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| RU ambo told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin | |
| 2017-05-30 | |
| BLUF: [WAPO] Ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in Moscow that Kushner, son-in-law and confidant to then-President-elect Trump, made the proposal during a meeting on Dec. 1 or 2 at Trump Tower, according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials. Kislyak said Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications. How very strange. Platte River Networks of Denver, CO. provided discreet, global, back-channel communications to the Clintons for years. Apparently no one noticed or said anything. The meeting also was attended by Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser. Kushner’s apparent interest in establishing a secret channel with Moscow, rather than relying on U.S. government systems, has added to the intrigue surrounding the Trump administration’s relationship with Russia. No real 'intrigue' but rather the exposure of a much larger classified documents and communications security (COMSEC) problem.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Start by making a list of all Harvard graduates with access? Sorry g(r)om we're trying to shorten the list and that wouldn't help at all. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-05-30 14:01 |
| #9 Can we get headlines that make sense without trying to puzzle out what the writer was FIFY |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-05-30 13:33 |
| #8 My bad Herb. I always try to keep the topic lines as short as possible. Will attempt to minimize abbreviations in the future. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-05-30 12:39 |
| #7 Question: if President-elect Trump and his son-in-law-cum-advisor Jared Kushner wanted to smoke out the leakers in the intelligence community vis-a-vis the Russian nonsense, how would they go about it? Start by making a list of all Harvard graduates with access? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-30 12:16 |
| #6 What's an "RU Ambo"? Russian ambassador, Herb McCoy7309. It took me a while and many, many questions, to learn the lingo, too. But afterward one knows more than one did before, always a good thing. ;-) Question: if President-elect Trump and his son-in-law-cum-advisor Jared Kushner wanted to smoke out the leakers in the intelligence community vis-a-vis the Russian nonsense, how would they go about it? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-30 12:14 |
| #5 What's an "RU Ambo"? Can we get headlines that make sense without trying to puzzle out what the writer was thinking at the time? |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-05-30 10:42 |
#4  I wonder if they got the idea from Obama's secret channel when he did the Iran nuclear deal.Seems as though I remember Soetoro sending special, rather secretive representatives to conduct face-to-face discussions on the Iranian deal. Soetoro always preferred the 'back nine' for more intimate discussions here at home. Clandestine monitoring and unauthorized leaks 'be hard' on the 'back nine.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-05-30 08:46 |
| #3 I wonder if they got the idea from Obama's secret channel when he did the Iran nuclear deal. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-05-30 07:36 |
| #2 What a novel idea. A Special Access Communications program with no 'Deep State' access. An obvious attempt to thwart leakers. Little wonder the Deep State is butt hurt. What good is a disinformation program if you don't have access to the information. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-05-30 03:00 |
| #1 One that NSA can't monitor without FISA? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-30 02:59 |