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Whelan family via Reuters Paul Whelan Isn’t a Spy, and Putin Knows It
The arrest is a setup, perhaps for a swap with Maria Butina.
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AP Trump’s Soviet Approach to Intelligence
Stalin ignored his spies when their findings contradicted his assumptions. Now the president is making the same mistake.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Convergence Is Worse Than Collusion
Trump and Putin share many more goals than just Trump’s election.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Why American Spies Worry When Trump Meets Putin
Just as the Russian leader has unleashed his intelligence and security services, the American president has kneecapped and undermined his own.
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Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS Taking Putin's Word For It
Trump wants to believe both the Russian president’s denial of election meddling, and the conclusions of his own intelligence agencies. But he can’t have it both ways.
