The DNI office was create to avoid the intel failures that led to 9/11. Trump has used it t push false election conspiracies and retribution against perceived political enemies. washingtonpost.com/national-…
Fully 69 percent of Britons view Trump unfavorably, exactly the same proportion who disapprove of “taking your shoes off on public transport.” wapo.st/45bfRCK
FBI agents say the bureau under Kash Patel has been gaming the vaunted Most Wanted Fugitives list to make the arrest stats look good.
Patel has repeatedly boasted about recent success in capturing fugitives on the list. But insiders say the bureau is putting people on the list that officials know ate about to be captured.
Of the 6 fugitives caught since Patel took office, 4 were seized within a month of the FBI leadership elevating them to the top of the Ten Most Wanted list. Two of those four were grabbed within 24 hours of being added to the list, according to the FBI. ms.now/news/fbi-insiders-kas…
Scoop: The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering." washingtonpost.com/business/…
The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the Iran war after they published photos of Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering," according to two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. washingtonpost.com/business/…
Israeli defense officials start to ask how the Iran war ends. '“We don’t see anyone who can replace the regime,” an Israeli official said, summarizing a view shared by U.S. and Israeli intelligence analysts. wapo.st/40X5Tmk
Oct 7 unleashed forces that are redrawing the Middle East on scale comparable to Arab Spring and break up of Ottoman empire - just not how Iran and its proxies intended. How will it end. Amazing piece by @SBHendrixwapo.st/3OFMeEZ
Scoop: U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joked to embassy staff about procreating while sheltering in place on Tuesday in a memo one U.S. official described as “awkward” and “odd.”