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renegade000

(2,301 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:17 AM Jul 2018

A huge coincidence I'm sure...

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/347776-russian-treason-arrests-stemmed-from-intel-official-helping-us-catch

Three current and former Russian intelligence agents and a Russian cybersecurity firm employee arrested on charges of treason had been feeding the U.S. information on criminal hackers, a Russian news station reported Wednesday.

Sergei Mikhailov and Dmitry Dokuchaev, who at the time were employed by Russia's intelligence service, the FSB, were arrested along with former FSB agent George Fomchenkov and Kaspersky Lab employee Ruslan Stoyanov in connection with data they passed along to the CIA, according to Rain TV.

The arrests, which were made public in late January [2017], caused speculation that the four had been informants for the investigation into Russian hacking in the 2016 U.S. elections.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html

WASHINGTON — Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election.

The evidence included texts and emails from Russian military officers and information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation.

Mr. Trump sounded grudgingly convinced, according to several people who attended the intelligence briefing. But ever since, Mr. Trump has tried to cloud the very clear findings that he received on Jan. 6, 2017, which his own intelligence leaders have unanimously endorsed.


Treason it is then...

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A huge coincidence I'm sure... (Original Post) renegade000 Jul 2018 OP
Just a coincidence, RIGHT. I have a bridge in Arizona to sell. triron Jul 2018 #1
he ratted them out AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #2
And these deaths? Duppers Jul 2018 #9
DAMN, it sounds like Trump ratted them out. underthematrix Jul 2018 #3
Sure looks like we're building to that... n/t renegade000 Jul 2018 #6
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2018 #7
Trump only cares about himself...that his election win is not tainted by the evidence Demovictory9 Jul 2018 #4
No he was in on it with Putin from the get go. triron Jul 2018 #5
Sure looks like treason to me. If it quacks like a traitor... calimary Jul 2018 #8
He is a traitor. rusty quoin Jul 2018 #10
It was never not going to be treason. dchill Jul 2018 #11
I wonder will they be traded for Butina ? OnDoutside Jul 2018 #12
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