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White House: 'Dissenting opinions' from intelligence community on Russian bounty reports

Guardian, 30 Jun 2020
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says there are dissenting opinions within the intelligence community on reports Russia offered a bounty for attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. US President Donald Trump denied being briefed on the alleged bounty program from Russia, later adding intelligence officials told him the threat was not 'credible'. He has since been contradicted by McEnany, who said there was no consensus among the intelligence community in a media briefing on Monday

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