The Mueller Report
Alex Finley is the pen name of a former news reporter and former U.S. intelligence officer, writing occasional analyses of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s efforts to skew the 2016 presidential election.
Analysis: Cascading revelations about Donald Trump’s use of the White House for personal gain are beginning to strip away some of his Teflon
The Mueller Report
Published — April 25, 2019
Putin won the battle, but the outcome of the war is still uncertain
The Kremlin’s election triumph has been undermined by Mueller’s disclosures and by Washington’s renewed strategic wariness.
The Mueller Report
Published — March 27, 2019
Like any good spy story, the Barr account of the Mueller report contains mysteries
Collusion, cut-outs and covert ops; the dangerous ambiguities on which intelligence agencies thrive.
The Mueller Report
Published — February 4, 2019
The Trump team’s persistent lying about Russia creates counterintelligence challenge
Roger Stone’s indictment lengthens the list of Trump aides who’ve been accused of trying to hide the campaign’s connections to Russia.
The Mueller Report
Published — December 21, 2018
Trump got the National Enquirer to bury his secrets. Did he do the same with Putin?
The Mueller Report
Published — October 25, 2018
Russian money and influence have poured through cracks in the U.S. legal wall
Moscow’s intelligence operation against the U.S. has made one thing clear: We need to start looking at the presence of money in politics as a national security issue.
The Mueller Report
Published — September 26, 2018 Updated — September 28, 2018 at 10:10 am ET
Manafort’s guilty plea goes to the heart of the Russian intelligence operation in 2016
Analysis: Sure, it’s about Ukraine. But it tells us a lot about Russia.