.MaddowBlog: White House's politicization of intelligence reaches new low
The White House briefed eight House Republicans on intelligence that Russia offered bounties to Afghan militants who targeted U.S. troops for assassination, according to Trump administration officials and congressional sources.... Noticeably absent from the briefing, which are traditionally bipartisan affairs, were any Democrats, despite controlling [the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence Committees].
It's against this backdrop that congressional Democrats, including the chairs of the relevant congressional committees, were kept in the dark.
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