Zachary Cohen
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Atlanta, GA, United States
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Exclusive: Ukraine has cultivated sabotage agents inside Russia and is giving them drones to stage attacks, sources say
Ukraine has cultivated a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia working to carry out acts of sabotage against Russian targets and has begun providing them with drones to stage attacks, multiple people familiar with US intelligence on the matter told CNN. → Read More
FBI director speaks with congressional Republicans about Biden document dispute
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday offered to let House Oversight Chair James Comer view an internal law enforcement document at FBI headquarters that Republicans believe will shed light on an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national, the chairman said in a statement. → Read More
US intelligence indicates Ukrainians may have launched drone attack on Kremlin
US officials have picked up chatter amongst Ukrainian officials blaming each other for a drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month, contributing to a US assessment that a Ukrainian group may have been responsible, sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN. → Read More
FBI searched intelligence database for info on January 6 riot suspects, people arrested at George Floyd protests
The FBI improperly searched an intelligence database for information on suspects in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot and people arrested at 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd, according to a court opinion that was unsealed and released Friday. → Read More
How GOP attacks on 'wokeism' helped lead the Pentagon to abandon its effort to combat extremism in the military
An early Biden administration initiative to root out extremism in the military was designed to identify people like Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman with a long-history of violent and racist behavior now accused of perpetrating one of the biggest leaks of classified documents in modern history. → Read More
Defense personnel alarmed after memos reveal Air Force leadership warned about accused Pentagon leaker but let him continue working
Newly released memos revealing that Air Force leadership repeatedly warned Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira about inappropriately accessing classified intelligence have left former and current defense personnel baffled at how he retained his security clearance and was able to continue sharing classified information for months. → Read More
Exclusive: New evidence in special counsel probe may undercut Trump’s claim documents he took were automatically declassified
The National Archives has informed former president Donald Trump that it is set to hand over to special counsel Jack Smith 16 records which show Trump and his top advisers had knowledge of the correct declassification process while he was president, according to multiple sources. → Read More
Senate GOP Covid origins probe finds circumstantial evidence but no ‘smoking gun’ to support lab leak theory
A Republican-led investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has unearthed additional, though circumstantial, evidence supporting the theory that the virus likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, but it did not find any “smoking gun” evidence to prove the theory, according to a new report released on Wednesday. → Read More
Takeaways from special counsel John Durham’s report on FBI’s Russia-Trump probe
Special counsel John Durham released his final report on Monday in which he casts doubt about the FBI’s decision to launch a full investigation into connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. → Read More
Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched full Trump-Russia probe
Special counsel John Durham concluded that the FBI should never have launched a full investigation into connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, according to a report compiled over three years by the Trump-administration appointee and released on Monday. → Read More
CIA watchdog investigating agency’s handling of sexual assault cases
The CIA inspector general has opened an independent investigation into the agency's alleged mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases involving its officers, according to a senior CIA official and an official from the watchdog's office. → Read More
Georgia GOP chairman says he was just following orders from Trump lawyers
Lawyers representing David Shafer, the embattled chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, are arguing their client should not be charged with any crimes for his actions following the 2020 election because he was following advice provided by attorneys working for former President Donald Trump, according to a letter sent to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week. → Read More
Russia’s jamming of US-provided rocket systems complicates Ukraine’s war effort
Russia has been thwarting US-made mobile rocket systems in Ukraine more frequently in recent months, using electronic jammers to throw off its GPS guided targeting system to cause rockets to miss their targets, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. → Read More
Accused Pentagon leaker’s violent rhetoric raises fresh questions about top secret vetting process
New details about the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified documents online reveal how multiple red flags went unheeded and weren't enough to prevent the Pentagon from granting him a top-secret security clearance. → Read More
Senate Intel Committee calls for watchdog to probe CIA handling of sexual assault cases
The Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on the CIA Inspector General to "initiate an immediate investigation" into the agency's alleged mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases, according to a new letter sent to the watchdog's office. → Read More
Prosecutors say leaks suspect has history of making violent threats and possessed an ‘arsenal of weapons’
Prosecutors are arguing that the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media should remain in jail during the course of his legal case, in part, because he has a history of violent threats and possessed an "arsenal of weapons." → Read More
Trump lawyers rail against DOJ in letter, reveal foreign leader briefings may be among classified documents taken from White House
Two of Donald Trump's defense lawyers now believe that classified briefings of phone calls with foreign leaders were among "all manner of documents" in 15 boxes that Trump returned to the National Archives a year after he left the presidency, according to a new letter his lawyers sent to Congress. → Read More
Special counsel investigating January 6 interested in former Fox News producer’s audiotapes, her lawyer says
Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said. → Read More
Trump appeals court ruling lifting executive privilege shield for former aides
Former President Donald Trump is appealing a court ruling that would force several of his former aides, including Mark Meadows, to answer questions before a grand jury as part of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. → Read More
Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules
A federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021, according to multiple sources familiar with a recent federal court ruling. → Read More