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= SECTIONS NATIONAL REVIEW While we will have to wait for more evidence to know for sure, the circumstantial evidence already points to Intellgence Operational Rule No. 2, i.e., Russian involvement. First, Russian intelligence services despise the CIA for its recruitment of Russian agents on Russian soil. They are always desperate to embarrass the agency. Second, as John Schindler, a former NSA counterintelligence officer, has argued for years, WikiLeaks is not an independent accountability agency, but rather a veiled cutout for Russian intelligence. Many American intelligence officers believe WikiLeaks to be a known quantity. Indeed, in March 2016, when WikiLeaks first began releasing Democratic-party officials' e-mails, I was confident that Russia's GRU intelligence service was responsible. This January, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) publicly confirmed the same. Moreover, anyone genuinely concerned about civil-liberties abuses would have approached the congressional intelligence-oversight committees or an anti- surveillance U.S. journalist. In the intelligence world, approaching Julian Assange or the Russians is the same thing. The leaker/s is either an idiot or a traitor.

= SECTIONS NATIONAL REVIEW While we will have to wait for more evidence to know for sure, the circumstantial evidence already points to Intellgence Operational Rule No. 2, i.e., Russian involvement. First, Russian intelligence services despise the CIA for its recruitment of Russian agents on Russian soil. They are always desperate to embarrass the agency. Second, as John Schindler, a former NSA counterintelligence officer, has argued for years, WikiLeaks is not an independent accountability agency, but rather a veiled cutout for Russian intelligence. Many American intelligence officers believe WikiLeaks to be a known quantity. Indeed, in March 2016, when WikiLeaks first began releasing Democratic-party officials' e-mails, I was confident that Russia's GRU intelligence service was responsible. This January, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) publicly confirmed the same. Moreover, anyone genuinely concerned about civil-liberties abuses would have approached the congressional intelligence-oversight committees or an anti- surveillance U.S. journalist. In the intelligence world, approaching Julian Assange or the Russians is the same thing. The leaker/s is either an idiot or a traitor.

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How social media is used to manipulate electorates

Bots make it easy to spread a given message, but that also creates a problem: Twitter followers often don't know they're retweeting or forwarding deliberately false information from unknown sources, which can then potentially further polarize the populace and overstate a message or a candidate's actual support. In his opening statement to the committee, Clint Watts, a former FBI special agent, explained the influence campaign was part of a yearslong Russian effort to undermine US institutions. "Tailored news feeds from social media platforms have created information bubbles where voters see only stories and opinions suiting their preferences and biases," he said, "ripe conditions for Russiarn disinformation campaigns."

Bots make it easy to spread a given message, but that also creates a problem: Twitter followers often don't know they're retweeting or forwarding deliberately false information from unknown sources, which can then potentially further polarize the populace and overstate a message or a candidate's actual support. In his opening statement to the committee, Clint Watts, a former FBI special agent, explained the influence campaign was part of a yearslong Russian effort to undermine US institutions. "Tailored news feeds from social media platforms have created information bubbles where voters see only stories and opinions suiting their preferences and biases," he said, "ripe conditions for Russiarn disinformation campaigns."

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Don't be fooled: Trump isn't stupid about this

PLEASE READ AND RT IT'S LONG BUT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND! Easter weekend, all Americans, our allies and the world watched and waited in hopes that the worst case scenario would not present itself regarding North Korea. Given what we were told, should the situation go South, the US had positioned AN ARMADA" to defend our allies or possibly our homeland should North Korea's proliferation be more advance than we thought. On Tuesday after Easter, it was confirmed that this was not the case at all. The USS Carl Vinson was nowhere near the the area of potential conflict. WE CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND HOW S. KOREA AND JAPAN MUST HAVE FELT, DISCOVERING WE DIDN'T HAVE THEIR BACKS! We also found out the same day that Trump called Turkish President Erdogan to congratulate him on a win that the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman warned "all who value democracy...should be concerned. NEVER IN AMERICA HISTORY has there been a sitting President that would do such a thing, they wouldn't even have thought to do it! Given al the lies and distractions along with the billowing smoke that strongly suggests the corruption of Donald Trump et ABUNDANTLY CLEAR...HE ISN'T SOME HALF WIT MORON...HIS ACTIONS HAVE BEEN PURPOSEFUL AND PREMEDITATED! HE IS ACCOMPLISHING HIS MISSION! while waiting for confirmation, this is what has become There has not been one thing in our government that has made life better for our citizens or our country since the Inauguration Nothing but the gutting of every governmental agency. Just since Easter weekend the two actions previously referenced are nothing short of HUMILIATING AND DETRIMENTAL TOWARDS THE IMAGE THE UNITED STATES HAS PRIDED ITSELF ON SINCE THE NATIONS CONCEPTION. Trump's behavior points strongly toward his alliance with Russia and HIS ACTIONS POINT DIRECTLY towards his deliberate intention to degrade the United States in the eyes of the world. HE IS ACCOMPLISHING WHAT HE HAS SET OUT TO DO! "MAKING AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN", IS NOTHING BUT A DISTRACTIVE GIMMICK INTENDED TO DISGUISE HIS ACTIONS. It appears that our Founding Fathers didn't take a situation into consideration where if the government was controlled by an entire Party of corruption, how are we to protect ourselves?

