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C.I.A. Scrambles to Contain Damage From WikiLeaks Documents

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date March 8, 2017

WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. scrambled on Wednesday to assess and contain the damage from the release by WikiLeaks of thousands of documents that cataloged the agency’s cyberspying capabilities,…

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More Pieces Of Donald Trump Russia Dossier Check Out | Rachel Maddow

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date March 8, 2017

Rachel Maddow notes that while the dossier of intelligence about Donald Trump ties to Russia remains unconfirmed, pieces of it have checked out upon investig…

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Fmr NSA Analyst: Russian Intel Helping Trump White House Target Journalists

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date March 7, 2017

–John Schindler, a security expert and former counterintelligence officer, claims that the Trump White House is working with Russian intelligence officials …

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The New Yorker’s David Remnick on the dangers of normalizing Donald Trump

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date March 3, 2017

David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, discusses the dangers of normalizing a Donald Trump presidency during a live chat hosted by the Columbia Journalism …

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Teaching Westward Expansion: K-12 Educators’ Workshop (2017 AHA Annual Meeting )

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date March 3, 2017

The traditional narrative of westward expansion can inadvertently oversimplify the complexity of the past. This workshop will explore primary sources partici…

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A timeline of the 3 Trump-Russia scandals

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date February 23, 2017

It’s clear, Trump has a Russia problem.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOThat’s because there isn’t just one scandal involving Trump and Russia: …

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Is Putin testing the Trump administration?

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date February 19, 2017

What do Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent actions reveal about his U.S. strategy? Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and former deputy CIA …

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Trump and Netanyahu have awkward exchange over West Bank settlements

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date February 15, 2017

President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House earlier on Wednesday.During a press conference, the two heads of…

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Election 2016: How Did We Get Here and What Does It Mean?

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date February 15, 2017

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, five historians participated in a discussion of the election at the 130th annual meeting of the American Histo…