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    HUGH...direct result of Trumps actions....or said better...lack of anything on the part of Trump as a FP that anyone can in fact see...


    Breaking: German Chancellor Merkel say the United States is no longer a reliable partner.

    http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/...d_7185916.html

    In German

    Merkel on Trump: "The era when we could fully rely on others has passed. I have experienced this in the last few days."

    Although she did not use the name USA...she definitely is referring to Trump and his advisors...SO it appears that Mattis and Tillerson will not be so welcome over the coming months.

    Marcon now has three German speakers in his cabinet so you can see where the French German relationship is going....they were the basis of the EU to begin with....

    She is calling for Europe to go their way and to build their own security concepts which they have the capacity to do...

    Putins geo political goals for his political war against the US.....

    1. discredit and damage NATO
    2. discredit and damage EU
    3. disconnect the US completely from Europe and ME

    For 70 years driving a wedge between US and Germany was a Soviet/Russian goal. They've finally succeeded.

    Trump has now supported Putin in obtaining these goals....


    Success...really.....

    Donald J. Trump‏
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    @realDonaldTrump
    Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results!

    Those of us who urged the Trump administration to build new international institutions did not have in mind a G-6.
    https://nyti.ms/2r8YYXN

    Merkel: Brexit & Trump mean Europe has to take affairs into its own hands, G7 summit 'unsatisfactory'
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/merkel-wa...sh&soc_trk=tw#
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    WHY is it that former Generals and one active General have abandoned their reputations?????

    Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly: Intelligence leaks are "darn close to treason"
    http://nbcnews.to/2qoEWJP

    BUT WAIT....a close advisor to the President and his NSA having close very close connections to Russians and wanting to use Russian secure comms to Moscow to go around US IC and FBI and DoD IS what again????

    "backchannel communications" has never, ever meant using Russian communications equipment to avoid FBI detection, as Kushner requested
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    McMaster has sold out and now Kelly...amazing really amazing.....

    There has been always so called back channels to governments...BUT a back channel using the secure comms of the Russian Embassy is not that it is espionage and treason and one has to ask did they need it?????

    AND this is not being explained by these two Generals....

    Trump Homeland Security chief: Any channel of communication with a country like Russia "is a good thing"
    http://hill.cm/K50HGkQ

    SINCE when is a DHS Director in charge of "foreign affairs and FP"?????
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    At the heart of Russian info warfare

    'Opinions must become facts.'

    - The Kremlin


    Russian propaganda's main aim is to exhaust our critical thinking ability, to infect w/ so much agitprop, we can't see truth; it's all fog
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    WHY is it that former Generals and one active General have abandoned their reputations?????

    Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly: Intelligence leaks are "darn close to treason"
    http://nbcnews.to/2qoEWJP

    BUT WAIT....a close advisor to the President and his NSA having close very close connections to Russians and wanting to use Russian secure comms to Moscow to go around US IC and FBI and DoD IS what again????
    Why is the White House deeply worried about intelligence leaks when Trump constantly says it's all FAKE NEWS anyway?

    SO did he actually confirm that the leaked intelligence is actually correct....

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    MIT Tech Review

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    Russia gets “the true nature of the battlefield” in a way the West does not. The power lies in information.
    http://trib.al/3THjZnt

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    Donald J. Trump‏
    @realDonaldTrump
    British Prime Minister May was very angry that the info the U.K. gave to U.S. about Manchester was leaked. Gave me full details!

    IC source says it's probable leak came from White House. Deflect and distract.

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    It's getting harder to say Russian meddling didn't actually help lead to Trump's victory and Clinton's loss
    http://cnn.it/2s7QMo2

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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    WHY is it that former Generals and one active General have abandoned their reputations?????

    Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly: Intelligence leaks are "darn close to treason"
    http://nbcnews.to/2qoEWJP

    BUT WAIT....a close advisor to the President and his NSA having close very close connections to Russians and wanting to use Russian secure comms to Moscow to go around US IC and FBI and DoD IS what again????
    This is the Trump administration trying to usurp the word "treason" as it begins to stick to Trump & now Jared. It means they're worried.


