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Bill Browder ✔ @Billbrowder
This is remarkable. Paul Whelan is a citizen of 4 countries: the US, U.K., Canada and Ireland. Putin hit the geopolitical jackpot when he chose to take this man hostage. He can now demand ransom from four different governments.
Link to tweet
This story gets weirder and weirder every day. What is Putin up to?
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)Ireland, G.B. and Canada may pressure US for a trade if Putin threatens them in some way.
ScratchCat
(1,977 posts)why BorgWarner hired a man with the equivalent of a felony record for theft to be the head of its international security division?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)dalton99a
(81,391 posts)https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/02/us/paul-whelan-detained-russia-what-we-know/index.html
TexasBushwhacker
(20,133 posts)was unaware of his "bad conduct" discharge from the military.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)As in abused his position to access military administrative files to fake his own promotion papers.
He was caught for that, too,
ended up being busted down to private (no veteran's benefits) and kicked out of military.
This guy is literally a crisis actor, the whole thing is a setup from the get-go. Trump know that.
FSogol
(45,440 posts)atreides1
(16,066 posts)But for which side????
Probably employed by Erik Prince.
mitch96
(13,870 posts)Retrograde
(10,128 posts)and maybe some smirk on the side. I think this is going to be my new favorite word for a lot of Repubs.
mitch96
(13,870 posts)So I looked it up...
Swarmy is an unscrupulous person. Smarmy is an smug obnoxious person Swarthy is a dark skinned person.
Not to be confused with Shawarma also shaurma , is a Middle Eastern meat preparation based on the kebab of Turkey
I'll take the kebab.....
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lanlady
(7,133 posts)He's been tried as a thief and a fraudster, and dishonorably discharged.
Let the company that was dumb enough to hire him as a security manager shoulder the burden of getting him out of trouble.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)No way we let Trump give them Butina in exchange. I want her to spill the beans on all the corruption of the GOP and NRA.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)if we give her up. There is no way in hell that she wants to be exchanged with anyone
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)He was willing to turn our ambassadors like Michael McFaul over to Putin before he was stopped. He will have no problem turning her over especially if it pleases Putin.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)will turn her over, but because she has been cooperating with Mueller, I believe she wouldnt want to go.
ret5hd
(20,481 posts)Plot:
A gov't led by a "manchurian candidate" sends a double agent spy to purposefully be caught so the other gov't can retrieve their spy.
The spy exchange takes place on a walkway over a septic sewage system.
I think it's a winner! Won't even have to hire actors or a film crew, just pay licensing fees for newsreels!