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Former CIA Director John Brennan (left) and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, among others, aggressively pursued political agendas in opposition to former President Trump from 2016 to 2021, former CIA analyst John A. Gentry said. (Associated Press)

DEI hires ‘damaged’ CIA, other intelligence agencies, former analyst charges

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo at their meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Oct. 11, 2024. (Alexander Shcherbak, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Intelligence warnings on foreign meddling to be tested as U.S. votes

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Members of the Korean Vietnam War Veterans Association wave national flags during a rally against a recent deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea joins Russia in war; 10,000 soldiers in training, some moving near Ukraine battlefield

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Mark R. Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, March 8, 2023. Warner said Monday, June 3, 2024, the U.S. may be less prepared for the threat of foreign election disinformation ahead of this year's election than it was four years ago. Warner based his assessment on the development of powerful new AI programs that make it easier than ever to generate deepfake audio and video that can fool voters. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Senate intel chairman warns AI deepfakes could disrupt critical days after 2024 election

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Biden administration has issued new sanctions on Russia's Evil Corp cyber gang in an international crackdown conducted by American officials coordinating with their counterparts in the U.K. and Australia. File photo credit: DC Studio via Shutterstock.

Iran, Russia agents plot postelection violence; protests intended to widen divides

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - A Qadr H long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile is fired by Iran's Revolutionary Guard during a maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, on March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Omid Vahabzadeh, File)

U.S. believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington, with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, left, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, right. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Intel officials: Moscow built U.S. influencer networks, danger growing from Iran ahead of vote

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A voter submits their ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 26, 2022. A declassified U.S. government report says foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States. The report does identify multiple instances in which hackers linked to Iran, China and Russia connected to election infrastructure, scanned state government websites and copied voter information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Iran hacks try to trick American electorate; ‘kittens’ claw way into campaigns

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. intelligence agencies and Trump illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Will U.S. intelligence blow its last chance with Trump?

By Fred Fleitz

John Beieler, chief AI officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, speaks at a conference of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance on Thursday, April 4 , 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they'll otherwise be smothered by exponential data growth as sensor-generated surveillance tech further blankets the planet. (AP Photo/Frank Bajak)

U.S. spies’ AI chief: New tests needed to differentiate man from machine

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking during his interview to the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 18, 2017. U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn't order the death of Navalny, the imprisoned opposition leader, in February of 2024. An official says the U.S. intelligence community has found "no smoking gun" that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny's death or directly ordered it. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Putin likely didn’t order death of Russian opposition leader Navalny, U.S. official says

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on March 23, 2024, firefighters work in the burned concert hall after an attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. A little-known U.S. intelligence principle called the "duty to warn" came into play ahead of the deadly attack on Moscow's outskirts. U.S. officials invoked that duty when warning Russian officials a full two weeks before Friday's attack. Just three days before the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed such Western warnings as provocations. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

‘Duty to warn’ guided U.S. advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

From left, FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sit together in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance in this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, file photo at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Network of current, former intel officials boosts leftist agendas, says ex-CIA agent

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. U.S. officials say the number of suicides in the U.S. military and their families dipped slightly in 2022, compared with the previous year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

U.S. intelligence funding of $100 billion questioned

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says top Russian official pitched North Korea on increasing sale of munitions to Moscow

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 11, 2023. A U.S. intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them. The assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released Monday, July 10, says Iran has moved to increase its capacity to produce an atomic bomb since 2020 but has stopped short of that so far. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Via AP, File)

U.S. intelligence assessment says Iran not currently developing nuclear weapons

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Illustration on China's culpability for the spread of COVID-19 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. intelligence community won’t point fingers over COVID-19’s origin

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. (WCVB-TV via AP)

Low-level National Guard Airman arrested over sensational intel leaks

By Ben Wolfgang, Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Marina Tauber the vice-president of Moldova's Russia-friendly Shor Party speaks during a protest initiated by the Movement for the People and members of Moldova's Russia-friendly Shor Party, against the pro-Western government and low living standards, in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Thousands of protesters returned to Moldova's capital Tuesday to demand that the country'snew pro-Western governmentfully subsidize citizens' winter energy bills amid skyrocketing inflation. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

U.S. says intelligence shows Russia stirring unrest in Moldova

By Aamer Madhani and Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

FILE - Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., arrives as Democrats hold elections for their new leadership for the next Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 30, 2022. One of the newest members of the House Intelligence Committee was herself once an officer running spies for the CIA. Spanberger spent almost a decade as a CIA operations officer. Now, she's a third-term Democratic congresswoman from Virginia who was just named to one of two committees that oversees intelligence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

After serving in CIA, lawmaker now has role overseeing it

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press