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| How the FBI and CIA Restarted the Cold War to Protect Themselves |
| 2018-05-20 |
| [Townhall] On December 29, 2016, the Obama Administration ‐ with three weeks remaining in its term ‐ issued harsh sanctions against Russia over supposed election interference. Two compounds in the United States were closed and 35 Russian diplomats were ordered to leave the country. Russia responded by calling the actions "Cold War déjà vu." In the two years that have elapsed since, it has been learned that the "intelligence" that formed the basis for the sanctions was beyond dubious. A single unverified "dossier" compiled by an ex-British spy with no discernable connections to Russia was shopped to FISA judges and the media as something real. The dossier was opposition research by the Hillary Clinton campaign, a fact that was not disclosed and actively hidden by off-the-book transactions through the law firm Perkins Coie. As a dog that chases its tail, the fake dossier was being used to cause the investigation which itself lent credibility to the notion of Russian interference. The FBI and CIA thumbed the eye of an armed nuclear state based on false intelligence. Why? The answer is now obvious: to cover up their own election year shenanigans they thought would remain forever hidden in the inevitable Hillary Clinton victory. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Haven't heard much about the Clinton Foundation in "a while".... |
| Posted by: Clem 2018-05-20 11:46 |
| #6 Wag the Swamp? |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-05-20 10:50 |
| #5 BP, there were so many breaches of law in the campaign, spending and otherwise, half the Demo party should be in the big house. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-05-20 09:35 |
| #4 Not to mention the little oil projects where Syria is concerned. |
| Posted by: Clem 2018-05-20 08:54 |
| #3 "Nothing personal, it's just business." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-20 08:06 |
| #2 >The dossier was opposition research by the Hillary Clinton campaign, a fact that was not disclosed and actively hidden by off-the-book transactions through the law firm Perkins Coie. Wasn't this a breach of election spending laws? FBI going to do anything about this? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-05-20 06:34 |
| #1 IMO, Cold war restarted in 1998 with hot bombing of Serbia. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-05-20 06:00 |