Epstein Secrets

the President. He should have been aware of it." Reed said on CNN's Inside PoliticsVi (7/5, 795K) that "this was real enough to be discussed that the National Security Council, real enough to alert our allies to protect their own forces and anytime there is a threat to US forces, the President of the United States should b

Was Briefed On Bounty Intelligence In February. The Federalist (7/2, Davis, Hemingway, 126K) reports that top staff for House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff "were briefed in February" on the intelligence, but Schiff "took no action in response to the briefing, multiple intelligence sources familiar with

undoing many restrictions that had been in place under prior administrations." Unlike previous limited presidential findings, this one, "driven by the National Security Council and crafted by the CIA, focuses more broadly on a capability: covert action in cyberspace." Zack Dorfman of the Aspen Institute (and an author of t

448K) reports that how Attorney General William Barr "may yet unleash the power of the Justice Department has House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) unnerved." Schiff invoked US Attorney John Durham, "who is conducting a criminal inquiry of the federal Russia investigation, as he discussed

st On NSC, Sources Say. Politico (7/10, Lippman, 4.29M) reports the White House "has tapped Ryan Tully to be the top Europe and Russian official on the National Security Council, the fifth person to hold the job in three and a half years, according to two people familiar with his hiring." Politico says Tully, who assumes th

utive clemency to benefit an ally." Reuters adds Democrats "condemned Trump's action as an assault on the rule of law." House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said, "With this commutation, Trump makes clear that there are two systems of justice in America: one for his criminal friends, and one for everyone

n." He continued, "I think it should be effective if implemented properly, which I have confidence in the team, both at my old agency as well as in the National Security Council and elsewhere." CBS News (5/14, Segers, 5.39M) reports that Krebs "praised Mr. Biden for 'jettisoning the traditional approach' to addressing cyber

believed to be state-backed." Schiff: Colonial Pipeline Attack Shows Critical Infrastructure Is Not Adequately Protected. House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff was asked on CBS' Face The NationVI (5/16, 2.36M) what the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack exposed about the country's vulnerabilities. Schiff