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babylonsister

(171,070 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 09:51 AM Jul 2020

Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin

Is it treason yet?

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/08/trump-pushed-cia-to-give-intelligence-to-kremlin/


Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin
July 8, 2020 at 9:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


Just Security: “Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation…”

“First, President Trump decided not to confront Putin about supplying arms to the terrorist group. Second, during the very times in which U.S. military officials publicly raised concerns about the program’s threat to US forces, Trump undercut them. He embraced Putin, overtly and repeatedly, including at the historic summit in Helsinki.”

“Third, behind the scenes, Trump directed the CIA to share intelligence information on counterterrorism with the Kremlin despite no discernible reward, former intelligence officials who served in the Trump administration told Just Security.”
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Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2020 OP
Why aren't more people inside the CIA screaming to the rooftops !? uponit7771 Jul 2020 #1
By law, they can't. Kid Berwyn Jul 2020 #8
I wish it could all have a Hollywood ending RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #18
Maybe Jack Bauer can make a comeback...? First Speaker Jul 2020 #20
I was thinking more Bryan Mills RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #23
I like happy endings. Kid Berwyn Jul 2020 #22
Jesus! fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #2
Will we ever know the amount of stuff he has passed onto the Russians? HipChick Jul 2020 #5
I think we will Hstch05 Jul 2020 #15
We'll have a better idea once Trump's out and clean-up begins... JHB Jul 2020 #17
More broadly, will we ever know all the corruption, illegal affairs, and other Poiuyt Jul 2020 #27
Republicans are on their knees fellating Russian fascists Champp Jul 2020 #3
I like the picture and the sentiment it expresses RVN VET71 Jul 2020 #24
Love this graphic! calimary Jul 2020 #29
Send his ass to Mar A Gitmo lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #4
Confiscate all the properties he "actually" owns...... jaxexpat Jul 2020 #9
Just a guess..and hope....they are USING this to our advantage ashredux Jul 2020 #6
Breaking News: Russian Agent sneaks into White House... Eyeball_Kid Jul 2020 #7
Yup, many of us suspected this Sunsky Jul 2020 #10
I guess oversight is like, yesteryear. spanone Jul 2020 #11
It's not rocket science RGTIndy Jul 2020 #12
... demmiblue Jul 2020 #13
Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #14
Peeresident Traitor just gives it to them directly Ponietz Jul 2020 #16
This cannot continue. And yet it does.... every fucking day is another impeachable offense Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #19
And did they? calimary Jul 2020 #21
"When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow" struggle4progress Jul 2020 #25
True Treason Trump czarjak Jul 2020 #26
OMFG!!!!!!!! TruckFump Jul 2020 #28

RVN VET71

(2,692 posts)
18. I wish it could all have a Hollywood ending
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:53 AM
Jul 2020

featuring a man with "certain skills" to apply rude justice to all traitor-wannabes in this administration, from the top on down.

I've watched the plot unfold since January 2017, but how I would love to see a 20 minute finale, with appropriate chase scenes, explosions, and villains with terrified looks as they realize they cannot escape just retribution for their heinous crimes.

(Just dreaming, of course. But such a sweet dream.

RVN VET71

(2,692 posts)
23. I was thinking more Bryan Mills
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 01:26 PM
Jul 2020

who allowed as to how he had a particular set of skills acquired over a long career which he would use against those who would persist in threatening his family.

But if we could team them both up together to fight the greedy corporate fascists who are dividing the country and robbing it of its wealth, yeah, I'd definitely watch that show!

Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
22. I like happy endings.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:51 PM
Jul 2020

Back when Quinn and Jared wanted to set up a secure comlink with Moscow, FBI guy Frank Figliuzzi said Mueller’s team would look at things first from a national security perspective. It is likely the NSA, DIA, etc. have set up all manner of traps to see where the varied crooks and sundry traitors have stepped and touched and tainted over the course of the “Administration.”

As for a patriotic solution: While I think the John Wick franchise / Liam Neeson “Cold Pursuit” approach is way better than what they deserve, perhaps we can watch them rot on live tv as they serve a lifetime of solitary confinement. Public access to 24/7/366 webcam cell monitoring each traitor would serve as a long term deterrent to anyone considering betrayal in the future.

We won’t hire AG Barr’s video team. If there’s justice, they’ll also be tomorrow’s reality stars.

Hstch05

(219 posts)
15. I think we will
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:30 AM
Jul 2020

I think at some point, either after the election or at some point in the future calculated to do us the most damage, Putin will release it all in a giant "F-you" to America.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
17. We'll have a better idea once Trump's out and clean-up begins...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:41 AM
Jul 2020

...but there's probably stuff we'll never know for sure.

This needs to be used to hammer the entire Republican Party. They're the ones who put him in, they're the ones who backed him at every turn, they took Russian money via the NRA and dark money sources. They're not just complicit, they're accomplices.

Poiuyt

(18,125 posts)
27. More broadly, will we ever know all the corruption, illegal affairs, and other
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 03:19 PM
Jul 2020

financial and traitorous shit he's been doing? We need to see his tax returns!

I can't wait for historians to put everything he's done into perspective.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
3. Republicans are on their knees fellating Russian fascists
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:12 AM
Jul 2020

while blasting foul coronavirus farts in America's face.


RVN VET71

(2,692 posts)
24. I like the picture and the sentiment it expresses
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 01:37 PM
Jul 2020

If treason could be defined extra-constitutionally as the willful act of betraying ones country for profit and/or prestige, they are all, the entirety of the current crop of national and state GOP leaders, guilty -- save for a middling few who are merely passive collaborators.

calimary

(81,318 posts)
29. Love this graphic!
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:21 AM
Jul 2020

The book cover for the definitive trump biography.

TREASON.

He didn’t have many of us fooled, here. We knew he was a fucking Russian asset.

jaxexpat

(6,833 posts)
9. Confiscate all the properties he "actually" owns......
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:00 AM
Jul 2020

and create memorials to all who suffered under republican leadership/obstruction for the last half century or so. It's time the American people get a taste of "liberal justice".

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
7. Breaking News: Russian Agent sneaks into White House...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:59 AM
Jul 2020

and pretends to be President.

He disguises himself for four years before the GOP, ever the watchdogs of Democracy, discovers his true identity and...

... demands to know how why they aren't getting a bigger cut of Russian rubles.

 

RGTIndy

(203 posts)
12. It's not rocket science
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:08 AM
Jul 2020

His casinos were used for years to launder russian money, his condos have been used for years to launder russian money, his golf courses have been used for years to launder russian money, and he has millions in questionable Deutsche Bank loans backed by russian oligarchs (which he used to build more condos and golf courses to launder russian money).

Ponietz

(2,980 posts)
16. Peeresident Traitor just gives it to them directly
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:41 AM
Jul 2020

“In May 2017, Trump revealed highly classified intelligence that reportedly exposed an informant on Islamic State to Lavrov and Russia’s then-ambassador to Washington.“ — https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-10/trump-meets-with-russian-envoy

Evolve Dammit

(16,743 posts)
19. This cannot continue. And yet it does.... every fucking day is another impeachable offense
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:57 AM
Jul 2020

We have been sold out, down the river with a middle finger stuck in our face by about 40 million MAGATS. Get ready. Win or lose, this will be dangerously ugly. It's what they do.

calimary

(81,318 posts)
21. And did they?
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:34 PM
Jul 2020

I want to know if they complied, and handed over a bunch of OUR intel to our ENEMY.

The Russians may be trump's friends but they're OUR enemies. And I hope NOBODY here ever forgets that.

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