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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) review into the origins of the Russian collusion hoax probe has reportedly prompted some CIA analysts in the crosshairs of investigators to lawyer up.

Andrew Bakaj, the attorney representing the so-called whistleblower at the center of the impeachment movement targeting President Donald Trump, previously was a whistleblower witness whose public allegations scuttled the confirmation of the Trump administration’s nominee for CIA inspector general.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said if a U.S. citizen who used diplomatic immunity to leave the country despite being a suspect in the killing of a young man in a road collision doesn’t return, he will raise the matter directly with President Donald Trump.

Matt Taibbi, no friend to Breitbart or Donald Trump, writes that the federal bureaucrat who set off Democrats’ impeachment inquiry does not deserve the “whistleblower” moniker.

The Iranian judiciary made two notable announcements on Tuesday: Hossein Fereidoun, brother of President Hassan Rouhani, has been sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges, and an alleged “CIA spy” has been sentenced to death.

An anonymous bureaucrat — marketed as a “whistleblower” by news media outlets such as CNN — who filed a complaint alleging misconduct on the part of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — falsely claimed to have “firsthand information,” said Fred Fleitz, president and CEO of the Center for Security Policy.

“We’re trying to find out about a whistleblower,” Trump said when asked if he knew the identity of the whistleblower. He added that the complaint was “incorrect.”

The Democrats’ phony “impeachment” is a threat to our democracy and is already casting a shadow over the 2020 election.

A “rogue intelligence officer” marketed as a whistleblower likely coordinated his complaint with Adam Schiff, speculated Fred Fleitz.

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson walked viewers through the history of the Central Intelligence Agency and remarked on how it seemed to be growing increasingly out of control.

A CIA officer falsely claimed in his so-called “whistleblower” complaint that U.S. State Department Counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl was present during President Donald Trump’s July telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to CBS News.

An anonymous “whistleblower” claiming alleged misconduct by President Donald Trump has raised more than $65,000 in a crowdfunding campaign.

Joseph Cofer Black, a national security adviser for the 2012 Mitt Romney campaign, sits on the board of directors of Burisma Holdings.

The partisan federal employee who issued a complaint regarding President Donald Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is a CIA officer who was previously “detailed to work at the White House,” according to the New York Times. 

A report published by Yahoo News on Monday described a “brazen Russian counterintelligence operation that stretched from the Bay Area to the heart of the nation’s capital” during the presidency of Barack Obama. The operation penetrated FBI communications to a “stunning” degree, according to officials quoted in the story, but was misunderstood and downplayed by the intelligence community and the Obama administration, which was ostentatiously attempting to “reset” relations with Russia when the operation began.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that a Yahoo News report linking the Netherlands to a landmark 2007 cyberattack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility is being “carefully examined” and could lead to diplomatic action between the two countries.

Clandestine Afghan militias paid and supported by the CIA present an “obstacle” to U.S. peace-seeking efforts intended to end America’s longest war, according to a study released on Wednesday.

Left-wing actor Don Cheadle claimed that President Donald Trump is the “most frightening human being on the planet” after he denied reports that Iran had captured 17 CIA agents and sentenced them to death.

Billionaire investor, Facebook board member, and Trump supporter Peter Thiel recently called on the FBI and CIA to investigate Google for the “seemingly treasonous” act of aiding the Chinese military.

If 5G wireless is so clearly a concern for U.S. intelligence, a portion of the intelligence budget could be invested in creating an American competitor to China’s dominant Huawei corporation.

In a Sunday interview on John Catsimatidis’ New York AM 970 radio show, “The Cats Roundtable,” Rep. Peter King (R-NY) predicted that “serious” and “severe abuses” by the FBI and CIA during the 2016 presidential run are “going to come

Iran claimed Tuesday it had discovered and dismantled a “big” American spy operation on its territory, with links to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency destroyed in the process.

Appearing Wednesday on “CNN Tonight” with host Don Lemon, network reporter Shimon Prokupecz expressed concerned over a report stating the Department of Justice seeks to interview senior CIA officials as part of Attorney General William Barr’s review of the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.

DOJ officials intend to interview senior CIA officials as they review the origins of the 2016 Russia investigation, according to a report.

Appearing Tuesday on MSNBC with Chris Matthews, former CIA Director John Brennan said it’s possible President Donald Trump could block the nation’s top intelligence agency from preventing the Russian government from interfering in the 2020 election.

An anonymous “person knowledgeable about the matter” told the Wall Street Journal in a report published Monday that Kim Jong-nam, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s late older brother, was a CIA informant before his 2017 assassination.

Former CIA Director John Brennan has once against spoken out against President Donald Trump, describing him in a recent interview as a “pathological deceiver” who “rankles” him “to no end.”

Appearing Tuesday on CNN, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed the intelligence community over a recent report claiming it defied an order from President Donald Trump to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan. 

Joe Biden should worry if the Obama administration’s surveillance of Donald Trump is “proven to be criminal,” said Aaron Klein.

NEW YORK — Conflicting testimony and narratives between disgraced former FBI director James B. Comey and former attorney general Loretta E. Lynch raise serious questions not only about who is telling the truth but also about Comey potentially mischaracterizing or even fictionalizing key claims he made about President Trump and the Russia collusion story.

Johnny Spann, father of Mike Spann, recalled his son’s last moments with his then-nine-year-old daughter before deploying in 2001.

NEW YORK — Former Vice President Joe Biden was reportedly one of the few Obama administration officials who participated in secretive meetings during the early stages of the Obama-era intelligence community’s initial operations regarding suspected Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Former CIA Director John Brennan on Tuesday falsely claimed special counsel Robert Mueller’s report actually further proves Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia worked together during the 2016 presidential election.

Tom Fitton described the Trump-Russia narrative and Mueller-led operation as parts of an “international effort to take out” Donald Trump.

Disgraced ex-FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director turned anti-Trump activist John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence and Trump critic James Clapper are the subjects of a dispute over which top Obama administration officials advocated for the infamous Steele dossier to be utilized as evidence in the Russia collusion investigation.

Appearing Tuesday on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, former CIA Director John Brennan claimed there is “ample evidence to justify” the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into now-debunked collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.