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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWAPO: Russian spy chiefs (3 of them!)met in Washington with CIA director to discuss counterterrorism
Last edited Wed Jan 31, 2018, 01:58 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-spy-chiefs-met-in-washington-with-cia-director-to-discuss-counterterrorism/2018/01/31/0b761976-068b-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html?utm_term=.b173f7f1b850Two top Russian spy chiefs traveled to Washington last week to discuss counterterrorism issues with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, but the unusual visit also raised concerns among some U.S. officials that Moscow could interpret the encounter as a sign the Trump administration is willing to move beyond the issue of election interference, current and former U.S. intelligence officials said.
Pompeo met with Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russias Foreign Intelligence Service or SVR, and Alexander Bortnikov, who runs the FSB, which is the main successor to the Soviet-era security service the KGB. The head of Russias military intelligence, the GRU, also came to Washington, though its not clear that he met with Pompeo.
A senior U.S. intelligence official based in Moscow was also called back to Washington for the meeting with the CIA chief, said a person familiar with the events, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive meeting.
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Just this week, Pompeo warned in an interview with the BBC that Russia was still a threat to American elections. I havent seen a significant decrease in their activity, he said. One U.S. official said the directors tough public remarks seemed at odds with some of the private messages that the agency is receiving to look for ways to work with Russia.
(end snip)
So, the meeting wasn't with the DNI, Coates, as previously reported, or was he there too? And, there were 3 Russian spy chiefs, not one. The story is changing every day. Was the GRU chief on his own? Where did he go? Counterterrorism, my hind end.
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WAPO: Russian spy chiefs (3 of them!)met in Washington with CIA director to discuss counterterrorism (Original Post)
deminks
Jan 2018
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monmouth4
(9,711 posts)1. This is so ridiculous and needs to be stopped right now..n/t
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)2. Pompeo: "Let me share with you our sources and methods"
as President Trump requested
GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)3. Cool story, bro ...
I heard they talked about adoptions.
deminks
(11,018 posts)4. kick for the afternoon
deminks
(11,018 posts)5. kick for the evening
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)6. The only way to get your walking papers
is only in person. No digital, this is alarming. Me wonders if it does hit the fan fot Trump and family, that when the Reichstag Fire occurs. Heads up.
Seriously.