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Re Mariia Butina: I wonder if any sex traps were involved?: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Jul 2018 OP
No doubt. Putin brags that Russia has the best.... Anon-C Jul 2018 #1
The old KGB SPECIALIZED in honeypot traps... Raster Jul 2018 #8
Oh I'll bet and there will be videos too.... sunonmars Jul 2018 #2
Get a sense of the Butina story empedocles Jul 2018 #3
She is a MAJOR FLIGHT RISK... Raster Jul 2018 #6
And she should be receiving 24 hr. protection from a nerve gas attack. Kingofalldems Jul 2018 #14
Probably... however, I think even Vlad* would realize that may be just a bridge to far... Raster Jul 2018 #16
And remember snowybirdie Jul 2018 #4
By dinner, i think we mean screwed him.....like father like son. sunonmars Jul 2018 #7
Butina was FSB-trained and readied SPECIFICALLY for her assignment... Raster Jul 2018 #5
Want to bet there are quite a few other femme fatale and gigolo (Graham..cough).....spies out there. sunonmars Jul 2018 #9
Plenty for sure. Kingofalldems Jul 2018 #11
ABSOLUTELY! One has to ask themselves: Why are certain Republican men in power... Raster Jul 2018 #12
positively shitting themselves. KGB never stopped, they got the good on these traitors. sunonmars Jul 2018 #18
Of course the KBG never stopped... they just changed their name. Raster Jul 2018 #21
Wow! I can't believe I didn't think about that immediately. rainin Jul 2018 #10
JUST BEING REPORTED: SHE OFFERED AN INDIVIDUAL SEX IN EXCHANGE FOR A POSITION IN AN ORG. Mrs. Overall Jul 2018 #13
Whoa! NRA maybe? Kingofalldems Jul 2018 #15
+1 dalton99a Jul 2018 #22
She's an open, celebrity style operational agent. She might... Whiskeytide Jul 2018 #17
Kingo empedocles Jul 2018 #19
"I am the NRA" jpak Jul 2018 #20

Raster

(20,998 posts)
8. The old KGB SPECIALIZED in honeypot traps...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:18 AM
Jul 2018

...especially ones with lurid, perhaps illegal overtones (Lolita). There's been whispering for years that tRump* had a taste for "the young stuff."

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
3. Get a sense of the Butina story
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:14 AM
Jul 2018

that she had many, many 'interesting' connections. Lot of photos. Seems that any of those connections could lead to interesting developments. Doubt that she could be released on bail anytime soon.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
6. She is a MAJOR FLIGHT RISK...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:16 AM
Jul 2018

... her cover has been blown. The Kremlin would strongly prefer that she not be caught up in the American justice system.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
16. Probably... however, I think even Vlad* would realize that may be just a bridge to far...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:25 AM
Jul 2018

...At least I would hope so.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
5. Butina was FSB-trained and readied SPECIFICALLY for her assignment...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:15 AM
Jul 2018

...to infiltrate and ingratiate herself among high-end Republicans and their causes and organization (NRA!). Butina IS. A. SPY. Plain and simple, and yes, I would STRONGLY SUSPECT that she may have used her body and sexuality to accomplish her missions.

BUTINA. IS. A. SPY., and was sent to the US SPECIFICALLY to interface with the Washington Republican power structure.

Did Butina use her sexuality to lure in Republican men? Does David Vitter wear a diaper?

Grotesque Old Perverts

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
9. Want to bet there are quite a few other femme fatale and gigolo (Graham..cough).....spies out there.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:20 AM
Jul 2018

Raster

(20,998 posts)
12. ABSOLUTELY! One has to ask themselves: Why are certain Republican men in power...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:24 AM
Jul 2018

...acting like they are in jeopardy?

Payoffs and/or blackmail. And some, probably both. The Russians SPECIALIZE in this kind of crap. KBG/FSB freely admitted that "honeypot traps" were a substantial part of their counterintelligence portfolio.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
21. Of course the KBG never stopped... they just changed their name.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:34 AM
Jul 2018

Putin* was the head of the KGB in East Germany before the Berlin Wall came down, and specialized in recruiting AND HANDLING compromised "Assets" from the West. Putin* was also the chief liaison between the KGB and the Stassi, and was one of the men responsible for destroying all of the Stassi files and documents as the Wall was coming down.

Whatever it's called, IT. IS. STILL. THE. KGB. And once a KGB thug, ALWAYS A KGB THUG!

rainin

(3,011 posts)
10. Wow! I can't believe I didn't think about that immediately.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:22 AM
Jul 2018

Of course! She is a "Red Sparrow". I can't wait to learn who she lured. BTW, the movie is a MUST SEE!

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
13. JUST BEING REPORTED: SHE OFFERED AN INDIVIDUAL SEX IN EXCHANGE FOR A POSITION IN AN ORG.
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:24 AM
Jul 2018



Tweeet Text:

Devlin Barrett

In new court filing, feds say they believe Maria Butina has been in contact with Russian intel officers, and "offered an individual other than (her boyfriend) sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organization."

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
17. She's an open, celebrity style operational agent. She might...
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 11:28 AM
Jul 2018

... arrange a tryst indirectly, but it's unlikely she would be involved in it herself. Too much investment in her placement to risk a sex scandal mucking it up.

She's certainly a flight risk - despite her lawyer's claims at the hearing Monday that she's not because she has known she was a target of an investigation for almost a year and hasn't run. She's a defendant now. Very different.

But that raises an astounding point to me. Meuller and the other investigative and prosecution offices involved are unbelievably sound proof. In this day of leaks everywhere, how in the Hell did this stay unrevealed for so long? Impressive.

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