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    Trump tweets today:

    -Montana election: 2
    -Fake news: 4
    -His foreign trip: 2
    -Murder of two Americans who stood up to anti-Muslim abuse: 0

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    Default Trump and the Russians: Why the ‘leak of the leak’ is so damaging

    A sombre assessment by David Wells, a SME with experience in Anglo-Australian intelligence. He writes:
    But even if Trump did deliberately share sensitive information, it’s feasible that without the exposure of Trump’s behaviour in the media, Russia might have struggled to join the dots to identify the intelligence asset.
    Which is why the third element, ‘the leak of the leak’, is so serious.
    Link:https://counterterrorismmatters.word...ing/#more-1182
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    Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
    A sombre assessment by David Wells, a SME with experience in Anglo-Australian intelligence. He writes:Link:https://counterterrorismmatters.word...ing/#more-1182
    If the Russians are seriously paying attention and I believe they really are...they will not be astounded by the simple fact that US SIGINT is that thorough...the Russian GRU has been aware of this ever since they started duelling the Equation Group of the NSA....

    What they did not see coming was the intensity of European intel services watching Trump and Russian oligarchs especially on the black money flows through European banks.

    I think that is the true surprise .....they were surprised by the readiness of the Europeans to share with US IC.......

    On the whole they also were surprised by the apparent depth of spy penetration of Russian services....by the Baltics..

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    This reminder about #Flynn & #Russia just one of the nuggets in this @GlennThrush @maggieNYT piece on #Kushner, WH https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/u...nav=top-news#…
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    HUGH...direct result of Trumps actions....or said better...lack of anything on the part of Trump as a FP that anyone can in fact see...


    Breaking: German Chancellor Merkel say the United States is no longer a reliable partner.

    http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/...d_7185916.html

    In German

    Merkel on Trump: "The era when we could fully rely on others has passed. I have experienced this in the last few days."

    Although she did not use the name USA...she definitely is referring to Trump and his advisors...SO it appears that Mattis and Tillerson will not be so welcome over the coming months.

    Marcon now has three German speakers in his cabinet so you can see where the French German relationship is going....they were the basis of the EU to begin with....

    She is calling for Europe to go their way and to build their own security concepts which they have the capacity to do...

    Putins geo political goals for his political war against the US.....

    1. discredit and damage NATO
    2. discredit and damage EU
    3. disconnect the US completely from Europe and ME

    For 70 years driving a wedge between US and Germany was a Soviet/Russian goal. They've finally succeeded.

    Trump has now supported Putin in obtaining these goals....


    Success...really.....

    Donald J. Trump‏
    Verifizierter Account
    @realDonaldTrump
    Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results!

    Those of us who urged the Trump administration to build new international institutions did not have in mind a G-6.
    https://nyti.ms/2r8YYXN

    Merkel: Brexit & Trump mean Europe has to take affairs into its own hands, G7 summit 'unsatisfactory'
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/merkel-wa...sh&soc_trk=tw#
    A post-America defence order in Europe would also force Spain and Italy to work with France to sustain naval dominance in the Mediterranean

    This is huge - German Chancellor signalling the end of the post-WW2 Western consensus because a businessman thinks he can lead and is a genius .....
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    Was this Senators comment before or after the Merkel comments????

    MAYBE Corker should seriously rethink his para two....does not seem to fit current European affairs...

    Senator Bob Corker‏
    @SenBobCorker

    I spoke with @realDonaldTrump at length this morning and told him that I could not be more pleased with his first international trip. More:

    Trumps destruction of US leadership in Europe definitely was not mentioned here was it....

    Joe Scarborough

    @JoeNBC
    Donald Trump's trip was the most damaging for American interests abroad since JFK's disastrous 1961 Vienna summit with Khrushchev.

    Michael McFaul

    @McFaul
    Putin could not be happier with Trump's trip: embrace of autocrats, sowing division within NATO & G7, threat to pull out of Paris accordd

    Michael McFaul

    @McFaul
    Trump must have said some outrageous things behind closed doors for the cautious Markel to make this statement. Putin plan is succeeding.
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