Dutch agencies provide crucial intel about Russia’s interference in US-elections

On January 25, 2018 Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant and TV program Nieuwsuur reported that in 2014 the Dutch Intelligence agency General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) successfully infiltrated the computers of Cozy Bear and observed the hacking of the head office of the DNC and subsequently The White House and were the first to alert the National Security Agency about the cyber-intrusion.

Californian Who Unwittingly Aided Russian Election Interference Gets 6 Months in Prison

BREAKING: Mueller takes down another bad actor.

‘The man, Richard Pinedo, was the third defendant to be sentenced in the investigation of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into Russia’s election interference and whether any Trump associates conspired. He was also ordered to serve six months of home detention after his time in prison.’

Trust in Vladimir Putin declines steeply among Russians, poll shows

‘Trust in Vladimir Putin and Russia’s ruling party have declined steeply over the past year with analysts pointing to the government’s controversial pension changes as the main reason.

In a poll by the independent Levada Centre, 39% of Russians listed Putin as a politican they trust. That is a 20% decrease from November 2017, when Putin was named by 59% of Russians, according to the same polling agency.’

Rick Gates Sought Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm for Trump Campaign

HUGE: ‘Rick Gates, a top Trump campaign aide, requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton

AP investigation: Deported parents may lose kids to adoption

‘As the deportees were led off the plane onto the steamy San Salvador tarmac, an anguished Araceli Ramos Bonilla burst into tears, her face contorted with pain: “They want to steal my daughter!”

It had been 10 weeks since Ramos had last held her 2-year-old, Alexa. Ten weeks since she was arrested crossing the border into Texas and U.S. immigration authorities seized her daughter and told her she would never see the girl again.’