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• This declassified CIA cable from 1996 provides compelling evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was, in fact, a CIA asset, according to his Commander at the time. • The cable’s very existence—marked “SECRET” and addressing a specific media inquiry about Oswald’s CIA ties in Japan—reveals an agency on high alert, carefully managing a narrative that threatens to expose a long-buried secret: Oswald’s recruitment • Consider the context… Oswald was stationed at Atsugi, a known CIA hub for covert operations, including U-2 spy plane missions, from 1957 to 1958. • The cable confirms that as late as 1996, a credible UPI...

Possibly aiming to deflect attention from Seymour Hersh’s bombshell Nord Stream report, the usual suspects in the pro-Biden media have published poorly-sourced rumors seeking to pin the blame for the Nord Stream attack on vague “pro-Ukrainian groups” not tied to anyone important. Russian embassy spokesman Andrey Ledenev pointed out how quickly the strange reports were picked up worldwide, in stark contrast to the much more detailed report by Seymour Hersh, which has been completely ignored by the same media.The New York Times published a rambling and nearly incoherent report claiming “new intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian...

More than a list of numbers, President Biden's budget documents what he'd most like to accomplish this year, and it offers a glimpse into how his administration plans to confront some of the bracing political realities he faces right now. His $5.8 trillion proposal is coming up against the headwinds of a divided Congress, high inflation, low presidential approval ratings and midterm elections that threaten Democratic majorities in the House and Senate later this year.

The U.S. has intelligence that Russian commanders have received orders to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine, with commanders on the ground making specific plans for how they would maneuver in their sector of the battlefield, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported on "Face the Nation" Sunday.