Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged John Ratcliffe.
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Jun 8, 2026Intelligence
Gabbard, Ratcliffe Pressed to Declassify Revised Havana Syndrome Report Before June 30 Departure
Dispatch Washington · June 8, 2026 Marc Polymeropoulos, a 26-year CIA veteran who became one of the first U.S. officials to speak publicly about Anomalous Health Incidents, is calling on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to…
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
CIA Gold-Bar Theft Case Triggers Gang of Eight Briefing and Oversight Dispute
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche briefed the congressional Gang of Eight on the arrest of a former senior CIA officer who allegedly conceale…
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Trump Names Housing Official Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 3 named Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence, bypassing the career official who had been designated for …
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Former CIA Officer Charged With Theft After FBI Seizes $40 Million in Gold Bars
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 David J. Rush, a former Senior Executive Service-level CIA employee, was arrested May 19 after FBI agents executing a search warrant at his Ashburn, Virginia, home seized more than 300 one-kilogram gold…
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May 23, 2026Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as DNI, Citing Husband’s Cancer Diagnosis
Dispatch Washington · May 23, 2026 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted her resignation May 22, citing her husband Abraham's diagnosis with an extremely rare form of bone cancer, effective June 30. Gabbard delivered …
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May 21, 2026Intelligence
Trump Cuba Indictment and Sanctions Campaign Lacks Clear Endgame
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 The Justice Department on May 21 unsealed a federal indictment charging former Cuban President Raúl Castro with murder, conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, and destruction of aircraft in connection with …
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May 21, 2026Intelligence
DOJ Unseals Murder Indictment Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro Over 1996 Plane Shootdown
Dispatch Washington · May 22, 2026 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on May 20 the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, charging him with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals,…
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May 18, 2026Intelligence
GOP Resistance Complicates Trump’s Military Calculus on Cuba
Dispatch Washington · May 18, 2026 Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned Monday that any U.S. military strike on Cuba "would trigger a bloodbath with incalculable consequences," escalating an already charged exchange between Havana an…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
I’ll research this story across multiple reputable outlets before drafting the brief.I now have sufficient cross-referenced sourcing to produce the brief. Here it is:
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 — CIA Whistleblower Alleges Agency Obstructed DNI COVID Origins Review A senior CIA operations officer testified publicly before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 13…
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May 1, 2026Intelligence
DOJ Indicts Sinaloa Governor, Nine Others, Forcing Sheinbaum to Choose Between Washington and Her Party
The Department of Justice unsealed a grand jury indictment on April 30 charging Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials with narcotics importation conspiracy and related weapons offenses, placing…
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Apr 26, 2026Intelligence
Section 702 Lapse Would Leave Surveillance Program in Legal Gray Zone
Congress faces an April 30 deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, after both chambers passed a 10-day stopgap extension and President Donald Trump signed it into law on April 19. [1][2] The shor…
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Apr 26, 2026Intelligence
IRGC Seizes Two Commercial Vessels in Strait of Hormuz Hours After Ceasefire Extension
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized two commercial container ships in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, escorting them into Iranian territorial waters within hours of President Donald Trump announcing an indefinite exten…