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I am not so cynical as to believe that either the CIA or USAID figures wanted to import Islamist terrorists into the United States, but it doesn't say anything good about either agency that they don't have a track record of ferreting them out, or even exercising good judgment. Of course, it's hardly surprising that the CIA works with some very sketchy people. It's got to be part of the job description when your job is to track what sketchy people do. The same could be said of some special forces types working in primitive cultures. They have to ally...

This guy was a CIA asset, member of NDS03, which was outside the chain of command, with tacit nod to kill, torture, do whatever they want. Not supposed to be in the US altogether. "Allies Welcome" does not apply to intel assets. Has wife and five kids, no contact with them in months. Parole improperly given him by Brandon, was revoked, and he overstayed. Apparently, he decided to go out with a bang. But he's not cooperating, so whether or not there's a larger conspiracy is anybody's guess. Transcript linked below video.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin about signing a letter to President Biden calling to prioritize evacuating Afghan allies who face retaliation from the Taliban.

Late on Wednesday night, CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News Lakanwal had direct links to the CIA from his work alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan. 'The Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA,' Ratcliffe admitted. A close relative of Lakanwal was blindsided by Wednesday's allegations, telling NBC the Afghan national worked alongside US Special Forces while serving in the Afghan Army for 10 years.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “collects, evaluates, and disseminates vital information on economic, military, political, scientific, and other developments abroad (emphasis added) to safeguard national security.” So why are they so involved in Obama’s life? Because he worked for them and shoveled money to the CIA when he was the president, like the $1 billion for Operation Timber Sycamore where U.S. Special Forces trained Islamic fundamentalists who carried out a reign of terror. Obama worked for Business International Corporation, a known CIA front, for a year in 1984. Besides Obama, the CIA also employed his grandparents, mother and stepfather, and...

When Obama administration officials manufactured U.S. intelligence tying Donald Trump to Moscow following his stunning 2016 victory, they had no idea Trump’s own political appointees would help them undermine Trump’s presidency – and his chances of reelection in 2020. RCI’s review of recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews with former Trump officials reveals for the first time how key members of Trump’s cabinet and other appointees during his first term shrouded the previous administration’s machinations and either deliberately or inadvertently misled the public into thinking the fake Russiagate intelligence was real. Former Special Counsel John Durham, former National Security Adviser...

ABC “News” is not journalism — it’s a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network. The network’s longstanding commitment to hoaxes, character assassinations, and outright fiction targeting only one side of the political aisle is a deliberate deception to wage war on President Trump and the millions of Americans who elected him to multiple terms.ABC “News” has a long, rich tradition of peddling lies, conspiracies, and outright opinion thinly veiled as fact:In 2017, ABC suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross after he falsely reported that President Trump had directed Michael Flynn to contact Russian officials before the 2016 election.In 2020,...

Although the Friday Politico "Playbook" story about freshman Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin was ostensibly focused on her not very convincing engagement with Democrats "looking for clues about which path it should chart out of the electoral wilderness," it was more than obvious that it was in reality not very subtle hype for her as a presidential contender in 2028. And speaking of "clues" it shows that Politico reporter Adam Wren, who produced this Slotkin 2028 campaign promo laughably dressed up in Slotkin's existential political "search," seems to have little awareness of the sad state of the current Democrat party as...

A computer program that compared the bomb suspect’s gait to that of Shauni Kerkhoff produced a 94% match. A forensic analysis of a female former U.S. Capitol Police officer’s gait is a 94%-98% match to the unique stride of the long-sought Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, according to a Blaze News investigation confirmed by several intelligence sources. A source close to a congressional investigation of Jan. 6 additionally told Blaze News evidence has emerged recently that pointed toward law enforcement possibly being involved in the planting of the pipe bombs. ‘They were f**king in on it.’ A software algorithm that analyzes...

Former CIA director John Brennan was caught lashing out at a man who confronted him about the drama surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop. Brennan was seen getting in national security consultant Thomas Speciale's face as he got visibly angry when asked about the infamous letter that was signed by 51 former intelligence officers, including himself, that claimed the emails were part of Russian misinformation. Speciale posted the intense exchange to X on Saturday, claiming it occurred last Thursday following a conference. The conservative was seen holding a beer as he approached Brennan about the letter, but before he could get all...

