Tag: Christopher Steele

Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report

Trump campaign, Russia had extensive contacts

Key individual labeled as Russian intelligence officer

Manafort, Kushner, Trump Jr. come under scrutiny

FBI comes under criticism

Both parties agree threat from Russia persists

Related:

Why Would Paul Manafort Share Polling Data with Russia?

Donald Trump and Russia: a web that grows more tangled all the time

Evil, horrible Kremlin! /sarcasm

The Spies Who Hijacked America

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Spies Who Hijacked America

At first, I was drawn to and respected him for his bold books opposing brain-dead Republican orthodoxies on the Iraq War and China policy. It seemed his real-world government experience eerily mirrored my own. I had yet to discover his checkered past, including: his reported role in organizing ex-CIA operatives to steal Jimmy Carter’s 1980 debate materials; 1990’s crack cocaine arrest; and FBI firing in 2011 for “mercurial” behavior, demanding more “compensation” and “questionable allegiance to [intelligence] targets.”

Related:

FBI’s Steele story falls apart: False intel and media contacts were flagged before FISA

Boris Johnson approves release of Russian interference report following election win

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Boris Johnson has cleared a controversial report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics for publication, Downing Street has announced. The prime minister came under fire for blocking the release of the Intelligence and Security Committee report ahead of the general election, with ISC chair Dominic Grieve describing the decision as “jaw dropping”.
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-russia-report-brexit-interference-general-election-release-a9248446.html

Considering that the information came from Bill Browder, and Christopher Steele, I wouldn’t have released it at all!