Russian Spies Are ‘High-Fiving One Another’ After Trump’s Intel Leak, Says Former CIA Chief

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Russia’s spies are “high-fiving each other” in response to President Donald Trump’s disclosure of classified intelligence to Russian diplomats, according to a former CIA director. The revelation is yet another example of Russia’s successful “covert influence campaign” against the U.S., Michael Hayden told The Cipher Brief in…

Former CIA Director: Russian Interference In Election The “Political Equivalent Of 9/11”
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Former CIA Director: Russian Interference In Election The “Political Equivalent Of 9/11”

By Jonah Bennett Former CIA Director Michael Morell said in an interview Sunday Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election constitutes “the political equivalent of 9/11.” Morell, who served twice as acting CIA director, told The Cipher Brief in an interview that the agency had concluded in October that Russia had been interfering in the election….