CNN
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By Carl Bernstein, CNN
– Jun 29, 2020, 2:45 PM
(CNN) In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign heads of state, President Donald Trump was so consistently unprepared for discussion of serious issues, so often outplayed in his conversations with powerful leaders like Russian…
The New York Times
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Nicholas Fandos
– Jun 29, 2020, 9:58 AM
Democrats and Republicans in Congress demanded on Monday that American intelligence agencies promptly share with lawmakers what they know about a suspected Russian plot to pay bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan, and…
CNN
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By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
– Jun 29, 2020, 4:10 PM
(CNN) The intelligence that assessed there was an effort by a Russian military intelligence unit to pay the Taliban to kill US soldiers was included in one of President Donald Trump's daily briefings on intelligence matters sometime in the spring…
Associated Press
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James Laporta
– Jun 29, 2020, 7:31 PM
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to…
The New York Times
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Charlie Savage
– Jun 29, 2020, 9:58 AM
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and coalition troops in…