PLEASE READ AND RT IT'S LONG BUT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND! Easter weekend, all Americans, our allies and the world watched and waited in hopes that the worst case scenario would not present itself regarding North Korea. Given what we were told, should the situation go South, the US had positioned AN ARMADA" to defend our allies or possibly our homeland should North Korea's proliferation be more advance than we thought. On Tuesday after Easter, it was confirmed that this was not the case at all. The USS Carl Vinson was nowhere near the the area of potential conflict. WE CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND HOW S. KOREA AND JAPAN MUST HAVE FELT, DISCOVERING WE DIDN'T HAVE THEIR BACKS! We also found out the same day that Trump called Turkish President Erdogan to congratulate him on a win that the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman warned "all who value democracy...should be concerned. NEVER IN AMERICA HISTORY has there been a sitting President that would do such a thing, they wouldn't even have thought to do it! Given al the lies and distractions along with the billowing smoke that strongly suggests the corruption of Donald Trump et ABUNDANTLY CLEAR...HE ISN'T SOME HALF WIT MORON...HIS ACTIONS HAVE BEEN PURPOSEFUL AND PREMEDITATED! HE IS ACCOMPLISHING HIS MISSION! while waiting for confirmation, this is what has become There has not been one thing in our government that has made life better for our citizens or our country since the Inauguration Nothing but the gutting of every governmental agency. Just since Easter weekend the two actions previously referenced are nothing short of HUMILIATING AND DETRIMENTAL TOWARDS THE IMAGE THE UNITED STATES HAS PRIDED ITSELF ON SINCE THE NATIONS CONCEPTION. Trump's behavior points strongly toward his alliance with Russia and HIS ACTIONS POINT DIRECTLY towards his deliberate intention to degrade the United States in the eyes of the world. HE IS ACCOMPLISHING WHAT HE HAS SET OUT TO DO! "MAKING AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN", IS NOTHING BUT A DISTRACTIVE GIMMICK INTENDED TO DISGUISE HIS ACTIONS. It appears that our Founding Fathers didn't take a situation into consideration where if the government was controlled by an entire Party of corruption, how are we to protect ourselves?

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The hearings will continue

U.S.House of Representatives PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE For Immediate Release April 21, 2017 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Sends Letters Inviting Testimony of Comey, Rogers, Brennan, Clapper and Yates WASHINGTON, D.C. Yesterday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent two letters related to its investigation into Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign. The first letter was sent to FBI Director James Comey and National Security Advisor Admiral Mike Rogers, inviting them to appear at a closed hearing on May 2, 2017. The second letter was sent to former CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates inviting them to appear at an open hearing to be scheduled after May 2nd.

U.S.House of Representatives PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE For Immediate Release April 21, 2017 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Sends Letters Inviting Testimony of Comey, Rogers, Brennan, Clapper and Yates WASHINGTON, D.C. Yesterday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent two letters related to its investigation into Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign. The first letter was sent to FBI Director James Comey and National Security Advisor Admiral Mike Rogers, inviting them to appear at a closed hearing on May 2, 2017. The second letter was sent to former CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates inviting them to appear at an open hearing to be scheduled after May 2nd.

