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26th Pretrial Of Sept. 11 Suspects Begins At Guantanamo Bay

4:42pm December 04, 2017

by David Welna

The military commission at Guantanamo Bay detention camp began a weeklong pretrial hearing for the defendants accused of committing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. At the start of this 26th pretrial session, defense attorneys argued the commission lacks jurisdiction to try the case.

The formal printed 2016 Republican platform is placed on the chairs of the state delegates on the floor of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. One part of the platform that changed was about U.S. assistance to Ukraine.

2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support

3:36pm December 04, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

A Republican delegate to the convention says a Trump campaign aide claimed Trump had directed him to weaken support for U.S. aid to Ukraine. Congressional investigators are looking into it.

'Nuclear War Planner' Reflects On The Cold War And Assesses The Current Threat

1:46pm December 04, 2017

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press in hopes they would help end the Vietnam War. He looks back on his early days as a national security analyst in The Doomsday Machine.

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Sexual Harassment In National Security

8:08am December 03, 2017

Wendy Anderson, who worked in the Pentagon during the Obama administration, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro why she signed an open letter about sexual harassment in the national security community.

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Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller leaves after a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in June at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Mueller Removed FBI Agent From Russia Probe Over Anti-Trump Messages

9:14pm December 02, 2017

Newspaper reports about the agent's removal came just a day after Robert Mueller's team revealed a plea deal with a key figure in the Trump campaign — a sign the probe could be in a new phase.

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives for his plea hearing this week in federal court in Washington, D.C.

The Russia Investigations: After Flynn Plea Deal, Where Does Mueller Aim Next?

12:58pm December 02, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn flips in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, shock waves spread, and Donald Trump Jr. is due back in D.C. to talk to Congress again next week.

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Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To The FBI

7:44am December 02, 2017

by Ryan Lucas

Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in a surprise Friday court appearance and is cooperating with the special counsel's investigation into Russian election interference.

The Consequences Of Flynn's Guilty Plea

7:44am December 02, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon asks Jonathan Turley, George Washington University law professor, what he thinks of the latest developments in the the Russia investigation.

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives for his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To FBI

11:32pm December 01, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

The former national security adviser is becoming a central figure in the special counsel's probe of Russian election interference and any possible connections between Russia and the Trump campaign.

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Michael Flynn Expected To Plead Guilty To Charge He Made False Statements To FBI

11:41am December 01, 2017

President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his discussions with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.

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