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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsErik Prince in the news lately -- here's something I almost forgot
and it dovetails very nicely with the current news. All too nicely.
Current news:
Basically, Eric was in the Seychelles at that meeting that George Nader also attended to help set up backchannel communications with Russia. A backchannel would, by definition, bypass our own IC, and other agencies and institutions. The better to conduct inappropriate business with, my dear.
Prince said he went to Seychelles as a private businessman, not as an official or unofficial emissary of the Trump transition team. During the congressional interview, which became testy at times as Democratic lawmakers pressed him to be more specific in his answers, Prince repeatedly complained that he had reason to believe U.S. intelligence agencies were leaking information about his activities.
Asked to comment on assertions that new evidence appears to contradict Princes description of the Seychelles meeting, a spokesman for Prince referred to his previous statements to the committee and declined further comment.
A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
. . . Prince had no formal role with the Trump campaign or transition. However, according to people familiar with the Seychelles meeting, he presented himself as an unofficial envoy for Trump to high-ranking Emiratis involved in setting up his discussion with the Russian official.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-gathers-evidence-that-2016-seychelles-meeting-was-effort-to-establish-back-channel-to-kremlin/2018/03/07/b6a5fb8c-224b-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html
Almost-forgotten news:
Erik Prince and Oliver North are trying to sell Trump on a secret spy force
http://theweek.com/speedreads/741481/erik-prince-oliver-north-are-trying-sell-trump-secret-spy-force
"Pompeo can't trust the CIA bureaucracy, so we need to create this thing that reports just directly to him," a former senior U.S. intelligence official tells The Intercept, paraphrasing White House discussions. "The whole point is this is supposed to report to the president and Pompeo directly." Maguire was on Trump's transition team and used to work for Prince, and North, a Fox News regular, was reportedly brought in to help enlist Trump's support. The apparent pitch to Trump was creating an intelligence apparatus that will counter the "deep state" trying to undermine his presidency.
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)when interviewed by 60 min. When asked a question they are backed into a corner so easily and have no response. The two of them have the combined IQ of 74. I am sure their parents are so proud.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)handmade34
(22,757 posts)some interesting articles on Erik Prince
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/11/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-drive-to-build-private-air-force/
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)I'm a little iffy on Intercept articles, but I almost always have a look first. I think these 2 authors should be fine.