The Senate easily confirmed President Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA Monday night, installing a House Republican into the post after a temporary delay of the vote by Democrats critical of government surveillance programs. The Senate vote means Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., will take over an agency that has been in the political spotlight for […]
Vows to Set Aside Politics As CIA Chief…
Trump CIA Nominee Mike Pompeo: Yes, Russia did the Hacking, And No, I Wouldn’t Follow Orders to Bring Back Enhanced Interrogation…
His Russia answer would have been more newsworthy today if not for the fact that Trump himself finally blamed Russia for the hackings at yesterday’s press conference. I wonder if Pompeo had a hand in that. If Team Trump asked him how he intended to testify at his confirmation hearing about the hackings and he […]
Trump Announces Sessions for AG, Pompeo for CIA, Flynn for National Security…
President-elect Donald Trump signaled a sharp rightward shift in U.S. national security policy Friday, naming Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, and former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn as his national security adviser…
Attorney General Lynch ‘Pleads Fifth’ on Secret Iran ‘Ransom’ Payments…
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with an investigation by leading members of Congress about the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year, prompting accusations that Lynch has “pleaded the Fifth” Amendment…
Select Committee on Benghazi Releases Proposed Report…
The Benghazi Lie in Black and White…
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