By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, appearing Tuesday on “The View,” said a spy during the 2016 campaign was there for Russian meddling purposes and President Donald Trump should be happy such a person existed, Real Clear Politics reports. “With the informant business, well, the point here is the Russians,” Clapper…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Echoing what former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said the other day, ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells CNN Monday that President Donald Trump is leading “a very disturbing assault on the independence of the Department of Justice.” “When the President — this president or any president — tries to…
Lawmakers are pleading with President Trump to avoid appointing any politicians to replace FBI Director James Comey.
Fred Kaplan Slate I regard Daniel Ellsberg as an American patriot. I was one of the first columnists to write that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper should be fired for lying to Congress. On June 7, two days after the first news stories based on Edward Snowden’s leaks, I wrote a column airing (and endorsing)…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. officials have said NSA leaker Edward Snowden was exaggerating when he indicated it was easy for even a low-level defense contractor to wiretap someone. Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the story, told George Stephanopoulos on ABC News on Sunday that abusing the surveillance would be easy because of the lack of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III emphasized Thursday that the cyberworld has dramatically changed the landscape when it comes to theft of intelligence and money. “You have probes and capabilities of intruding into networks..that previously you had to recruit somebody inside to obtain, which makes it much easier for…
