SPY GAMES—“Soviets played the long game. We thought in terms of quarters whereas they thought in terms of decades. They’re opportunistic, willing to let matters develop until the right political faction or leader to support emerged.”-@thedailybeast thedailybeast.com/oldest-living-…
“Scattered throughout the Senate report is a litany of instances in which Trump’s associates left themselves open to Russian blackmail.”-CIA’s Peter Sichel, 97, @thedailybeast
CONTINUITY KERFUFFLE: “Minutes after the president’s* doctors painted a rosy picture of his condition on TV..the White House chief of staff gave reporters outside Walter Reed..Medical Center a far more sober assessment off camera, calling Trump’s vital signs worrisome.”-@nytimes
LEST WE FORGET: “The Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog group, filed a complaint with FEC accusing Trump campaign of ‘laundering’ $170 million through numerous companies, some connected to former manager Brad Parscale.”-@forbesforbes.com/sites/andrewso…