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Mueller report confirms Trump lobbied top intel officials to refute Russia stories

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President Donald Trump pushed top intelligence officials to refute information tied to the investigations into links between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, according to information publicly released Thursday in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. According to the report, Trump phoned then-NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers on March 26, 2017 to complain the investigation was “messing up” his ability to get things done with Russia, as far as Rogers recalls. The president also asked Rogers if there was anything he could do to refute news stories linking him to Russia. Richard Ledgett, former NSA deputy director who was reportedly present for the exchange, drafted a memo about the substance of the call. He and Rogers both signed it and locked it in a safe. Ledgett “said it was the most unusual thing he had experienced in 40 years of government service,” the report states. By the time the phone call […]

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Two decades later, ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty to stealing classified data

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A former US government contractor is facing nine years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of willful retention of national defense information. This is more than 20 years after the crime, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Harold Th… Continue reading Two decades later, ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty to stealing classified data→

Three Romanians plead guilty in multi-million dollar “vishing and smishing” scheme

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A hacking trio based in Romania has pleaded guilty to charges brought by U.S. authorities after being caught siphoning cash from unwary Americans. The three now await sentencing. Between 2011 and 2014, three Romanian hackers working from their home cou… Continue reading Three Romanians plead guilty in multi-million dollar “vishing and smishing” scheme→

DoJ charges Autonomy founder with fraud over $11BN sale to HP

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UK entrepreneur turned billionaire investor, Mike Lynch, has been charged with fraud in US over the 2011 sale of his enterprise software company. Lynch sold Autonomy, the big data company he founded back in 1996, to computer giant HP for around $11BN some seven years ago. But within a year around three-quarters of the value […] Continue reading DoJ charges Autonomy founder with fraud over $11BN sale to HP→

DoJ Jumps into the Micron Intellectual Property Theft Fray

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The U.S. Department of Justice has jumped into the fray between Micron Technology, companies located in Taiwan and China and three individuals with the release of a grand jury indictment. Readers may recall in February we wrote about Micron’s ef… Continue reading DoJ Jumps into the Micron Intellectual Property Theft Fray→

Russia Meddling Round Two: Project Lakhta’s Accountant

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has shown tremendous patience as it builds its case to identify those involved with the Russian election interference in the United States and elsewhere (Project Lakhta). In February 2018, we wrote of the indictmen… Continue reading Russia Meddling Round Two: Project Lakhta’s Accountant→