Epstein Secrets

torture, the surprising liberalism of generals, and the stupidity of the civilian-military bureaucracy. Then it was on to the looming appointment of Michael Flynn—a favorite Trump general who’d been the opening act at many Trump rallies—as the National Security Advisor. “He’s fine. He’s not Jim Mattis and he’s

r. Bolton was an Ailes favorite, too. “He’s a bomb thrower,” said Ailes. “And a strange little fucker. But you need him. Who else is good on Israel? Flynn is a little nutty on Iran. Tillerson”—the secretary of state designate—“just knows oil.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019885 “Bolton’s mustache is a problem,” s

the National Security Advisor. “Yes,” she said, “General Flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president.”

s to make nice with the CIA. On Saturday, January 21, in an event organized by Kushner, the president, in his first presidential act, paid a call on Langley to, in Bannon’s hopeful description, “play some politics.” In carefully prepared remarks in his first act as president, he would lay some of the famo

7.59M) reports the document "reflects type- written notes by FBI agent Joe Pientka after an August 17, 2016 briefing to then-candidate Donald Trump, Michael Flynn and Chris Christie, in support of ODNI briefings provided to US Presidential candidates and two of their advisors.' The Daily Caller <https://dailyc

s-show- briefing-to-trump-and-flynn-used-as-pretext-to-investigate-campaign> (7/23, Dunleavy, 448K) reports Pientka quotes himself as telling Trump, Flynn, and Christie, "I will provide you with a counterintelligence and security brief that will give you a baseline on the methodology used by Foreign In

Susan Pompeo, Secretary of State Pompeo's wife, who it says has "wield[ed] her unofficial authority in ways that have carried through from the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters all the way to Foggy Bottom — with fastidious attention to detail, demanding standards and a head-turning level of engagement fo

7.59M) reports the document "reflects type-written notes by FBI agent Joe Pientka after an August 17, 2016 briefing to then-candidate Donald Trump, Michael Flynn and Chris Christie, 'in support of ODNI briefings provided to US Presidential candidates and two of their advisors." The Daily Caller (7/23, Ross, 7

e Pientka in the briefing," according to the memo. The Washington Examiner (7/23, Dunleavy, 448K) reports Pientka quotes himself as telling Trump, Flynn, and Christie, "I will provide you with a counterintelligence and security brief that will give you a baseline on the methodology used by Foreign In

usan Pompeo, Secretary of State Pompeo's wife, who it says has "wield[ed) her unofficial authority in ways that have carried through from the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters all the way to Foggy Bottom - with fastidious attention to detail, demanding standards and a head-turning level of engagement for

ts that the Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has discovered "further information related to the FBI's investigation of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, including more notes taken by fired special agent Peter Strzok." Acting US Attorney in Washington, DC Michael Sherwin "said Tuesday that the docum

es taken by fired special agent Peter Strzok." Acting US Attorney in Washington, DC Michael Sherwin "said Tuesday that the documents handed over to Flynn's defense team included handwritten notes from Strzok taken at a meeting on Jan. 25, 2017; notes from former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Tashi

Puzzle sculpture at CIA headquarters. Jim Sanborn "created a sculpture containing a secret message." It sits "on the grounds of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia." Yet no one "has been able to solve it." Code breakers "from around the world have tried for 30 years." The artist "meets with people lik

7.59M) reports the document "reflects type-written notes by FBI agent Joe Pientka after an August 17, 2016 briefing to then-candidate Donald Trump, Michael Flynn and Chris Christie, 'in support of ODNI briefings provided to US Presidential candidates and two of their advisors." The Daily Caller (7/23, Ross, 7

e Pientka in the briefing," according to the memo. The Washington Examiner (7/23, Dunleavy, 448K) reports Pientka quotes himself as telling Trump, Flynn, and Christie, "I will provide you with a counterintelligence and security brief that will give you a baseline on the methodology used by Foreign In

usan Pompeo, Secretary of State Pompeo's wife, who it says has "wield[ed) her unofficial authority in ways that have carried through from the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters all the way to Foggy Bottom - with fastidious attention to detail, demanding standards and a head-turning level of engagement for

And, just as basically: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If Trump had one fixed point of reference in the Middle East, it was—mostly courtesy of Michael Flynn’s tutoring —that Iran was the bad guy. Hence everybody opposed to Iran was a pretty good guy. After the election, MBS had reached out to Kushner. In t

o, for the most part, were skilled in the new army jargon of PowerPoint, data dumps, and McKinsey-like presentations. One of the things that endeared Flynn to the president was that Flynn, quite the conspiracist and drama queen, had a vivid storytelling sense. By the time of the Syrian attack on Khan Sh

conjecture, speculation, or solid stuff. But, as it churned and festered in the president’s mind, Kushner and Bannon went out to CIA headquarters in Langley to meet with Mike Pompeo and his deputy director Gina Haspel to check it out. A few days later, the CIA opaquely reported back that the information w

umbers, of NSA documents. Lieutenant General Mike Flynn, the DIA director, who directed the DIA secret st

e family business. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020200 49 Chronology2: The Snowden Thriller The Intelligence World, 2006-2014 June2006-Feb 2007 CIA Trainee, Langley, Virginia March 2007- Feb 2009 CIA Communications officer. Geneva, Switzerland June 2009-Sept 2010 DELL/ NSA Security instructor, Yokoda. Japan