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    Friday, May 26, 2017 01:03 AM +0200
    GOP strategist admits he colluded with Russian hackers to hurt Hillary Clinton, Democrats


    The U.S. intelligence community has long since concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 election, and it was reported shortly after the 2016 presidential election that a GOP superPAC linked to Paul Ryan used illegally hacked material to attack#Democratic House candidates. But a bombshell report published on Thursday confirms that Republican political operatives were working with the Russian government to hurt Hillary Clinton and Democrats during the election — the first direct evidence of so-called collusion.

    The Wall Street Journal reported that hacked information was posted on a blog run by Aaron Nevins, the political operative, and then passed along to top Trump adviser Roger Stone during the campaign. The Republican operative in Florida received a trove of Democratic documents from the allegedly Kremlin-linked hacker, Guccifer 2.0. For months, both Congress and the FBI have been scrutinizing evidence that associates of Trump may have colluded with Russia
    during the campaign.
    Nevins confirmed to the Journal that he told hacker Guccifer 2.0 to “feel free to send any Florida based information” after learning that the hacker had tapped into Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) computers last summer. From the DCCC, Guccifer 2.0 released internal assessments of Democratic congressional candidates, known as “self-opposition research,” to GOP operatives using social media. Nevins told the Journal that, after receiving the stolen documents from the hacker, he “realized it was a lot more than even Guccifer knew that he had.” The stolen DCCC documents also contained sensitive information on voters in key Florida districts, breaking down how many people were considered dependable Democratic voters, undecided Democrats, Republican voters and the like. Nevins made a war analogy, describing the data he received to Guccifer 2.0 as akin to a “map to where all the troops are deployed.”
    After Nevins published some of the material on the blog HelloFLA.com, using his own pseudonym, Guccifer 2.0 sent a link of the information to close Trump associate Roger Stone — who is currently under federal investigation for potential collusion#with Russia.
    “I just threw an arrow in the dark,” Nevins, who set up a Dropbox account for Guccifer 2.0 to transfer data, told the Journal. “If your interests align,” the operative concluded, “never shut any doors in politics.”
    Stone told the Journal that while he did receive a link to Nevins’s blog from Guccifer 2.0, he didn’t share the stolen data published on the blog with anyone.
    In addition to receiving hacked information about Democratic races in Florida, Nevins also received internal details#about congressional districts in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC with close ties to House Speaker Paul Ryan, eventually#used the material that was stolen by hackers in attack ads against several Democrats.
    Anthony Bustamante, a Republican campaign consultant for Rep.#Brian Mast (R-FL), told the Journal that he used the stolen information to plan ad buys and better target a mailer effort: “I did adjust some voting targets based on some data I saw from the leaks.”
    Republicans ignored Democrats’ pleas not to use the hacked material for political gain.
    After Guccifer 2.0 targeted the#chair of the DCCC, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Paul Ryan arguing that “the NRCC’s use of documents stolen by the Russians plays right into the hands of one of the United States’ most dangerous adversaries,” and if the National Republican Campaign Committee continued using the materials, the GOP “will be complicit in aiding the Russian government in its effort to influence American elections.” Ryan never responded.
    For his part, Trump has repeatedly denied any coordination with Russian officials. The Kremlin has also rejected any connection to Guccifer 2.0. But both the Department of Homeland Security and Director of National Intelligence believe Guccifer 2.0 is tied to Russian military intelligence.

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    Trump spokesman Spicer to German journalists in Taormina: Trump didn't talk about "bad Germans", but about unfair trade.

    BUT that is not what those present are saying Trump stated.......

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    Jewish Insider: H.R. McMaster was left out of Trump's Netanyahu meeting Monday—but Jared Kushner was there
    http://bit.ly/2r4XH1W
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    The Trump White House has tried to interfere with the Russia investigations at least 6 times
    http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...nvestigations#

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    Also BREAKING tonight: Russian oligarch + ex-Manafort client offered Congress testimony in exchange for immunity.
    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/2...p=cur&referer=
    made news several months ago as well...
    THIS is interesting in that this Ukrainian oligarch which is proPutin allied took out a FULL page ad in multiple MSM newspapers claiming what was being written about him and his connections to Manafort and Trump were fake news.

    THIS oligarch was also behind the secret Ukrainian peace deal that Trumps own personal lawyer was involved in and was also tying in Carter Page.

    Indicates again the social media reporting on this individual Ukrainian oligarch was in fact correct...he is attempting to gain legal protection as he is under investigation for money laundering thus potential RICO charges that would strip him of all his assets globally...
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    Washington Post‏
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    Exclusive: Russian ambassador told Moscow that Jared Kushner wanted secret communications channel with the Kremlin

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...5ee4&tid=sm_tw

    Collusion and or operationally working with the Russians.......???????

    Interesting question is it not......

    SIGINT rules again ........

    Matthew Yglesias‏
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    Who among us has never set up a secret, secure back-channel line of communication with the Russian government?

    While the entire article is extremely interesting it is the last part that carries for me the most information....as it ties into an Erik Prince meeting that he wanted to set up for a secret back channel to the Russians for Trump.....that in fact has been proven to have taken place...

