spying

According to a new Republican memo, the Justice Department has reason to suspect that former Trump campaign associate Carter Page was a Russian spy. The memo, which recently trended on Twitter by some Russian bots, and some Republicans asking for the memo to be released was another way to discredit the Russian investigation headed by the Mueller investigators.

According to the memo, the FBI and Justice Department failed to adequately present to the judge that they were relying on the information of a dossier from a British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele. The dossier from Steele was the document the FBI relied on to renew a warrant for surveillance of Page from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Court (FISA).

The memo is reported to be put together by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes. This will be used to attack Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for approving the application of a warrant spy on page without properly vetting the application.

The memo also claims that the FBI and Justice Department abuse of FISA by using the dossier for its application to renew the warrant. The White House is currently asking for the memo to be made public, while Democrats are asking that the Justice Department be consulted on the memo before it is declassified.

The House Intelligence Committee is looking to vote on whether the memo should be released to the public.

Trump is reportedly not happy with Rosenstein after he approved and hire Mueller to investigate the Trump's team connection to the 2016 U.S. election, and Trump is looking to firing Rosenstein.

Carter Page is  an oil industry consultant and former investment banker who worked on the 2016 Trump campaign, and also had a long relationship with Russia. He also visited Russia during the campaign period, but claims he did so on personal capacity only.

Otto Frederick Warmbier,21, an American student, University of Virginia who travelled with a Chinese tour group have been arrested and detained in North Korea for "perpetrating  a hostile act" against the regime. The statement was released by the Korean Central News Agency that Otto was arrested for trying to destroy the unity of North Korean with  "the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its control."  

The US embassy in South Korea confirmed the report, and said it is working with the Swedish embassy, who helps in diplomatic relations with North Korea.

The tour group, "The young pioneer Tour Group" who organised the tour that Otto had followed also confirmed the report via their website, and have also confirmed to be working with the family of Otto in getting him back to his family. They have also requested for privacy for Otto and his family.

Otto Frederick Warmbier is a third year student of commerce student at the University of Virginia.

Earlier this year, North Korea detained another American citizen, Kim Dong Chul, on suspicion of spying. The government accused Chul of spying and stealing state secret.