by Jim Heath | Sep 10, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from congressional scrutiny after the brutal assassination of the American journalist Jamal Khashoggi. That’s according to the veteran reporter Bob Woodward’s...
by Jim Heath | Sep 10, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Joe Biden
Russian state-backed hackers have been targeting a firm linked to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign for the last two months, according to Microsoft. The hackers targeted staff at campaign strategy firm SKDKnickerbocker – which is working with Biden and...
by Jim Heath | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Excerpts, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, intelligence
Former director of national intelligence Dan Coats could not shake his “deep suspicions” that Russian President Vladimir Putin “had something” on President Trump, seeing “no other explanation” for the president’s behavior,...
by Jim Heath | Sep 3, 2020 | 2020, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will lead to widespread fraud, again echoing a frequent and unfounded complaint raised by President Trump. Analysts with the Department of...
by Jim Heath | Aug 29, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
The nation’s top intelligence officials moved to tighten control over the flow of sensitive intelligence about foreign threats to November’s election, telling Congress that they would no longer provide in-person briefings about election security. Representatives from...
by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
Four U.S. troops were injured after a Russian military vehicle deliberately rammed the vehicle they were driving following a tense high-speed confrontation in the east of Syria. The U.S. service members have been diagnosed with mild concussion-like symptoms, Politico...
