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  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    ‘A real stroke of genius’: US leads efforts to publicise Ukraine intelligence

    Release of assessments of Russia’s military woes is latest twist in novel spying strategy

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    Has Biden got inside Putin’s head?

    The US says it has published intelligence about Russia’s military to make a Ukraine invasion harder. But some allies fear it is exacerbating tensions

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    US-China relations
    Chinese intelligence officer convicted of stealing GE secrets

    US justice department accuses Beijing of using espionage to modernise its industries

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    US-China relations
    CIA beefs up China focus with new mission centre

    US intelligence agency has made countering Beijing’s ‘increasingly adversarial’ government a top priority

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Global InsightVictor Mallet
    Why France was more clear-eyed about Afghanistan than the US

    Paris, which started evacuating Afghans and staff in May, had ‘more dispassionate’ assessment of same intelligence

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    US intelligence fails to reach conclusion on Covid-19 origin

    Biden blames China for stalling inquiry into whether virus emerged from animals or lab in Wuhan

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    US intelligence split over Covid-19 lab-leak theory

    Agencies coalesce around ‘two likely scenarios’ amid renewed debate about virus’s origins

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden to nominate veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director

    US president-elect moves to build out his national security team ahead of inauguration

  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    US politics & policy
    Trump sacks defence secretary Mark Esper

    President says Pentagon chief has been ‘terminated’ in first major act since losing the election

  • Sunday, 30 August, 2020
    US politics & policy
    US intelligence to stop in-person election briefings to Congress

    Democrats accuse Trump of trying to suppress evidence of foreign interference in polls

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    US foreign policy
    Lawmakers seek probe into claim Russia put bounty on US soldiers

    US intelligence reportedly concluded that militants were offered money to kill Nato troops in Afghanistan

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    US politics & policy
    US Senate confirms Trump ally as intelligence chief

    Texas congressman John Ratcliffe confirmed on a party-line vote 10 months after first nomination

  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
    Trump’s pick for intelligence chief vows to be fair

    John Ratcliffe testifies at confirmation hearing held under social distancing rules

  • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
    The US president’s intelligence upheaval exposes America’s spies

    US agencies fear their independence is under attack from the president

  • Sunday, 12 January, 2020
    Security Service UK
    MI5 head shrugs off risk to intelligence sharing from Huawei links

    UK set to decide on allowing Chinese equipment into 5G network in face of US lobbying

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Trump Russia ties
    Report finds no bias in FBI’s launch of Russia election investigation

    US watchdog finds mistakes but no ‘improper motivation’ in probe that has enraged Trump

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    Trump Russia ties
    US review of Russia probe morphs into criminal inquiry

    DoJ investigation given powers to compel witnesses and potentially to bring charges

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    US politics & policy
    Trump slams whistleblower complaint as scandal grows

    President denies ‘dicey’ conversation with foreign leader: ‘There was nothing said wrong’

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    James Comey
    DoJ watchdog censures Comey over Trump memo leaks

    Inspector general finds ex-director violated FBI policy but no prosecution will ensue

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    US politics & policy
    Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief withdraws

    US president’s plan to nominate John Ratcliffe drew immediate opposition

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
    Donald Trump’s intelligence pick runs into opposition

    Democrats question whether John Ratcliffe has the ‘requisite independence’ for the job

  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    No-deal funds, Deutsche Probe, China’s car market

    Deutsche Bank probes whether confidential data was compromised after it failed to deactivate dozens of accounts of fired staff

  • Sunday, 28 July, 2019
    Trump replaces national intelligence director Coats

    President says he will nominate John Ratcliffe, a key congressional supporter

  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2019
    Political espionage
    Former CIA operative admits to spying for China

    Case officer pleads guilty after helping to decimate US espionage network

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2019
    US politics & policy
    Barr says there was ‘spying’ on Trump’s 2016 campaign

    US attorney-general says he is ‘looking into’ whether surveillance was improper

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