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March 28, 2018 at 5:54 pm

New document says Trump aide spoke during campaign to man tied to Russian intelligence

The campaign official, Rick Gates, had frequent phone calls in September and October 2016 with a person the FBI thinks had active links to Russian...

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**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 11:45 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2018. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Inside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where the Saudi government locked up hundreds of influential businessmen in what it called an anti-corruption campaign, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 26, 2018. As the Saudi crown prince comes to the U.S. to court investment, new details cast doubts on his claims of a transparent, legal anti-corruption effort. (Tasneem Alsultan/The New York Times) XNYT103 XNYT103

March 12, 2018 at 12:08 pm

Saudis used coercion and abuse to seize billions, witnesses say

In November, the Saudi government locked up hundreds of businessmen in a luxury hotel in what it called an anti-corruption campaign. Many were subject to...

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February 2, 2018 at 7:48 pm

Analysis: Nunes memo doesn’t live up to the hype

The Nunes-GOP memo didn’t live up to the hype. But the campaign surrounding the memo, captured in the hashtag #releasethememo, which was trending on Twitter...

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May 19, 2017 at 10:07 am

FBI once warned GOP congressman that Russian spies were recruiting him

As a special counsel investigates connections between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, the FBI’s 2012 warning to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher shows that the bureau...

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July 28, 2016 at 4:21 pm

U.S. intelligence officials to brief Trump and Clinton

Recent statements on the campaign trail have focused attention on the intelligence briefings and raised questions about how much information the spies will share with...

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July 17, 2016 at 5:24 pm

With ISIS, who is a terrorist and who is simply deranged?

Instances of wanton violence by deranged attackers — whether in Nice, France, or in Orlando, Fla. — are swiftly judged to be the work of...

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June 26, 2016 at 6:23 pm

Officials: CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold on black market

FBI officials believe some of the stolen weapons were used in a November shooting that killed two Americans and three others at a police training...

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Douglas Laux, who served for eight years as an undercover case officer and soldier in the CIAâ€™s shadowy conflicts overseas, in Washington, March 25, 2016. Laux left the agency three years ago, but is speaking publicly about his experiences there for the first time in conjunction with the release of a memoir. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)

April 1, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Former CIA officer details despair, confusion in memoir

Douglas Laux brings a raw perspective to his memoir about working undercover for the CIA thousands of miles from the U.S.

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An Iranian woman holds up a poster showing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Saudi Shiite cleric who was executed last week by Saudi Arabia, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead and began scaling back diplomatic ties to Iran on Monday after the ransacking of Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic, violence sparked by the Saudi execution of al-Nimr. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

January 23, 2016 at 3:01 pm

Saudis, the CIA and arming of Syrian rebels

A joint program, part of a U.S. covert operation, reflects the enduring alliance between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. even as their relationship and the...

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August 16, 2015 at 8:31 pm

U.S. warns China about its secret hunt for fugitives

U.S. officials said Chinese law-enforcement agents covertly in this country are part of Beijing’s global campaign to hunt down and repatriate Chinese fugitives living abroad.

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