New Administration Memo Seeks to Foster Doubts About Suspected Russian Bounties
A memo produced in recent days by the office of the nation’s top intelligence official acknowledged that the C.I.A. and top counterterrorism officials have assessed...
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Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say
KABUL, Afghanistan — He was a lowly drug smuggler, neighbors and relatives say, then ventured into contracting, seeking a slice of the billions of dollars...
A Russian Plot to Kill U.S. Soldiers
Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device:Via Apple Podcasts | Via Spotify | Via Stitcher A New York Times investigation has revealed...
Trump’s New Russia Problem: Unread Intelligence and Missing Strategy
The intelligence finding that Russia was most likely paying a bounty for the lives of American soldiers in Afghanistan has evoked a strange silence from...
Father of Slain Marine Finds Heartbreak Anew in Possible Russian Bounty
WASHINGTON — Erik Hendriks has largely avoided news reports since his son, Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, was killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan last...
Data on Financial Transfers Bolstered Suspicions That Russia Offered Bounties
American officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account, which was...
Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid...
Lawmakers Press for Answers on Russian Bounty Offers to Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops
Democrats and Republicans in Congress demanded on Monday that American intelligence agencies promptly share with lawmakers what they know about a suspected Russian plot to...
Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON — United States intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to...
Biden Criticizes Trump Over Intelligence on Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. assailed President Trump on Saturday for failing to punish Russia for offering bounties to the Taliban...