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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumstrump called Steele a failed spy. I always thought a failed spy is one that is either in
jail or dead.
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trump called Steele a failed spy. I always thought a failed spy is one that is either in (Original Post)
shraby
Jan 2017
OP
get the red out
(13,466 posts)1. Everyone he doesn't like is "failed"
Or "over-rated".
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)2. Yet numerous bankruptcies somehow equals a "successful businessman".
erpowers
(9,350 posts)4. Send that to Him in a Tweet
If you have not already sent that to him in a tweet, you should tweet that to him. That is just about the best comeback against him for all the insults he throws at others. He is constantly calling people overrated, or failed, yet, he cannot prevent his companies from going into bankruptcy, but he is still a great businessman who should be allowed to run a country.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)3. I wouldn't mess with CHRISTOPHER STEELE, if I were you.
Dude has to have mad ninja skills and a whole host of gadgets at his disposal.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)5. Some "failed spy":
Who is Christopher Steele, the former British spy who created the Donald Trump Russia dossier?
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The Reuters news agency, citing former British intelligence officials, reports that Steele supplied the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with information on corruption at Fifa, international soccer's governing body.
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According to reports, in the summer of 2010, members of a New York-based FBI squad assigned to investigate "Eurasian Organised Crime" met Steele in London to discuss allegations of possible corruption in Fifa, the Swiss-based body that also organises the World Cup tournament.
People familiar with Steele's activities said his British-based company, Orbis Business Intelligence, was hired by the Football Association to investigate Fifa.
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The FBI squad whose members met Steele subsequently opened a major investigation into alleged corruption that led to dozens of US indictments, including those of prominent international football officials.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/12/christopher-steelethe-former-british-spy-created-donald-trump/
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The Reuters news agency, citing former British intelligence officials, reports that Steele supplied the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with information on corruption at Fifa, international soccer's governing body.
...
According to reports, in the summer of 2010, members of a New York-based FBI squad assigned to investigate "Eurasian Organised Crime" met Steele in London to discuss allegations of possible corruption in Fifa, the Swiss-based body that also organises the World Cup tournament.
People familiar with Steele's activities said his British-based company, Orbis Business Intelligence, was hired by the Football Association to investigate Fifa.
...
The FBI squad whose members met Steele subsequently opened a major investigation into alleged corruption that led to dozens of US indictments, including those of prominent international football officials.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/12/christopher-steelethe-former-british-spy-created-donald-trump/