Potemkin Candidate: Spy says Russians have co-opted Trump
David Corn at Mother Jones has the story:
[A] former senior intelligence officer for a Western country who specialized in Russian counterintelligence tells Mother Jones that in recent months he provided the bureau with memos, based on his recent interactions with Russian sources, contending the Russian government has for years tried to co-opt and assist Trump—and that the FBI requested more information from him.
In June, the former Western intelligence officer—who spent almost two decades on Russian intelligence matters and who now works with a US firm that gathers information on Russia for corporate clients—was assigned the task of researching Trump’s dealings in Russia and elsewhere, according to the former spy and his associates in this American firm. This was for an opposition research project originally financed by a Republican client critical of the celebrity mogul. (Before the former spy was retained, the project’s financing switched to a client allied with Democrats.) “It started off as a fairly general inquiry,” says the former spook, who asks not to be identified. But when he dug into Trump, he notes, he came across troubling information indicating connections between Trump and the Russian government. According to his sources, he says, “there was an established exchange of information between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin of mutual benefit.”
Oh, there’s more – much more…
The first memo, based on the former intelligence officer’s conversations with Russian sources, noted, “Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting TRUMP for at least 5 years. Aim, endorsed by PUTIN, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance.” It maintained that Trump “and his inner circle have accepted a regular flow of intelligence from the Kremlin, including on his Democratic and other political rivals.” It claimed that Russian intelligence had “compromised” Trump during his visits to Moscow and could “blackmail him.”
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12 responses to Potemkin Candidate: Spy says Russians have co-opted Trump
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William October 31st, 2016 at 21:32
…and I would have gotten away with it to, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3ab58d84f4c930f655b34785b4386ebd7dfa3d0240543e59ccc9e02c8dfb3448.jpg
Hirightnow October 31st, 2016 at 21:37
Reah! Reprorabels!, Raggy
bpollen November 1st, 2016 at 02:36
Ruh-rhro!
Hirightnow October 31st, 2016 at 21:36
NO!!!!!!
You don’t say!
Really?
robert October 31st, 2016 at 22:08
Did the trumpster’s home decorator turn him in ?
labman57 November 1st, 2016 at 01:21
What tales might Trump’s tax returns reveal?
Donald may very well be the Moscovian Candidate.
whatthe46 November 1st, 2016 at 03:07
you better believe it.
https://twitter.com/stuartpstevens/status/793277426356846593
fahvel November 1st, 2016 at 04:28
does a dead american in there nullify any of the other deaths or make them less important?
whatthe46 November 1st, 2016 at 04:47
of COURSE NOT! but, it does make tRump and the rest, look like the hypocritical bastards we know them to be. it’s about his mentality. would he retract that if he knew? since he loves Americans so much. would that then make it bad the plane was shot down? my heart goes out to every family who has lost their loved ones. he celebrated death.
whatthe46 November 1st, 2016 at 05:39
also, it shows that tRump is in bed with putin by praising him for this mass murder.
fahvel November 1st, 2016 at 04:27
if true and if the conflict between Russia and the usa is rea (not some old commie cold war paranoia),the Putin is a genius. What better way to tear apart a country than to have something like trump in office or merely being loud and ugly.
Gary Parillo November 1st, 2016 at 18:15
Senator Harry Reid sent a letter to Mr.Comey yesterday urging him to release info to the public in what appears to be an FBI investigation into Trump ties to Putin.Google the daily kos website,article was in the Oct.31 blog.Trump is dangerous is to the country,in more ways than the obvious.