Key Pentagon strategist who paid FBI’s spy in Trump investigation sees Iran nukes as ‘probable’

Key Pentagon strategist who paid FBI’s spy in Trump investigation sees Iran nukes as ‘probable’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2021 Joe Biden’s team has been politely attempting to nudge Iran into talks regarding the United States returning to the 2015 nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). As it turns out, a top Pentagon strategist, who currently heads up the secretive Office of Net Assessment (ONA), had […]

Report: Stefan Halper harbored hopes of being Trump’s secretary of state

Report: Stefan Halper harbored hopes of being Trump’s secretary of state

by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2020 The Cambridge professor who was inserted by the FBI to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign had once aspired to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, a newly released audio recording shows. Stefan Halper said he had such hopes even after serving as an FBI informant against Trump’s […]

Sen. Grassley drills in on Flynn leak from secret Pentagon office

Sen. Grassley drills in on Flynn leak from secret Pentagon office

by WorldTribune Staff, June 23, 2020 Sen. Chuck Grassley is demanding to know if the director of the Pentagon’s secretive Office of Net Assessment (ONA) was the source who leaked a classified Michael Flynn call with Russia’s ambassador to the media. In May, Judicial Watch released emails and other documents showing that ONA Director James […]

Senator demands answers from secret Pentagon agency on Stefan Halper contracts

Senator demands answers from secret Pentagon agency on Stefan Halper contracts

by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2020 The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is demanding detailed information on payments the Pentagon’s secretive Office of Net Assessment (ONA) made to an FBI informant who spied on President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Sen. Chuck Grassley, in a Jan. 22 letter the ONA Director James Baker, requested information […]

Russia-born scholar sues major media, Stefan Halper after hoax wrecked life

Russia-born scholar sues major media, Stefan Halper after hoax wrecked life

by WorldTribune Staff, January 21, 2020 A Russian-born British scholar who was caught up in the Trump-Russia hoax is suing FBI informant Stefan Halper and several media outlets who she said spread malicious lies about her. Svetlana Lokhova told investigative journalist Sara Carter that she was used as a target of opportunity by the FBI […]

Spygate: Durham probe expands to Stefan Halper, secret Pentagon office

Spygate: Durham probe expands to Stefan Halper, secret Pentagon office

by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2019 The secretive Office of Net Assessment has become part of U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia hoax. FBI informant Stefan Halper, who spied for the bureau on Trump campaign associates, was paid more than $1 million by the Office of Net Assessment “for research […]

Pentagon puts lid on Halper-related records sought by newspaper, Judicial Watch, analyst’s attorney

Pentagon puts lid on Halper-related records sought by newspaper, Judicial Watch, analyst’s attorney

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2019 The Pentagon refused to release records in the case of a pro-Trump employee who was suspended and had his security clearance revoked. Pentagon took the actions against analyst Adam Lovinger after he blew the whistle on questionable contracts the secretive Office of Net Assessment (ONA) had awarded Stefan Halper, […]

IG report backs whistleblower fired after flagging Stefan Halper contracts

IG report backs whistleblower fired after flagging Stefan Halper contracts

by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2019 A report by the Department of Defense’s inspector general reveals that Stefan Halper, the professor hired by the FBI to spy on the Trump campaign, failed to document his research on four Pentagon studies for which he traveled the world at U.S. taxpayer expense and was paid a total […]

Pentagon fired pro-Trump official who flagged Halper contracts; He’s fighting back

Pentagon fired pro-Trump official who flagged Halper contracts; He’s fighting back

by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2019 A Pentagon analyst who had his top-secret security clearance revoked after he complained about questionable outside research contracts to Stefan Halper, who spied on the Trump campaign, had been cleared of leaking data to the news media but his lawyers were never informed, a report said. The Naval Criminal […]

Pentagon contracts with FBI informant Stefan Halper come under scrutiny

Pentagon contracts with FBI informant Stefan Halper come under scrutiny

by WorldTribune Staff, July 23, 2019 The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee wants an explanation from the Pentagon as to why the Department of Defense shelled out over $400,000 to Stefan Halper, the informant used by the FBI to spy on Trump associates during the 2016 campaign. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, sent a […]