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In the aftermath of the embarrassing revelation that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California — who as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee leaked information supposedly proving the White House’s unsubstantiated claim to have been spied upon by President Barack Obama that was provided by, um, the White House itself — Trump’s defenders are trying to save face by pointing to an unrelated March 2nd interview with a former Obama administration official.
On that day Evelyn Farkas, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia until 2015, told MSNBC that she had urged officials in …read more
Source: Salon
