Section: Business Insider (USA)
US spies say the Hunter Biden email controversy shows how ‘exploitable’ and ‘grotesquely vulnerable’ Trump and Giuliani are to Russian intelligence
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., August 18, 2016 REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Former spooks told Business Insider that Rudy Giuliani’s role in a series of events that culminated in a widely discredited New York Post story shows...
Biden calls controversial New York Post story about his son Hunter a ‘smear campaign’
Associated Press/Evan Vucci, AP Joe Biden on Friday pushed back against the explosive New York Post article that circulated this week alleging that his son Hunter tried to set up a meeting with a Ukrainian official while he was still vice president, a narrative long pushed by President Trump. “I have no response,” Biden said when...
Trump shrugged and said ‘that’s Rudy’ when warned Giuliani was being targeted by Russian agents with disinformation, report says
Rudy Giuliani with Donald Trump, then the President-elect, in Bedminster New Jersey, in November 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump was warned by national security officials last year that Rudy Giuliani, was being used by Russia to spread disinformation, The Washington Post reported. “That’s Rudy!” Trump...
The FBI is investigating whether purported Hunter Biden-Burisma emails were part of a foreign intelligence operation
Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and current lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media during a White House Sports and Fitness Day at the South Lawn of the White House May 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images The FBI is investigating whether emails purportedly featuring communications between...
GOP senators plan to subpoena Jack Dorsey to testify about Twitter’s decision to block the link to an unverified and dubious story about Hunter Biden’s emails
Joshua Roberts/Reuters Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify about Twitter’s decision to block links to a dubious New York Post article about Joe Biden’s son. The New York Post article contains unverified emails purportedly taken from Hunter Biden’s laptop that were...
The Biden laptop could be real. It could be fake. It could be a mix of the two. Regardless, it’s classic Russian.
The New York Post protested decisions by Facebook and Twitter to suppress coverage of the Biden laptop, after the social media platforms concluded the data was unverified and of questionable origin. The New York Post The appearance of Hunter Biden’s laptop — full of juicy emails and embarrassing images — in the hands of President...
US intelligence analysts knew Russia would dump hacked Burisma emails targeting Biden as an ‘October surprise,’ report says
Vladimir Putin. Reuters US intelligence analysts learned last month that hacked emails from Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings would be dumped online as an “October surprise,” The New York Times reported. Russian military intelligence hackers successfully breached Burisma’s servers in January, The Times reported earlier this year....
Amy Coney Barrett won’t say if presidents should commit to a peaceful transfer of power and if they can pardon themselves
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, declined to say whether all presidents...
Russian weapons and proxy fights add to tensions in one of the world’s ‘most kinetic areas’
First parts of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system are unloaded from a Russian plane near Ankara, Turkey, July 12, 2019. Turkish Military/Turkish Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS Reports that Turkey activated a Russian-made air-defense system to track US-built fighter jets raised hackles in Washington, which is pressuring Ankara to get rid...
China is getting ready to field its 3rd aircraft carrier — here’s why they’re no match for US flattops
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning during a drill in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. Stringer via Reuters The centerpiece of China’s rapidly growing navy is its aircraft carriers, with two in service and another on the way. The carriers represent a new capability for China’s military, and Beijing has touted them in state...
