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http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/347776-russian-treason-arrests-stemmed-from-intel-official-helping-us-catchThree 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.
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A huge coincidence I'm sure... (Original Post)
renegade000
Jul 2018
OP
Trump only cares about himself...that his election win is not tainted by the evidence
Demovictory9
Jul 2018
#4
triron
(21,999 posts)1. Just a coincidence, RIGHT. I have a bridge in Arizona to sell.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)2. he ratted them out
Duppers
(28,120 posts)9. And these deaths?
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/24/europe/dead-russians/index.html
Thanks to DUer Ponietz for the link.
Thanks to DUer Ponietz for the link.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)3. DAMN, it sounds like Trump ratted them out.
Trump has got to go.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)6. Sure looks like we're building to that... n/t
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)7. +1
Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)4. Trump only cares about himself...that his election win is not tainted by the evidence
triron
(21,999 posts)5. No he was in on it with Putin from the get go.
calimary
(81,220 posts)8. Sure looks like treason to me. If it quacks like a traitor...
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)10. He is a traitor.
dchill
(38,474 posts)11. It was never not going to be treason.
OnDoutside
(19,954 posts)12. I wonder will they be traded for Butina ?