"Informed sources": US Director of National Intelligence #TulsiGabbard bans sharing of information about talks between #Russia and #Ukraine with Five Eyes allies of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and UK

July 20 directive classifies all information related to the negotiation process as "NOFORN"

The U.K. has agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone-maker Apple to provide a "backdoor" enabling access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/tech/us-gabbard-uk-backdoor-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #uk #apple #tulsigabbard #iphone

"How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies … and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More"

"Durham — as well as John Ratcliffe and Kash Patel — should have recognized they were pursuing an investigation of Hillary Clinton based off a deliberate Russian spy hoax."

"Durham (who continued his investigation for two more years after he would have concluded the emails were “composites”)"

from @emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/05/19/john-durhams-lies-with-metadata/

#JohnDurham#TulsiGabbard#RussianSpies

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Trump set up his aides to fk each other over. It started with #TulsiGabbard screwing over Radcliffe & goes from there.
As Marcy says "They are stepping on each other's dicks trying to please the liege."
Listen live to @emptywheel explain NOW (Started at 3pm ET - 4:ish)
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Trump set up his aides to fk each other over. It started with #TulsiGabbard screwing over Radcliffe & goes from there. Listen live to @emptywheel.bsky.social explain NOW (Started at 3pm ET - 4:ish) https://www.youtube.com/live/HY14oXfvtf0?si=S0HX8ClXX-RoBKZg later at nicolesandler.com @gottalaff.bsky.social @thefarce.org
Trump set up his aides to fk each other over. It started with #TulsiGabbard screwing over Radcliffe & goes from there. Listen live to @emptywheel.bsky.social explain NOW (Started at 3pm ET - 4:ish) https://www.youtube.com/live/HY14oXfvtf0?si=S0HX8ClXX-RoBKZg later at nicolesandler.com @gottalaff.bsky.social @thefarce.org

Trump set up his aides to fk each other over. It started with #TulsiGabbard screwing over Radcliffe & goes from there.
As Marcy says "They are stepping on each other's dicks trying to please the liege."
Listen live to @emptywheel explain NOW (Started at 3pm ET - 4:ish)
https://www.youtube.com/live/HY14oXfvtf0?si=S0HX8ClXX-RoBKZg or later at nicolesandler.com
@GottaLaff @lolgop
#uspol

Trump set up his aides to fk each other over. It started with #TulsiGabbard screwing over Radcliffe & goes from there. Listen live to @emptywheel.bsky.social explain NOW (Started at 3pm ET - 4:ish) https://www.youtube.com/live/HY14oXfvtf0?si=S0HX8ClXX-RoBKZg later at nicolesandler.com @gottalaff.bsky.social @thefarce.org
Trump set up his aides to fk each other over. It started with #TulsiGabbard screwing over Radcliffe & goes from there. Listen live to @emptywheel.bsky.social explain NOW (Started at 3pm ET - 4:ish) https://www.youtube.com/live/HY14oXfvtf0?si=S0HX8ClXX-RoBKZg later at nicolesandler.com @gottalaff.bsky.social @thefarce.org

'There Is No Intel': #Trump's Attacks on #Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say

Following Trump's attacks on Iran, an admin official tells Rolling Stone, "The intelligence assessments have not really changed"

After Trump's decision to strike 3 Iranian #nuclear facilities on Sat, admin ofcls are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented—& potentially calamitous—attacks were motivated by new #intelligence suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-iran-attack-no-intel-nuclear-1235369641/

Just months ago, Trump's Director of National Intelligence #TulsiGabbard testified to #Congress, in her opening statement, that the US intel community "continues to assess that #Iran is not building a #nuclear weapon" & had not reauthorized its nuclear weapons program.

While #Trump recently publicly disputed Gabbard's testimony, acc/to 2 admin ofcls with knowledge of internal deliberations in recent weeks, Trump's decision to strike was not driven by any new US #intelligence on Iran.