Were going to start with british spy stuff. If you are into british spy stuff, even spy novels and bbc cereals and that kind of stuff, you will know there is a convenient mnemonic device for us americans about british spy stuff, a convenient device to help us remember what the different british spy agencies are. They have one Domestic Intelligence agency thats mi 5. Thats the rough equivalent of fbi. They have mi 6 which is the equivalent of our cia. And theres this handy mnemonic device which is mi5 is the fbi. And mi6 is the cia. Its very handy. That said, it all falls apart when you get to the third agency which is called gchq, because that does not sound like anything. Theres no neat, easy to remember device to remind us all that the british Intelligence Agency called gchq is the equivalent of our nsa. Our National Security adviser. Theres no easy way to remember. Thats their headquarters. Kind of amazing looking building. The shape reminds you its a global vacuum for information.
Mondays are difficult around here because there is so much each weekend to get our arms around, and this just the fourth monday of this young Trump Presidency is proving especially difficult as there are stories on the move right now as we speak. Lets start from here. Tonight the Washington Post was first to report that nbc news has confirmed back in january the Justice Department told the Trump White House early on that the thenacting attorney general sally yates believed National Security adviser Michael Flynn, the retired threestar army general, had misled Senior Administration officials about his communications with russias ambassador to the u. S. Yates reportedly believed flynn was, quote, potentially vulnerable to russian blackmail, according to the post. If sally yates name sound familiar, its because President Trump fired her on january 31st after she refused to defend the travel ban. The Washington Post further reports the Justice Department thought flynns actions may even be
Convenient knew monic device for us americans about british spy stuff, a convenient device to help us remember what the different british spy agencies are. They have one Domestic Intelligence agency thats mi 5. Thats the rough equivalent of fbi. They have mi6 which is the quilt of our cia. And theres this handy knew mono device which is mi 5 is the fbi. And mi6 is the cia. Its very handy. That said, it all falls apart when you get to the third agency which is called gchq, because that does not sound like anything. Theres no neat, easy to remember device to remind us all that the british Intelligence Agency called gchq is the equivalent of our nsa. Theres no easy way to remember. Thats hatheir headquarters. The shape reminds you its a global vacuum for information. Gchq stands for Government Communication headquarters. Thats a deliberately obscure name thats not supposed to attract attention. They started fairly small, as a cryptography outfit in britain. In world war ii it became very,
Difficult as there are stories on the move right now as we speak. Lets start from here. Tonight the Washington Post was first to report that nbc news has confirmed back in january the Justice Department told the Trump White House early on that the thenacting attorney general sally yates believed National Security adviser Michael Flynn, the retired threestar army general, had misled Senior Administration officials about his communications with russias ambassador to the u. S. Yates reportedly believed flynn was, quote, potentially vulnerable to russian blackmail, according to the post. If sally yates name sound familiar, its because President Trump fired her on january 31st after she refused to defend the travel ban. The Washington Post further reports the Justice Department thought flynns actions may even be illegal. An obscure act called the logan act makes it illegal to get involved in legal disputes. Five months after he was sworn into office, he was warned about sanctions coming int
Of our cia. And theres this handy knew monoic device which is mi 5 is the fbi. And mi6 is the cia. Its very handy. That said, it all falls apart when you get to the third agency which is called gchq, because that does not sound like anything. Theres no neat, easy to remember device to remind us all that the British Intelligence agency called gchq is the equivalent of our nsa. Theres no easy way to remember. Thats their headquarters. The shape reminds you its a global vacuum for information. Gchq stands for Government Communication headquarters. Thats a deliberately obscure name thats not supposed to attract attention. They started fairly small, as a cryptography outfit in britain. In world war ii it became very, very important. In world war ii, the nazis used a machine called enigma to encrypt their sensitive communications. It was widely thought to be unbreakable. In fact it was important that the germans believed enigma was unbreakable. It was inpenetrable as a coding device. The naz