Code name: Crossfire Hurricane. investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia began: with a top-secret mission to London to interview the Australian ambassador. The name, a reference to the Rolling Stones lyric “I was born in a crossfire hurricane,” was an apt prediction of the political storm that continues to batter the bureau. Also Wednesday, a Senate panel released thousands of pages of documents on the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a self-described Kremlin informant. Here’s our new guide to the Russia investigation — and a primer on the imaginative code names used by federal agencies.

Source: New York Times May 16, 2018 22:07 UTC