Republicans, Democrats want to question aides over bounty reports

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WORLD NEWS
JUNE 29, 2020 / 10:08 AM
UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Patricia Zengerle

... “Congress and the country need answers now. I therefore request an interagency brief for all House Members immediately,” Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and CIA Director Gina Haspel ...

Representative Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, joined the panel’s chairman, Democratic Representative Adam Smith, in asking the Department of Defense for a briefing.

“The American people – and our service members – deserve to know the truth about what the White House knew about these Russian operations that may have directly resulted in the deaths of American service members,” Smith said.

Thornberry told reporters on Monday that any delay “will not be acceptable” ...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/us-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUKKBN2401TN

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1. Bounties believed to have led to at least one US troop death

JUNE 29, 2020 / 6:23 AM
UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
Mark Hosenball, Patricia Zengerle

... The Washington Post reported late on Sunday that several American soldiers are believed to have died as a result of the Russian program, which the Kremlin has denied and which U.S. President Donald Trump has said he was never briefed on.

The Post said the intelligence stemmed from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants and was passed up from U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan.

Separately, the New York Times reported U.S. intelligence officials believe at least one American military death stemmed from the bounties, citing two officials briefed on the matter. Reuters could not immediately confirm the reports ...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-afghanistan-russia-taliban-kremli/russian-bounties-believed-to-have-led-to-at-least-one-us-troop-death-reports-say-idUKKBN240166

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