INTERVIEW — LT. COL TONY SHAFFER – a CIA trained former senior intelligence officer and the New York Times bestselling author of ” Operation Dark Heart.”

• Analysis of yesterday’s Yates-Clapper Senate hearing
• Former Justice Department official Sally Yates told the Senate Judiciary Committee she tried to warn the Trump White House that then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn might be susceptible to Russian blackmail. Prior to her testimony, it was learned President Obama warned his soon-to-be successor not to hire Flynn during an Oval Office meeting two days after the November election. After her testimony, Trump tweeted that “The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax.”
• James Clapper: Still no evidence of any Russian collusion with Trump campaign. James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Monday that he still has not seen any evidence of any kind of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian foreign nationals.
• Sally Yates wins the news cycle by saying Mike Flynn was ‘compromised’ by Russia. Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates managed to dominate the headlines on Monday by casting fired national security adviser Mike Flynn as “compromised” and susceptible to blackmail, despite Republican efforts to focus on the leaks that led to his downfall.
• Sally Yates Told the White House Michael Flynn ‘Could Be Blackmailed’ by Russia