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He Confirmed Russia Meddled in 2016 to Help Trump. Now, He’s Speaking Out
It was the summer of 2016 when a manager at the Central Intelligence Agency pulled him into a conference room, sat him down at a table, and asked him to read the intelligence they had brought. Van Landingham wasn’t naive about what the Kremlin was capable …