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How the Active Measures chain works

Russia's "Active Measures" - Blending Overt To The Covert On Social Media 0) Propaganda Themes: Attribution: "White" Overt Attribution: "Gray"-Uncertain Attribution: "Black"-Covert Hecklers QUESTION MORE RT Discredit Democracy, Public & Gov Figures Political INFOWARS TODAY ON THE ALEX ONES SHON Sow Mistrust InfoWars, ZeroHedge, Others . Advance Narratives COPIES THEMESShape Themes Into Narratives Arm Hecklers With Content Financial Overt Russian State News Outlets Russia Television (RT), Sputnik News SHAPE NARRATIVES Overt News Aggregators Build Social Media Following Amplify Narratives In Target Audience Manipulate True Information Push Misinformation Honeypots Compromise Accounts Social → Marcel Sardo Hackers . Defacement Wikileaks, DC Lealk Data Expose Secrets BREAKING Wikileaks 9.252 Extraction Denial of Service Calamity Snowden vs Surveillance, the Russian Edition SUPPLY SECRETS APT 28 GRUYBE Encyeat GUIDE THEMES la ONC Emails APT 29- FSB Source: A. Weisburd (CCHS) C. Watts (FPRI& CCHS) J. Berger (ICCT)

Russia's "Active Measures" - Blending Overt To The Covert On Social Media 0) Propaganda Themes: Attribution: "White" Overt Attribution: "Gray"-Uncertain Attribution: "Black"-Covert Hecklers QUESTION MORE RT Discredit Democracy, Public & Gov Figures Political INFOWARS TODAY ON THE ALEX ONES SHON Sow Mistrust InfoWars, ZeroHedge, Others . Advance Narratives COPIES THEMESShape Themes Into Narratives Arm Hecklers With Content Financial Overt Russian State News Outlets Russia Television (RT), Sputnik News SHAPE NARRATIVES Overt News Aggregators Build Social Media Following Amplify Narratives In Target Audience Manipulate True Information Push Misinformation Honeypots Compromise Accounts Social → Marcel Sardo Hackers . Defacement Wikileaks, DC Lealk Data Expose Secrets BREAKING Wikileaks 9.252 Extraction Denial of Service Calamity Snowden vs Surveillance, the Russian Edition SUPPLY SECRETS APT 28 GRUYBE Encyeat GUIDE THEMES la ONC Emails APT 29- FSB Source: A. Weisburd (CCHS) C. Watts (FPRI& CCHS) J. Berger (ICCT)

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Justify the unjustifyable

The intelligence source told me that he knows, "from talking to people in the intelligence community," that "the White House said, 'We are going to mobilize to find something to justify the President's tweet that he was being surveilled.' They put out an all-points bulletin"-a call to sift through intelligence reports --" and said, 'We need to find something that justifies the President's crazy tweet about surveillance at Trump Tower.' And I'm telling you there is no way you get that from those transcripts, which are about as plain vanilla as can be." (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.)

The intelligence source told me that he knows, "from talking to people in the intelligence community," that "the White House said, 'We are going to mobilize to find something to justify the President's tweet that he was being surveilled.' They put out an all-points bulletin"-a call to sift through intelligence reports --" and said, 'We need to find something that justifies the President's crazy tweet about surveillance at Trump Tower.' And I'm telling you there is no way you get that from those transcripts, which are about as plain vanilla as can be." (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.)

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The Nunes Stunt confirmed

It is now clear that the scandal was not Rice's normal review of the intelligence reports but the coördinated effort between the Trump Administration and Nunes to sift through classified information and computer logs that recorded Rice's unmasking requests, and then leak a highly misleading characterization of those documents, all in an apparent effort to turn Rice, a longtime target of Republicans, into the face of alleged spying against Trump. It was a series of lies to manufacture a fake scandal. Last week, CNN was the first to report that both Democrats and Republicans who reviewed the Nunes material at the N.S.A. said that the documents provided "no evidence that Obama Administration officials did anything unusual or

It is now clear that the scandal was not Rice's normal review of the intelligence reports but the coördinated effort between the Trump Administration and Nunes to sift through classified information and computer logs that recorded Rice's unmasking requests, and then leak a highly misleading characterization of those documents, all in an apparent effort to turn Rice, a longtime target of Republicans, into the face of alleged spying against Trump. It was a series of lies to manufacture a fake scandal. Last week, CNN was the first to report that both Democrats and Republicans who reviewed the Nunes material at the N.S.A. said that the documents provided "no evidence that Obama Administration officials did anything unusual or

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Why is Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley billionaire, interested in the National Security Council?

