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https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-officials-at-a-fucking-loss-over-latest-russia-sell-out?ref=homeU.S. Officials at a Fucking Loss Over Latest Russia Sell Out
The White Houses refusal to rule out turning over former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul to the Russians has current and former State Department officials seeing red.
Spencer Ackerman
07.18.18 5:36 PM ET
Current and former American diplomats are expressing disgust and horror over the White Houses willingness to entertain permitting Russian officials to question a prominent former U.S. ambassador.
One serving diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was at a fucking loss over comments that can be expected to chill American diplomacy in hostile or authoritarian countries a comment echoed by former State Department officials as well.
Its beyond disgraceful. Its fundamentally ignorant with regard to how we conduct diplomacy or what that means. It really puts in jeopardy the professional independence of diplomats anywhere in the world, if the consequence of their actions is going to be potentially being turned over to a foreign government, the U.S. diplomat told The Daily Beast.
During President Trumps press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Putin pivoted a question about extraditing the 12 Russian intelligence officers whom Robert Mueller has indicted into a quid pro quo for going after longtime betes noire currently beyond his reach.
Putin singled out Bill Browder, whose exposure of widespread Russian tax fraud led to the passage of a U.S. human rights sanctions law Putin hates. Standing next to Trump, the Russian president accused Browder of masterminding an illegal campaign contribution to Hillary Clinton and alleging vaguely that he had solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers guided these transactions. Should Trump permit the Russians to question people around Browder, Putin hinted, he will let Muellers people be present at questioning of the intelligence officers.
The president has his interests at the top of his mind, as opposed to the governments. Thats very clear over the past week and a half, between shitting on our NATO allies and kissing Putins ass.
current U.S. diplomat
current U.S. diplomat
On Wednesday, Russian prosecutors escalated the stakes. The prosecutor-generals office said it wanted to interview Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, another Putin bete noire. McFaulthe Obama-era ambassador to Moscowreplied on Twitter that the Russians know well that he wasnt even in Russia during the relevant time frame for any case against Browder.
At the White House, however, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined to rule out permitting the Russians to question McFaul. Sanders said that there had been some conversation in Helsinki about the issue, though Trump made no commitment.
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U.S. Officials 'at a Fucking Loss' Over Latest Russia Sell Out (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2018
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msongs
(67,199 posts)1. evidently saving the nation is not worthy of going on the record. nt
babylonsister
(170,964 posts)2. Some people did. My fault
- the story doesn't end there, I found out.