Special to WorldTribune By Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution In the ancient Chinese military strategy classic, Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong, the great Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong of the 7th century famously ruminated that, “In war, we prefer the position of the host to that of the guest.” In essence, Emperor […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress are moving to block his deal to put Chinese telecom giant ZTE back in business if it pays $1 billion more in fines for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran. Lawmakers said on June 11 that the U.S. Senate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2018 Carter Page said the machinations employed by those targeting him in the Trump-Russia investigation are “becoming more understandable” following the indictment of James A. Wolfe, the intelligence official who leaked information to a reporter he was romantically involved with. The federal indictment issued last week notes that Wolfe unwittingly […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller is focusing on a private network reportedly tied to Israel and the United Arab Emirates as his investigation expands from Russia to Middle East governments’ alleged attempts to influence U.S. politics, according to news reports. Mueller is investigating the private firm Wikistrat, the Wall Street […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2018 A government watchdog group on May 31 said it has filed a lawsuit “to expose FISA warrant abuses and the continued stonewalling of Congress relating to the Russia investigation.” Judicial Watch said it filed the suit after both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI failed to respond to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 Then-FBI Director James Comey violated the bureau’s own rulebook by using Stefan Halper to spy on the Trump campaign, a report said. Halper was a “confidential human source,” an official category of spy that is regulated by the FBI’s domestic investigations directive, Rowan Scarborough reported on May 30 at The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 The “widespread misuse of America’s intelligence and law enforcement apparatus” against the Trump campaign has become evident in recent weeks, investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson wrote in a May 23 op-ed for The Hill. Attkisson is an Emmy-award winning investigative journalist, formerly at CBS and currently the host of Sinclair’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2018 A Russian intelligence researcher at the University of Cambridge said FBI informant Stefan Halper made false allegations about her interactions with former national security adviser Michael Flynn which touched off widespread speculation about their relationship. Svetlana Lokhova told The Daily Caller News Foundation that Halper was behind allegations made about […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2018 Crossfire Hurricane has unleashed a Trump tornado. A dogged pursuit of the facts behind the “Russian collusion” narrative and the origins of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has switched the focus back onto the elite layers of the U.S. intelligence community under President Barack Obama that has been forced […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2018 Shocking revelations of the FBI’s insertion of an operative to spy on the Trump campaign led to an outburst from President Barack Obama’s CIA director John Brennan and prompted President Donald Trump to demand an investigation. In the words of former adviser to Bill Clinton Mark Penn, the deep […]
