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With the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid about nailing Trump for Jan. 6 riot, intel community veterans say

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

People walk past a billboard welcoming U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Taipei, Taiwan, Aug 3, 2022. Days after Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul, China staged large-scale military exercises and threatened to cut off contacts with the U.S. over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

America protecting Taiwan’s from China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Time for U.S. to end the ambiguity and guarantee Taiwan’s security

By Daniel N. Hoffman

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. Presidential election event, organized by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. A government report is outlining how spy services from China, Russia and Iran are hard at work trying to steal trade secrets and proprietary information from U.S. companies, government labs and universities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

British intelligence retools for spying on China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this undated photo released on Dec. 31. 2021, by Xinhua News Agency, a carrier-based J-15 fighter jet takes off from the Chinese Navy's Liaoning aircraft-carrier during open-sea combat training in waters from the Yellow Sea to the East Sea and West Pacific. (Hu Shanmin/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

Western nations grow alarmed at China’s increasing threats

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Memorial Day illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Memorial Day: A somber thanks to our fallen troops

By Daniel N. Hoffman

In this file photo, Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. Sussmann is accused of making a false statement to the FBI during the Trump-Russia probe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Clinton campaign lawyer peddled anti-Trump claims to CIA after the election, officials testify

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Punish Intelligence officials like Brennan for meddling in presidential elections Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Punish former intel officials who abuse their positions to meddle in presidential elections

By Fred Fleitz

In this April 14, 2021 file photo, CIA Director William Burns testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A U.S. official says that CIA Director William Burns visited Kabul on Monday to meet with the Taliban’s top political leader. The official told The Associated Press the meeting between Burns and Abdul Ghani Baradar came amid the ongoing evacuations at the Kabul airport. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

CIA boss: Russia’s Ukraine woes have not dampened China’s designs on Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This 2018 portrait released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Connecticut's U.S. Attorney John Durham. A judge says the criminal prosecution of Michael Sussmann, a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI during the Trump-Russia investigation, can move forward. The ruling means Sussmann, who was charged last year by special counsel John Durham, remains set for trial on May 16, 2022, in Washington's federal court. (Department of Justice via AP) ** FILE **

Durham: CIA concluded Sussmann’s anti-Trump dirt was ‘not technically plausible’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns, left, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, right, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, as they testify before a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

CIA goes back to school to collaborate on spy tech research

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Illustration on Ukrainian president Zelenskyy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A profile in courage: Zelenskyy is an inspirational hero to democracies everywhere

By Daniel N. Hoffman

FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the outdoor recreation area of the Camp V detention facility is seen, on April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The Biden administration has been quietly laying the groundwork to release prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and at least move closer to being able to shut it down. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court rules against Guantanamo detainee seeking info about CIA black site

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on CIA domestic spying by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CIA spying on Americans and their collaborators

By Andrew P. Napolitano

This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. The CIA says it will create a top-level working group on China as part of a broad U.S. government effort focused on countering Beijing's influence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

CIA has secret program that collects Americans’ data, senators say

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

“Damascus Station: A Novel” (book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Damascus Station: A Novel’

By Paul Davis

In this Oct. 3, 2017, photo, tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. The Biden administration faces increasing pressure to respond to a sharply growing number of reported injuries suffered by diplomats, intelligence officers and military personnel that some suspect are caused by devices that emit waves of energy that disrupt brain function. The problem has been labeled the “Havana Syndrome,” because the first cases affected personnel in 2016 at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) **FILE**

CIA: Most mysterious attacks on U.S. officials not linked to foreign power

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration on a totalitarian government and spyware by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The domestic danger of the feds’ cyber capabilities

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Deep State Debauchery Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The deep state and its CIA and FBI tentacles

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Mad Dog Kremlin and Russia Bullying Ukraine Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The intelligence challenge behind Putin’s Ukraine bullying

By Daniel N. Hoffman