    Don't overlook this. Flynn was in meeting with Kushner & Kislyak. Very important
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    This could in fact be seen as humor if it was not so serious....

    CNN: Kushner & Russians
    MSNBC: Kushner & Russians
    Fox News: Students Ask Professor To Resign For Questioning Event Targeting White People

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    WH has been blocking this since JAN 2017 after stating they will "drain the swamp".....

    NYT-and other media-have been asking for copies of any of these waivers since January. Now they will be made public

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    Remember months ago the story about two mail servers one in Trump Tower and one in Alfa Bank Moscow that were talking to each other that Trump and his WH called "fake news".....

    That is exactly how Kushner is tied now to the Wapo stroy of a secret back channel comms link......

    Story also broke by social media....

    Alfa Bank, Trump Tower: a Social Media Impeachment – <~~ my report (not a theory). Kushner story is directly linked
    https://patribotics.blog/2017/04/01/...peachment/amp/

    Journallist source was from European IC....

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    Interestingly NYTs is now "spinning for the WH" on this Wapo story.....

    Trying to provide Kushner some cover story for his alleged multiple visits with the US Russian Ambassador....

    The right wing media is currently in the "stunned silent, trying to figure out talking points" phase of the Kushner bombshell story.

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    Evan McMullin‏
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    In the intelligence business, this is called a "comms plan." Usually, however, it's proposed by the officer, not the traitor.

    This is coming from a man who spent 10 long years as an active CIA field agent in the ME and Europe and who ran as an Independent Republican for President....

    While this is called "tradecraft" by the intelligence world ....in the business world where BILLIONS in black money can flow on the simple keystroke of a computer.... this way of dealing...with no paper trail is normal and common....
    NOTICE it was normal also for the US Russian Ambassador as well as he is a multi millionaire in Russia.....
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    Fmr top CIA official: If reports are accurate, Kushner would be considered a traitor in the eyes of the FBI & CIA.
    http://www.businessinsider.com/jared...trump-2017-5#…
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    Jared Kushner had at least 3 previously undisclosed contacts w/ Russian Amb. Kislyak dating back to April 2016.

    Lying on a SF86 is in fact a Federal offense.....

    Now is a good time to remember that Jared Kushner allegedly advised Trump to fire Comey.
    http://www.esquire.com/news-politics...-fire-comey/#…
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    WHY has social media investigative journalists all over this for over the last 12 months and yet MSM "found nothing"?????

    ALSO REMEBER what Comey stated during an open Congressional hearing...."when the story comes out and the story is real...many people will have to ask themselves why did I believe it...."

    The truth..that Russian information warfare was hard at work driving Putins political war against the US USING US citizens was not what the Trump voter base wanted to ever hear...

    Jared Yates Sexton‏
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    One of the reasons this collusion story took so long to break is because it's so over the top media was hesitant to believe it .

    Back in July '16 I got several leads regarding Russian collusion and tried to report. I got told over and over to move off it.

    Everyone said it was the stuff of conspiracy theorists while evidence mounted. It was so large people didn't want to accept possibility.

    Trump and company didn't hide this well. It was so transparent and in the open, but it's brazenness hid it.

    If you'll remember though, the Clinton campaign hinted subtly that it was there. Even those allusions went unheard.

    Trump's chief strength is being so brazen that people don't want to believe someone could be so corrupt. This is only one in a long line.

    The dots weren't hard connect and we're there since Dem Convention, but the emails were the juicier more mundane story.

    When it comes to Trump, however, you have to be open to really, really outlandish narratives, because that's who he is.

    He doesn't operate within the same parameters as anyone else, his privilege is so great he has his own set of laws and codes.

    This Russia thing was just another deal to him, a bending of a line that has never, ever applied to him. Just another business transaction.
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    Humor fo today....

    Flynn flip
    Sessions recused
    Carter met spy
    Kushner back channel
    FBI investigation
    Comey fired
    Intel shared

    GOP: "We didn't start the fire"

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    With Trump constantly bashing Germans and their cars and that they do not pay enough membership fees for NATO benefits and the free ride the US has been giving them...ALL at the US tax payers expense.

    An interesting question......

    The perfect answer to the question:

    Why aren't Germans patriotic?
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    Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department, a bipartisan tradition for nearly 20 years
    http://reut.rs/2r5eXE1

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    Lawyer: Kushner ‘has no recollection’ of reported undisclosed Russian contacts
    http://politi.co/2qp3P3L

    So requesting secret back channel links to Putin as Putin is Russia....."he cannot recall" but doing business deals in the name of his real estate company "he can recall"????

    BUT the US Russian Ambassador caught on tape states directly the opposite......

    I have truly a bridge in the Amazons to sell and it is really cheap.....
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    MUST READ: Interview with wise man @zbig Brzezinski. On #Putin: "particularly dangerous that he is a gambler."
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-1041795.html#

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    The source who sent this letter did so almost immediately after Kushner/Kislyak meeting happened on Dec. 1 or 2
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national
    -security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_kushner-705pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6dee33701e33#
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