The meetings occurred in Trump Tower, the administration's transition office in Washington and elsewhere, according to people familiar with them. In one informal discussion in late November, Prince spoke openly with two members of Trump's transition team on a train bound from New York to Washington. He boarded the same Acela as Kellyanne Conway and they sat together. Joining the conversation at one point was Kevin Harrington, a longtime associate of Trump adviser Peter Thiel who is now on the National Security Council. They discussed, in broad terms, major changes the incoming administration envisioned for the intelligence community, as recounted by a person on the train who overheard their conversation Conway declined to comment for this story. Harrington said through a spokesman that he recalled speaking briefly to Prince on the train ride but that was the only time he talked to him

The meetings occurred in Trump Tower, the administration's transition office in Washington and elsewhere, according to people familiar with them. In one informal discussion in late November, Prince spoke openly with two members of Trump's transition team on a train bound from New York to Washington. He boarded the same Acela as Kellyanne Conway and they sat together. Joining the conversation at one point was Kevin Harrington, a longtime associate of Trump adviser Peter Thiel who is now on the National Security Council. They discussed, in broad terms, major changes the incoming administration envisioned for the intelligence community, as recounted by a person on the train who overheard their conversation Conway declined to comment for this story. Harrington said through a spokesman that he recalled speaking briefly to Prince on the train ride but that was the only time he talked to him

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The McConnell Coverup

The classified briefings that the C.I.A. held in August and September for the so- called Gang of Eight - the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and the Senate and of the intelligence committees in each chamber-show deep concerns about the impact of the election meddling. In the briefings, the C.I.A. said there was intelligence indicating not only that the Russians were trying to get Mr. Trump elected but that they had gained computer access to multiple state and local election boards in the United States since 2014, officials said. Although the breached systems were not involved in actual vote-tallying operations, Obama administration officials proposed that the eight senior lawmakers write a letter to state election officials warning them of the possible threat posed by Russian hacking, officials said. ut Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican majority leader resisted, questioning the underpinnings of the intelligence, according to officials with knowledge of the discussions. Mr. McConnell ultimately agreed to a softer version of the letter, which did not mention the Russians but warned of unnamed "malefactors" who might seek to disrupt the elections through online intrusion. The letter, dated Sept. 28, was signed by Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid, Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the ranking Democrat.

The classified briefings that the C.I.A. held in August and September for the so- called Gang of Eight - the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and the Senate and of the intelligence committees in each chamber-show deep concerns about the impact of the election meddling. In the briefings, the C.I.A. said there was intelligence indicating not only that the Russians were trying to get Mr. Trump elected but that they had gained computer access to multiple state and local election boards in the United States since 2014, officials said. Although the breached systems were not involved in actual vote-tallying operations, Obama administration officials proposed that the eight senior lawmakers write a letter to state election officials warning them of the possible threat posed by Russian hacking, officials said. ut Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican majority leader resisted, questioning the underpinnings of the intelligence, according to officials with knowledge of the discussions. Mr. McConnell ultimately agreed to a softer version of the letter, which did not mention the Russians but warned of unnamed "malefactors" who might seek to disrupt the elections through online intrusion. The letter, dated Sept. 28, was signed by Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid, Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the ranking Democrat.

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Rudy Giulianni's law firm's London Branch has deals with Rosneft

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's London office specializes in energy and has advised oil producers including Apache Corp. and BP Plc on mergers and acquisitions. Other clients include Moscow-based OAO Rosneft.

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP's London office specializes in energy and has advised oil producers including Apache Corp. and BP Plc on mergers and acquisitions. Other clients include Moscow-based OAO Rosneft.

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Russia saw Trump as emotionally unstable

nts of martial arts is the training it gives in assessing an opponent's weakness. He may have seen these weaknesses long ago. Waclaw Radziwinowicz, former Moscow correspondent of Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza, has written that Russia wished for (and perhaps abetted) Trump's victory not so that Trump would be nice to them, but because his unpreparedness, illogicality and emotional instability would make the US weak.

nts of martial arts is the training it gives in assessing an opponent's weakness. He may have seen these weaknesses long ago. Waclaw Radziwinowicz, former Moscow correspondent of Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza, has written that Russia wished for (and perhaps abetted) Trump's victory not so that Trump would be nice to them, but because his unpreparedness, illogicality and emotional instability would make the US weak.

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And now China's involved

..ooo Verizon 8:03 AM 96% HOME PAGE contracts for the US president's promised $1tn infrastructure buildout Mr Manafort met Yan Jiehe, the billionaire founder of Pacific Construction Group, in Shanghai last Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, Mr Yan told the Financial Times that Mr Manafort _ who has represented leaders from the Philippines to Angola to Ukraine _ would help him navigate what is expected to eventually be a US infrastructure boom Speaking in a conference room decorated with Chinese classical paintings and overlooking Shanghai's financial district, Mr Yan pointed to a US map, as he outlined his ambition to win infrastructure deals in the world's largest economy. "The map that we've hung up here is for Trump's special envoy, Paul," Mr Yan said Advertisement Sections myFT Search Refresh More

