WASHINGTON—After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million from a special U.S. government fund as compensation for years of imprisonment that included brutal torture. But payday never arrived, leaving Hekmati to wonder why. The answer has finally arrived: Newly…
Cruz Puts Hold on Biden’s CIA Pick to Pressure Admin Over Nord Stream 2
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has placed a hold on President Joe Biden’s CIA director nominee William Burns.
Cruz Puts Hold on CIA Nominee to Pressure Biden Over Nord Stream 2
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has placed a hold on President Joe Biden’s CIA director nominee William Burns.
Kash Patel: Former CIA Director Slow-Walked Declassification of Crossfire Hurricane Documents
The release of critical documents related to “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI’s investigation of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was slow-walked and, in some cases, blocked by CIA Director Gina Haspel, former Deputy National Security Adviser Kash Patel said in an interview Sunday. Trump, on his last night in office, ordered the declassification of previously confidential documents…
Founder of Chinese Front Group Spoke at CIA Nominee’s Think Tank Amid Beijing Propaganda Push
The founder of a front group for the Chinese Communist Party appeared at an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in May 2016, where he pushed a pro-Beijing argument regarding a decades-long stalemate over control of the South China Sea. The speech, by Tung Chee-hwa, the founding chairman of the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation…
CIA Nominee Says He Cut Ties With Chinese Propaganda Group as President of Foreign Policy Think Tank
President Joe Biden’s nominee for CIA director spoke candidly on Wednesday about the Chinese government’s authoritarian bent, and its use of front groups to influence U.S. policy towards Beijing. William Burns also faced questions about his tenure at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which had a relationship with one of the Chinese government front…
China in Focus (Feb. 24): China an Authoritarian Adversary: CIA Nominee
President Joe Biden’s nominee for CIA Director is calling Beijing an authoritarian adversary. He says countering the Chinese Communist Party’s predatory leadership is key to U.S. national security. The United States wants a seat at the UN Human Rights Council, even though it hosts some of the world’s biggest human rights abusers—like China and Russia….
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 24)
President Joe Biden’s pick for CIA Director testifies before the Senate, some Democrats don’t want President Biden to have sole authority to launch nuclear weapons, and new statistics show online child exploitation at an all time high.
Chinese Regime Is ‘Authoritarian Adversary’ Posing ‘Biggest Geopolitical Test’: Biden CIA Director Nominee
President Joe Biden’s CIA director nominee William Burns told a Senate Committee on Feb. 24 that the Chinese regime’s “adversarial, predatory” leadership poses the “greatest geopolitical test” to the United States. Burns, 64, a former career diplomat who has worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations, said his four top priorities if he is confirmed…
Former CIA Officer Says He Left Democratic Party Because of Impeachment
A former CIA officer wrote that he left the Democratic Party due to the impeachment of former President Donald Trump, saying that it only serves to exacerbate the political divide. “For years, Democrats like me have watched with increasing alarm as our own political leaders and activists … have used an endless stream of hateful,…
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