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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:37 AM Apr 2018

Former NSA analyst connects the dots between Sean Hannity, Julian Assange and Russian spies

But former National Security analyst John Schindler and others have been warning for months that Hannity has helped the president spread Russian propaganda through his nightly Fox News broadcasts and daily syndicated radio program.

Schindler claims the Fox News broadcaster has been under counterintelligence investigation for his links to the Kremlin, which appear to run through WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

“We need to ask questions about Hannity’s relationship with the Kremlin, considering his track record of pushing rancid Russian disinformation on his Fox News program,” Schindler said. “Hannity is a propagandist, not a journalist, by his own admission, but if he has served as a witting conduit for lies crafted by Russian spies, Fox News needs to explain why they are airing Kremlin Active Measures aimed at the American public and calling it ‘news.'”

“Intelligence Community friends have told me that Sean Hannity has been under counterintelligence investigation for some time, based on his clandestine ties to Moscow,” he added. “Now we know why.”

Hannity played a key role in promoting a conspiracy theory about slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, whose family has sued Fox News over a since-retracted May 2017 article posted on the network’s website.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/former-nsa-analyst-connects-dots-sean-hannity-julian-assange-russian-spies/

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Former NSA analyst connects the dots between Sean Hannity, Julian Assange and Russian spies (Original Post) UCmeNdc Apr 2018 OP
Hope This Is The End Of Him Me. Apr 2018 #1
I hope this is the end of Fox Newsganda YessirAtsaFact Apr 2018 #2
talk radio will still be there doing the heavy lifting certainot Apr 2018 #15
So very heartbreakingly true! Tumbulu Apr 2018 #21
Chickenhawk republicon traitors to America deserve a full measure of justice Achilleaze Apr 2018 #3
hannity was one of the shits telling terrorists that US embassy guards had no ammo certainot Apr 2018 #16
Of all the Fox assholes, I think Hannity is the most despicable. world wide wally Apr 2018 #4
He is a traitor and a criminal and should be held to account Pepsidog Apr 2018 #7
And who parts their hair like that? It sooo fits him! maddiemom Apr 2018 #18
What's that faux noise guys name? SonofDonald Apr 2018 #5
Hannity must fall Pepsidog Apr 2018 #6
I repeat this often: Hannity gets bent out of shape if called dumb. Enoki33 Apr 2018 #8
Nothing would make me happier than to see Sean Hannity convicted, sent to prison, and placed in Still In Wisconsin Apr 2018 #9
Remember his water-boarding boasts? maddiemom Apr 2018 #19
He probably thought water boarding was something you do at a water park! Still In Wisconsin Apr 2018 #22
Comrade Hannity seems destined to meet the Fickle Finger of Fate. VOX Apr 2018 #10
Another rock turned over... BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #11
What is the motive for these people doing this, I don't think they started out to be anti-American ToxMarz Apr 2018 #12
Could be a white supremacy thing. Ligyron Apr 2018 #17
Excellent. Now we are getting somewhere...-nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #13
Ah ha! Maybe this tweet from 8 months ago???! Ninga Apr 2018 #14
Damn!!!!! This trump-Russia thing keeps getting bigger and bigger Victor_c3 Apr 2018 #20
Lock. Up. Lumpy. Hassler Apr 2018 #23
How does Sean need oligarch $$? He's on tv, where the $$ is? lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #24
Remember this? Mike Niendorff Apr 2018 #25
Lord Hannity. Turbineguy Apr 2018 #26

Tumbulu

(6,291 posts)
21. So very heartbreakingly true!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 01:53 PM
Apr 2018

But for decades now, nobody in power has taken the effect of these implants into the psychic soul of the nation seriously. Only those of us who live in the AM territories, it seems.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
3. Chickenhawk republicon traitors to America deserve a full measure of justice
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:09 AM
Apr 2018

Ship the republican propaganda perverts off to the freaking gulag in Siberia, where they belong for betraying the USA



 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
16. hannity was one of the shits telling terrorists that US embassy guards had no ammo
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 01:30 PM
Apr 2018

that was a story they were spewing from the radio, saying obama and clinton prohibited embassy marines from carrying live ammo - until the marines spokesman had to announce it wasn't true....

was that another story from the russians?

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
5. What's that faux noise guys name?
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 11:32 AM
Apr 2018

You know, the one with the deer in the headlights look on at night.

Always looks bewildered, if anybody on that network has to pay for sex it's him.

Scandals to follow.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
9. Nothing would make me happier than to see Sean Hannity convicted, sent to prison, and placed in
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:33 PM
Apr 2018

general population. Then we'd see how tough this "Irish street kid from New York" really is.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
22. He probably thought water boarding was something you do at a water park!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 02:44 PM
Apr 2018

Then, when he found out what it was...

VOX

(22,976 posts)
10. Comrade Hannity seems destined to meet the Fickle Finger of Fate.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:34 PM
Apr 2018

Let’s hope it’s sooner rather than later. That Hannity is a goddamned menace. He and Fox have been keeping 45 *just barely* above water.

It’s time to close the curtain on that sad act.

ToxMarz

(2,169 posts)
12. What is the motive for these people doing this, I don't think they started out to be anti-American
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:46 PM
Apr 2018

Are they being paid big bucks, Hannity already makes big bucks. Or is it the ends justifiy the means, anything to win. Or is it just the enemy of my enemy is my friend and the Russian angle just jives with RWNJ/Conservative mindset and makes compelling complementary fodder for their followers.

Inquiring minds want to know.

Ninga

(8,275 posts)
14. Ah ha! Maybe this tweet from 8 months ago???!
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 01:22 PM
Apr 2018

#NSA friends tell me they have Hannity in OPERATIONAL calls with known RIS agents. Team Mueller has it all. He is going down. SAD!
10:17 PM · Aug 3, 2017

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
20. Damn!!!!! This trump-Russia thing keeps getting bigger and bigger
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 01:49 PM
Apr 2018

I can’t wait until someone does an in-depth documentary in a few years and connects all of the dots for people like me who can’t keep track of all the things going on in the news.

This thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger!

lindysalsagal

(20,693 posts)
24. How does Sean need oligarch $$? He's on tv, where the $$ is?
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:29 PM
Apr 2018

I can see how politicians would take filthy $$, but why a tv personality?

Mike Niendorff

(3,462 posts)
25. Remember this?
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:41 PM
Apr 2018

Remember this story from back in January?

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Julian Assange messages fake Sean Hannity Twitter account offering 'news' on Democrat senator investigating Trump-Russia links

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/julian-assange-twitter-sean-hannity-fake-account-democrat-trump-russia-links-mark-warner-senate-a8185496.html

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Just sayin'.


MDN


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