National security adviser John Bolton began the effort to remove the directive after he took up his position in April. President Donald Trump took steps on Wednesday to loosen limits on when the US government can deploy cyberweapons against adversaries, reversing Obama-era guidelines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Trump signed an order reversing Presidential Policy Directive Read More…
Tag: Russia
Trump vs. His Own Administration?
Are President Trump’s senior cabinet members working against him? It’s hard not to conclude that many of the more hawkish neocons that Trump has (mistakenly, in my view) appointed to top jobs are actively working to undermine the president’s stated agenda. Especially when it seems Trump is trying to seek dialogue with countries the neocons Read More…
Trump To Ignore Multiple NDAA Provisions
In a 15-page signing statement issued Monday night, President Trump revealed that he intends to ignore many of the myriad provisions of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the $716 billion military spending bill. The signing statement singles out several provisions which Trump argues would restrict his control in ways he believes are needed for “military Read More…
Trump Sanctions Russia Over Alleged Chemical Attack In UK
Months after Britain alleged that the Russian government carried out nerve-agent attacks in Salisbury, the Trump Administration has announced a new round of sanctions against Russia, aimed to punish them for the incident. The Novichok poisoning incident was claimed by Britain’s government, but contested by Russia. There was never conclusive evidence to support the claims Russia Read More…
WikiLeaks: US Senate Asks Julian Assange To Testify About Russia
Julian Assange has been asked to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee as part of their Russia investigation, according to a letter signed by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) posted by the official WikiLeaks Twitter account. The letter, delivered to Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, reads in part “As Read More…
Lying Bigot James Clapper Assures World The Russia Narrative He Built Is Legit
Russiagate is so weird. I went weeks without writing anything about it so I’d forgotten how breathtakingly bizarre it is. A new “BOMBSHELL” Russia story comes out every few hours (all coincidentally right before or right after the Helsinki summit, which is perfectly normal and not at all suspicious), never containing anything other than unsubstantiated Read More…