Former CIA Director John Brennan snapped at a man who confronted him for signing the infamous letter in 2020 that claimed the bombshell Hunter Biden email scandal exposed by The Post had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Brennan, 70, grew visibly incensed and angrily got in the face of the man who pressed about the letter, poking him on the chest repeatedly before backing off. “You misrepresented that,” Brennan shouted at conservative national security consultant Thomas Speciale during the tense clash. “We never said it was disinformation; we said it was Russian influence operations, which is...

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) has spent millions of dollars in 2025 supporting an array of anti-Israel groups, several of which have ties to terrorism abroad and extremist activists in the United States, a Washington Free Beacon review of the organization’s grantees shows. The RBF in April of this year awarded a $135,000 grant to 7amleh, the "Arab Center for Social Media Advancement," under the umbrella of "Peacebuilding." The organization describes itself as an advocate "for Palestinian digital rights," creating a "safe, fair and free digital space for Palestinians." Its leadership, rather than a list of notable peace activists, consists...

‘Brennan’s assertion that the CIA was not ‘involved at all’ with the Steele dossier cannot be reconciled with the facts.’ The House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on Tuesday over allegations that he “knowingly made false statements” to Congress about his role in the Russia collusion hoax. In the letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by The Federalist, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, argued that “Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on...

A fascinating hour-long interview with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as they outline the backstory to the Israel-Hamas peace agreement in Gaza. During a segment (prompted below) Witkoff and Kushner are outlining the step-by-step process as they engaged the leaders of Qatar, Turkey and Egypt. Witkoff reveals how the CIA was briefing them both, multiple times a day, and the briefing itself was exactly the opposite of what Emir of Qatar and Presidents of Turkey and Egypt were telling them. The CIA intelligence was the exact opposite of reality. WATCH: [video at source] What they are describing is EXACTLY why...

Interesting discussion. Witkoff and Kushner were being briefed by the CIA on the exact opposite position of Hamas as explained by the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Turkey.What the CIA was saying to them was exactly the opposite of reality, as Kushner and Witkoff put the peace deal together. Remarkable.

October 11, 2025 | Sundance | 217 CommentsIt’s all inside baseball, but for those who are watching the effort to rein in the Fourth Branch of government it is also quite interesting.CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis (pictured left) has removed the acting CIA general counsel and put himself into the role until President Trump’s nominee Joshua Simmons can be confirmed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.Deputy Director Ellis, like DNI Tulsi Gabbard is a solid MAGA ally. Without knowing the reason for his decision to remove the CIA general counsel, the New York Times is not happy.WASHINGTON DC –...

A new batch of declassified documents reveals that President Joe Biden allegedly quashed an investigation into his family’s international business dealings right as opponents in Congress sought to expose them. CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the release of a report detailing how Ukrainian officials grew increasingly concerned over the Biden family’s business dealings in their country. In it, Biden, then the vice president, told CIA officials in 2015 he would “strongly prefer” that a summary of his family’s “corrupt” business dealings “not be disseminated” — a request that the Obama-era CIA honored at the time. In a statement, Ratcliffe cited...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s team intervened in February 2016 to prevent the CIA from disseminating an intelligence report to policymakers about the perceptions senior Ukrainian officials held about his son’s business dealings, newly declassified memos show. The request that the intelligence community withhold the report from others in the U.S. government by Biden’s national security advisor was “extremely rare and unusual,” a senior CIA official told Just the News. “I just spoke with VP/NSA and he would strongly prefer the report not/not be disseminated,” the vice president’s Presidential Daily Brief briefer told the CIA. “Thanks for understanding.” The report, reviewed...

Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones isn’t the only that could have a rough week. Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger is having her work history brought into the light, having taught at a Saudi-run school post-9/11. The institution is a terrorist hub, with top Hamas officials sending their children there. The school’s comptroller had ties to Hamas, so it shouldn’t shock anyone that graduates of this school, ISA, were on the radar of federal officials for possibly carrying out attacks against Israel. Spanberger worked at ISA between 2002-2003. Spanberger has not denied working here, even saying she was proud of...

(Oct. 2, 2025) — I recently came upon a follow-up piece to Jeremy Kuzmarov PhD’s uniquely excellent and comprehensive essay on Barack Obama and the CIA. The initial essay by Kuzmarov was published on the CovertAction Magazine website on October 1, 2021 and titled “A Company Family: The Untold History of Obama and the CIA.” Not only is this initial article a fantastic investigative work, but it is one which is enhanced by photographs and histories of many family members and associates of Obama and the CIA (noted to include current Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who “had long ties” to...