography.com

Date Major Events M-KATE P4-MES M-YFTA N757AF N555LR N999LRN789LR N33LR HPN (White Plains, NY) to South Dakota to TEB (New York City) to HPN (White Plains, NY) March 17 LBG (Paris, France) to ORY (Paris, France) LGA (New York City) to DCA (Washington D.C.) to EGE (Eagle, co) Telluride Regional Airport (Telluride, CO) to LAS (Las Vegas, NV) March 18 LAS (Las Vegas, NV) to BOS (Boston, MA) to HPN (White Plains, March 19 NY) to South Dakota) to HPN (White Plains, NY) LGA (New York City) NYn) March 20 vKo (Moscow, Russia) to DEN Denver, Co) LGA (New York City) to BOF (Washington, D.C.) to EGE (Eagle, co) BLQ (Bologna, Italy) to HPN (White Plains, NY) Jared Kushner arrives in ASPEN, from Washington D.C. Abramovich arrives in Denver from Moscow-Abramovich owns a home in ASPEN Monday, 20 March 2017: Russian oligarch and Putin/Trump associate ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S 767 and JARED KUSHNER'S 757 arrive in Colorado; each landing at nearest airport to Aspen that can accommodate their large aircraft. Aspen's airport is too small for either. Abramovich flew from Moscow and owns a home in Aspen; Kushner flew from Washington D.C. and vacationed in Aspen at this time FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers testify before Congress; rebuff Obama admin wiretap claims and acknowledge counterintel investigation into Trump FLL (Miam/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) to MIA (Miami, FL) to IAD Washington, D.C.) March 21 AD (Washington, D.C.) to MIA (Miami, FL) House Intel. Committee Chairman David Nunes reportedly delivers wiretap information to White House March 22 EGE (Eagle, CO) to coastal Georgia HPN (White Plains, NY) TEB (New York City) to RIL (Rifle, CO) to JAC (Jackson Hole, WY) March 23 full article/chart at: EricRosenwaldPhotography.com

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Jared Kushner and Roman Abramovich

Date Major Events M-KATE P4-MESM-YFTA N757AF N555LR N999LR N789LR N33LR MIA (Miami, Florida) to FLL (Miam/Ft Compiled by Eric R Rosenwald EricRosenwaldPhotography.com March 1 N (White Plains, to BLQ (Bologna, Raly) HPN (White Plains, Regional Airport Telluride, co) sources: Planefinder app data, FlightRadar24.com, ADSBExchange.com NCE (Nice, France) to Paris, France) to HPN (White Plains, NY) Read the article that accompanies this chart: http: www.ericrosenwaldphotography.com/awol-in-aspern HPN (White Plains, NY) to South Dakota to TEB (New York City) to HPN (White Related articles: LBG (Paris, France) to ORY (Paris, France Telluride Regional Airport (Telluride, CO) to LAS (Las Vegas, NV Louise Mensch: https://patribotics.blog/2017/02/26/ planespotting-michael-cohens-amazing-journey- louise-mensch/ LGA (New York City) t to EGE (Eagle, CO EGE (Eagle. CO) to HPNWhite Plains LGA (New York City) NY) to South Dakota LAS (Las Vogas, NV to BOS (Beston, MA) to HPN (White Pains, to HPN (White Pains, NY) VKO (Moscow Russia) to DEN Denver, CO) BLQ (Bologna, Italy) to HPN (White Plains, NY) LGA (New York City)t Jared Kushner arrives in ASPEN from Washington .C D.C.J to EGE (Eagle, Monday, 20 March 2017: Russian oligarch and Putin/Trump associate ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S 767 jet and JARED KUSHNER'S 757 jet arrive in Colorado; each landing at the nearest airport that can reasonably accommodate their large aircraft. Aspen's airport is too small for either owns a home in ASPEN FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers testify before Congress; rebutt Obama admin wiretap claims FLL (Miam/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) to MIA Miami, FL) to IAD Washington, D.C) BRAMOVICH arrived from Moscow and owns a home in Aspen; KUSHNER arrived House Intel. Committee Chairman David Nunes reportedly delivers wiretap AD (Washington, D.C.) to MLA (Miami, FL) Washington D.C. and vacationed in Aspen. EGE (Eagle, CO) to White Plains fincomplete data NM TEB INew York Hole, ww) DEN (Denver, CO) to SXM (St Martin, Caribbean) LGA New York City) Washington, D.C. to PBI (Palm Beach, FL N (White Plains to PB (Palm Beach, FL) to AXA (Anguilla. HPN (White Plains, N) to AXA (Anguilla, Friday, 24 March 2017: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S 767 jet March 25 nd two ‘Beauty Central LLC, aircraft (linked to MICHAEL COHEN) arrive at adjacent Caribbean islands, on the same ay, follwing the Aspen visit Canbbean) to TEB New York City) to HPN (White Plains NY) HPN (White Plains, NY) to FLR (Florence, Italy) incomplete dataJAC (Jackson Hole wy to TEB (New York CAy)

