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On Friday night the New York Times reported a blockbuster story: U.S. intelligence has found that Russian military intelligence offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to strike coalition forces, including U.S. and British military members. President Trump has known about the bounties since March and has done nothing to …

[UPDATE: A federal judge has sentenced Butina to a term of 18 months.] Maria Butina is ready to tell her side of the story. Last Friday, the U.S. government filed a sentencing memo calling the Russian national an “access agent,” claiming she was part of a sophisticated intelligence operation that …