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Obama Choked on Russia Long Before the 2016 Election

by Eli Lake | Jun 30, 2017 | Opinion

“I feel like we sort of choked.” That is the killer quote in an extraordinary Washington Post investigation into how Barack Obama responded to intelligence last year that Russia was running a sophisticated influence operation against the 2016 elections....

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Al-Jazeera journalists, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy (R) and Egyptian Baher Mohamed (C), both accused of supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood in their coverage for the Qatari-owned broadcaster, sit in the defendants’ cage during their trial in the capital Cairo on August 29, 2015. The court sentenced Fahmy and Mohamed, along with Australian journalist Peter Greste who was tried in absentia after his deportation early this year, to three years in prison in a shock ruling following global demands for their acquittal. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Al-Jazeera and the Muslim Brotherhood

by Eli Lake | Jun 25, 2017 | Opinion

In 2014, Mohamed Fahmy, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practicing unlicensed journalism. Today Fahmy is preparing a lawsuit against his former employers. And...

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Best frenemies forever? Photographer: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Qatar…Test for Trump’s Anti-Terror Plan

by Eli Lake | Jun 3, 2017 | Opinion

Will this duplicitous nation cut off terrorist financing, or coordinate with the Pentagon, or both? For a brief moment it looked like President Donald Trump had done it. He got the leaders of six Gulf nations to sign a communique pledging to eradicate the financing of...

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Iranians Re-Elect a Fake Reformer in a Fake Election

Iranians Re-Elect a Fake Reformer in a Fake Election

by Eli Lake | May 23, 2017 | Opinion

Rouhani was the lesser of two evils, but Westerners vastly overestimate what an Iranian president can do. In the days before President Hassan Rouhani’s re-election victory in Iran this weekend, a video of one of his old speeches circulated on social media....

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following a signing ceremony with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

At 100 Days, Trump’s No Russian Stooge or Fascist

by Eli Lake | Apr 26, 2017 | Opinion

Before Donald Trump won the election in November we were warned: He is a Russian stooge. He is a fascist. He will upend the protocols and traditions that make governing possible. This is not normal. Now that we are approaching the 100-day mark, it’s worth noting...