Date Major Events M-KATE P4-MESM-YFTA N757AF N555LR N999LR N789LR N33LR MIA (Miami, Florida) to FLL (Miam/Ft Compiled by Eric R Rosenwald EricRosenwaldPhotography.com March 1 N (White Plains, to BLQ (Bologna, Raly) HPN (White Plains, Regional Airport Telluride, co) sources: Planefinder app data, FlightRadar24.com, ADSBExchange.com NCE (Nice, France) to Paris, France) to HPN (White Plains, NY) Read the article that accompanies this chart: http: www.ericrosenwaldphotography.com/awol-in-aspern HPN (White Plains, NY) to South Dakota to TEB (New York City) to HPN (White Related articles: LBG (Paris, France) to ORY (Paris, France Telluride Regional Airport (Telluride, CO) to LAS (Las Vegas, NV Louise Mensch: https://patribotics.blog/2017/02/26/ planespotting-michael-cohens-amazing-journey- louise-mensch/ LGA (New York City) t to EGE (Eagle, CO EGE (Eagle. CO) to HPNWhite Plains LGA (New York City) NY) to South Dakota LAS (Las Vogas, NV to BOS (Beston, MA) to HPN (White Pains, to HPN (White Pains, NY) VKO (Moscow Russia) to DEN Denver, CO) BLQ (Bologna, Italy) to HPN (White Plains, NY) LGA (New York City)t Jared Kushner arrives in ASPEN from Washington .C D.C.J to EGE (Eagle, Monday, 20 March 2017: Russian oligarch and Putin/Trump associate ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S 767 jet and JARED KUSHNER'S 757 jet arrive in Colorado; each landing at the nearest airport that can reasonably accommodate their large aircraft. Aspen's airport is too small for either owns a home in ASPEN FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers testify before Congress; rebutt Obama admin wiretap claims FLL (Miam/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) to MIA Miami, FL) to IAD Washington, D.C) BRAMOVICH arrived from Moscow and owns a home in Aspen; KUSHNER arrived House Intel. Committee Chairman David Nunes reportedly delivers wiretap AD (Washington, D.C.) to MLA (Miami, FL) Washington D.C. and vacationed in Aspen. EGE (Eagle, CO) to White Plains fincomplete data NM TEB INew York Hole, ww) DEN (Denver, CO) to SXM (St Martin, Caribbean) LGA New York City) Washington, D.C. to PBI (Palm Beach, FL N (White Plains to PB (Palm Beach, FL) to AXA (Anguilla. HPN (White Plains, N) to AXA (Anguilla, Friday, 24 March 2017: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH'S 767 jet March 25 nd two ‘Beauty Central LLC, aircraft (linked to MICHAEL COHEN) arrive at adjacent Caribbean islands, on the same ay, follwing the Aspen visit Canbbean) to TEB New York City) to HPN (White Plains NY) HPN (White Plains, NY) to FLR (Florence, Italy) incomplete dataJAC (Jackson Hole wy to TEB (New York CAy)

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Manafort's Ukrainian finances confirmed

Previously, Manafort and his spokesman, Jason Maloni, have maintained the ledger was fabricated and said no public evidence existed that Manafort or others received payments recorded in it. The AP, however, identified in the records two payments received by Manafort that aligned with the ledger: one for $750,000 thata Ukrainian lawmaker said last month was part of a money-laundering effort that should be investigated by U.S. authorities. The other was $455,249 and also matched a ledger entry.

Previously, Manafort and his spokesman, Jason Maloni, have maintained the ledger was fabricated and said no public evidence existed that Manafort or others received payments recorded in it. The AP, however, identified in the records two payments received by Manafort that aligned with the ledger: one for $750,000 thata Ukrainian lawmaker said last month was part of a money-laundering effort that should be investigated by U.S. authorities. The other was $455,249 and also matched a ledger entry.

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Nunes and Trump lying about the surveillance

Washington (CNN)-After a review of the same intelligence reports brought to light by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal, multiple sources in both parties tell CNN. Their private assessment contradicts President Donald Trump's allegations that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice broke the law by requesting the "unmasking" of US individuals' identities. Trump had claimed the matter was a "massive story."

Washington (CNN)-After a review of the same intelligence reports brought to light by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal, multiple sources in both parties tell CNN. Their private assessment contradicts President Donald Trump's allegations that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice broke the law by requesting the "unmasking" of US individuals' identities. Trump had claimed the matter was a "massive story."

