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In this April 14, 2018, file photo, then-Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth Franklin "Frank" McKenzie Jr. speaks during a media availability at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gen. Frank McKenzie says while Russia bounty intelligence ‘wasn’t proved,’ it was ‘very worrisome’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Illinois, poses in Iraq in this undated photo obtained from Twitter that he would include with his resume when job hunting. Frerichs was abducted in Afghanistan in January 2020. Early efforts to locate him have been shrouded in mystery and his disappearance has been the subject of minimal public discussion by the U.S. government. The Associated Press has learned that in the days following Frerichs’ capture, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network while the U.S. intelligence community tried to track the cellphones of Frerich and his captors. (Twitter via AP)

SEALs tried to locate U.S. citizen taken by Afghan militants

By James Laporta and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump confirms U.S. investigating reports virus came from Chinese lab

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff FISA reform intervention protects FBI power

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference after the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Vladimir Putin uses impeachment to exacerbate rifts in U.S.

By Guy Taylor and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., followed by Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., walks out to talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, about the House impeachment inquiry. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

New complaint filed against impeachment whistleblower

By Gabriella Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The floor of the main lobby of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

CNN Russian agent report undermines future missions: Intelligence pros

By Guy Taylor and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this May 29, 2019, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Robert Mueller maligned Trump associates ask ‘why’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 30, 2019, file photo, Ajmal Omar a member of the Nangarhar provincial council speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders talks with reporters outside the White House, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Donald Trump will let William Barr do his job

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. ** FILE **

Intel community watchdog asked about apparent ‘leaks’ cited in Strzok-Page texts

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Donald Trump touts deep U.S. intel in North Korea: ‘We know every inch of that country’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A group of suspected al Qaeda militants accused in the killing of an army general in a suicide bombing stand trial at a state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, in this April 22, 2014 file photo. (Associated Press)

Iran-al Qaeda alliance may provide legal rationale for U.S. military strikes

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with American manufacturers in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

In reversal, Trump now says he and intel chiefs in agreement

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during a news conference a day after a bipartisan group of House and Senate bargainers met to craft a border security compromise aimed at avoiding another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In reversal, Trump says he and intel chiefs on ‘same page’

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

CIA Director Gina Haspel accompanied by FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Dan Coats, Gina Haspel, Chris Wray ‘threat assessment’ refutes Trump claims

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the Whelan family shows Paul Whelan in Iceland. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in Russia on espionage charges, was visiting Moscow over the holidays to attend a wedding when he suddenly disappeared, his brother said Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (Courtesy of the Whelan Family via AP)

Former CIA official: Moscow may have grabbed ex-Marine to spring Russian spy from U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., in line to become chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters at the Capitol before a classified briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel to the House leadership about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the involvement by the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Senate ends Saudi war aid, blames crown prince

Associated Press

President Trump revoked the clearance of former CIA Director John O. Brennan after a string of public remarks, including one calling the president's behavior treasonous. (Associated Press)

Security clearance proliferation cast as ‘golden tickets’ to wealth

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

"If [Sen. Bill Nelson] does have classified information, how did he get it? I don't think he's entitled to it, and why would he release it to a reporter?" asked Florida Gov. Rick Scott (right), a Republican. (Associated Press Photographs)

Rick Scott slams Bill Nelson’s claims that Russians have interfered with Florida vote

By James Varney - The Washington Times