..ooo Verizon 8:03 AM 96% HOME PAGE contracts for the US president's promised $1tn infrastructure buildout Mr Manafort met Yan Jiehe, the billionaire founder of Pacific Construction Group, in Shanghai last Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, Mr Yan told the Financial Times that Mr Manafort _ who has represented leaders from the Philippines to Angola to Ukraine _ would help him navigate what is expected to eventually be a US infrastructure boom Speaking in a conference room decorated with Chinese classical paintings and overlooking Shanghai's financial district, Mr Yan pointed to a US map, as he outlined his ambition to win infrastructure deals in the world's largest economy. "The map that we've hung up here is for Trump's special envoy, Paul," Mr Yan said Advertisement Sections myFT Search Refresh More

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The Nixon Watergate comparisons have come full-circle!

Sources with links to the intelligence community say it is believed that Carter Page went to Moscow in early July carrying with him a pre-recorded tape of Donald Trump offering to change American policy if he were to be elected, to make it more favorable to Putin In exchange, Page was authorized directly by Trump to request the help of the Russian government in hacking the election.

Sources with links to the intelligence community say it is believed that Carter Page went to Moscow in early July carrying with him a pre-recorded tape of Donald Trump offering to change American policy if he were to be elected, to make it more favorable to Putin In exchange, Page was authorized directly by Trump to request the help of the Russian government in hacking the election.

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Pascale on Trump's digital campaign

What's certain is that someone was trying to get Leonard in the game. When we began to ask experts whom it might be, many suggested asking Parscale. A former Spurs season-ticket holder, Parscale directed Trump's digital efforts during the presidential campaign from a low-slung building along the 410 freeway in northern San Antonio. A Bloomberg report detailed his mastery of the emerging art of exercising digital influence. The technique focused on using more than 100 people to solidify the positions of likely Trump supporters- and sow doubt wherever influential groups of Clinton supporters gathered online. When asked in January if he was behind the bots voting for Leonard, Parscale wrote in an email, "No, I didn't even know Kawhi was up for the award. I have been very busy with getting Trump elected." But he did quickly suggest that the system has vulnerabilities "Here's the issue: There's no way to perfectly lock this out, and the way [the NBA] did it is designed to create narrative," Parscale said. "There's no way around it. I might have 1,ooo technical ways to make it limited, but there's no way it's locked in."

What's certain is that someone was trying to get Leonard in the game. When we began to ask experts whom it might be, many suggested asking Parscale. A former Spurs season-ticket holder, Parscale directed Trump's digital efforts during the presidential campaign from a low-slung building along the 410 freeway in northern San Antonio. A Bloomberg report detailed his mastery of the emerging art of exercising digital influence. The technique focused on using more than 100 people to solidify the positions of likely Trump supporters- and sow doubt wherever influential groups of Clinton supporters gathered online. When asked in January if he was behind the bots voting for Leonard, Parscale wrote in an email, "No, I didn't even know Kawhi was up for the award. I have been very busy with getting Trump elected." But he did quickly suggest that the system has vulnerabilities "Here's the issue: There's no way to perfectly lock this out, and the way [the NBA] did it is designed to create narrative," Parscale said. "There's no way around it. I might have 1,ooo technical ways to make it limited, but there's no way it's locked in."

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Interesting if true

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated Just spoke to a New York source and Rudy Giuliani is in legal jeopardy and is desperate to make a deal but James Comey is having none of it. 4/13/17, 12:48 PM from South Carolina, USA

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated Just spoke to a New York source and Rudy Giuliani is in legal jeopardy and is desperate to make a deal but James Comey is having none of it. 4/13/17, 12:48 PM from South Carolina, USA

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Transcript of Pompeo's statement

WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged its followers to find jobs at CIA in order to obtain intelligence. It directed Chelsea Manning in her theft of specific secret information. And it overwhelmingly focuses on the United States, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organizations. It is time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is - a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia. In January of this year, our Intelligence Community determined that Russian military intelligence-the GRU-had used WikiLeaks to release data of US victims that the GRU had obtained through cyber operations against the Democratic National Committee. And the report also found that Russia's primary propaganda outlet, RT, has actively collaborated with WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged its followers to find jobs at CIA in order to obtain intelligence. It directed Chelsea Manning in her theft of specific secret information. And it overwhelmingly focuses on the United States, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organizations. It is time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is - a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia. In January of this year, our Intelligence Community determined that Russian military intelligence-the GRU-had used WikiLeaks to release data of US victims that the GRU had obtained through cyber operations against the Democratic National Committee. And the report also found that Russia's primary propaganda outlet, RT, has actively collaborated with WikiLeaks.

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