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Carter Page: FISA Warrant confirmed

The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said. The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page's communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the officials. This is the clearest evidence so far that the FBI had reason to believe during the 2016 presidential campaign that a Trump campaign adviser was in touch with Russian agents. Such contacts are now at the center of an investigation into whether the campaign coordinated with the Russian government to swing the election in Trump's favor.

The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said. The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page's communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the officials. This is the clearest evidence so far that the FBI had reason to believe during the 2016 presidential campaign that a Trump campaign adviser was in touch with Russian agents. Such contacts are now at the center of an investigation into whether the campaign coordinated with the Russian government to swing the election in Trump's favor.

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Carter Page had clear ties to Moscow

The judges who rule on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests oversee the nation's most sensitive national security cases, and their warrants are some of the most closely guarded secrets in the world of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence gathering. Any FISA application has to be approved at the highest levels of the Justice Department and the FBI. Applications for FISA warrants, Comey said, are often thicker than his wrists, and that thickness represents all the work Justice Department attorneys and FBI agents have to do to convince a judge that such surveillance is appropriate in an investigation. The government's application for the surveillance order targeting Page included a lengthy declaration that laid out investigators' basis for believing that Page was an agent of the Russian government and knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow, officials said Among other things, the application cited contacts that he had with a Russian intelligence operative in New York City in 2013, officials said. Those contacts had earlier surfaced in a federal espionage case brought by the Justice Department against another Russian agent. In addition, the application said Page had other contacts with Russian operatives that have not been publicly disclosed, officials said.

The judges who rule on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests oversee the nation's most sensitive national security cases, and their warrants are some of the most closely guarded secrets in the world of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence gathering. Any FISA application has to be approved at the highest levels of the Justice Department and the FBI. Applications for FISA warrants, Comey said, are often thicker than his wrists, and that thickness represents all the work Justice Department attorneys and FBI agents have to do to convince a judge that such surveillance is appropriate in an investigation. The government's application for the surveillance order targeting Page included a lengthy declaration that laid out investigators' basis for believing that Page was an agent of the Russian government and knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow, officials said Among other things, the application cited contacts that he had with a Russian intelligence operative in New York City in 2013, officials said. Those contacts had earlier surfaced in a federal espionage case brought by the Justice Department against another Russian agent. In addition, the application said Page had other contacts with Russian operatives that have not been publicly disclosed, officials said.

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Eric Trump saying Syria strike proves that there are no Russian ties

Eric Trump said his dad has only argued that the U.S. should be "best friends with other superpowers" and described allegations of improper links with Russia as "ridiculous." "If there was anything that [the strike on] Syria did, it was to validate the fact that there is no Russia tie," he said.

Eric Trump said his dad has only argued that the U.S. should be "best friends with other superpowers" and described allegations of improper links with Russia as "ridiculous." "If there was anything that [the strike on] Syria did, it was to validate the fact that there is no Russia tie," he said.

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Peter/Pyotr Levashov arrested in Barcelona, Spain for cyber crimes

mobile.nytimes.com Acting on an E.B.L request, the police in Spain arrested a man this weekend named Peter Levashov, according to Russian news media reports and Reuters, citing a Russian Embassy spokesman in Madrid. Western cybersecurity researchers have identified Mr. Levashov as Peter Severa, though some doubt he is the same person The initial reports in Russian news media of Mr. Levashov's arrest did not say if he was suspected by United States intelligence agencies of being involved in attempts by Russian government hackers to meddle in the 2016 American presidential election The American intelligence agencies have said Russian hackers broke into the servers of the Democratic National Committee and the email of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman and released documents in an effort to sway the election toward Donald J. Trump But computer researchers who have linked the long- running computer spam business of the man known as Peter Severa to malware used in 2012 to influence a domestic election in Russia say his arrest could give other investigations important information. Mr. Levashov was arrested in Barcelona, where he had been vacationing with his family, according to a

mobile.nytimes.com Acting on an E.B.L request, the police in Spain arrested a man this weekend named Peter Levashov, according to Russian news media reports and Reuters, citing a Russian Embassy spokesman in Madrid. Western cybersecurity researchers have identified Mr. Levashov as Peter Severa, though some doubt he is the same person The initial reports in Russian news media of Mr. Levashov's arrest did not say if he was suspected by United States intelligence agencies of being involved in attempts by Russian government hackers to meddle in the 2016 American presidential election The American intelligence agencies have said Russian hackers broke into the servers of the Democratic National Committee and the email of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman and released documents in an effort to sway the election toward Donald J. Trump But computer researchers who have linked the long- running computer spam business of the man known as Peter Severa to malware used in 2012 to influence a domestic election in Russia say his arrest could give other investigations important information. Mr. Levashov was arrested in Barcelona, where he had been vacationing with his family, according to a

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Hillary is done

Roger Stone @RogerJStoneJr Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. #Wikileaks.

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