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Dan Boylan

dboylan@washingtontimes.com

Dan Boylan was a former general assignment reporter at The Washington Times.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin walks in a hall during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool)

Ex-U.S. officials decode Vladimir Putin’s personal denial of election meddling

President Vladimir Putin's personal denial to President Trump that Moscow meddled in last year's U.S. elections is exactly the type of Russian deception that could jeopardize future diplomacy -- including arms control negotiations, former Bush and Obama administration experts with long experience dealing with the Kremlin say.

November 15, 2017
Former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele and his Orbis Business Intelligence firm were not part of Hillary Clinton's campaign or the Democratic National Committee. The money trail to Mr. Steele went through a lawyer who represents the DNC and the Clinton campaign and is steeped in U.S. election law. (Associated Press/File)

Fusion GPS’ financial details begin to emerge

When the Washington political operative behind the firm that compiled the explosive anti-Trump dossier meets with a congressional Russian election meddling probe behind closed doors Tuesday, the firm's tangled web of funders is likely to be a main topic of interest.

November 13, 2017
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ** FILE **

Democratic senators urge FEC to fix online political advertising

A group of 15 Democratic senators urged the Federal Election Commission to immediately require more disclosure about online political ads in the wake of Kremlin efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election by spreading disinformation through ads bought on Facebook, Twitter and Google.

November 13, 2017
President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, share a drink together before President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a Chinese opera performance at the Forbidden City, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Beijing, China. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jared Kushner linked to man named in ‘Paradise Papers’

One of Russia's leading tech financiers, an associate of White House aide Jared Kushner, funneled Kremlin investments to Facebook and Twitter, according to the so-called "Paradise Papers" leak of millions of sensitive documents exposing the murky world of offshore tax havens.

November 8, 2017
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, with CIA Director John Brennan, center, and FBI Director James Comey, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on cyberthreats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Russia meddling report to Trump raises questions of motive

Fourteen days before President Trump took the oath of office, the Obama administration's intelligence chiefs made public a unanimous assessment claiming Russian operatives, under orders from President Vladimir Putin, had orchestrated an influence campaign to help Mr. Trump win the presidential contest.

November 8, 2017
Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Richard Burr says media botched Russian-social media story

The Russian operatives who ran Facebook ads surrounding last year's election ran four times as many ads in Maryland -- a deep-blue state -- than they did on the critical swing state of Wisconsin, the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday.

November 1, 2017
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is unleashing new criticism of the probes into possible ties between his campaign associates and Russia. Trump, in a series of tweets, is making reference to what he calls "phony Trump/Russia ‘collusion,’ which doesn’t exist." He says Democrats are using a “witch hunt” for “evil politics.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump dossier creator’s finances to be probed by House

The House intelligence committee is poised to gain substantial ground this week in its probe of federal investigators' use of an intelligence dossier on President Trump that was developed through a private firm's political opposition research.

October 29, 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi talks during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, in Baghdad, Iraq. Tillerson made an unannounced trip to Iraq Monday, just hours after returning from a similar surprise visit to Afghanistan, meeting the top political leaders in each of the embattled countries. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Iraq banks seek rebound as security improves

Iraq's leading bankers say the country's oil-rich but war-ravaged economy has stabilized enough to allow a return to the world's capital markets for the first time in a decade with a successful new bond sale.

October 23, 2017
Michael Vickers, a retired CIA agent who played a major role in the operation to kill Osama bin Laden and also served as one of the highest-ranking intelligence officials for the Bush and Obama administrations, won the Office of Strategic Services Society’s highest honor on Saturday night in Washington. (Courtesy of The OSS Society)

Michael Vickers honored by the OSS Society

At the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Michael Vickers' guerrilla war training included preparing to parachute into enemy territory with a small nuclear weapon strapped to his leg.

October 22, 2017
Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, appeared Sunday to have cemented his chances of winning another three-year term next year and becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister. (Associated Press)

Shinzo Abe wins Japan mandate before Donald Trump summit

The ruling coalition of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared to secure a historic election victory this weekend, edging the country closer to revising its pacifist constitution as President Trump prepares to visit Asia to discuss North Korean nuclear aggression, trade and the evolving U.S. role in East Asia.

October 22, 2017