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Botany

(70,600 posts)
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 10:20 PM Nov 2017

Rachel Tonight, Holy Shit; Rex Tillerson gave the security contract on the US Embassy in Moscow ..

.... to a Vlad Putin company.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/world/europe/embassy-moscow-kgb.html

U.S. Hires Company With K.G.B. Link to Guard Moscow Embassy

MOSCOW — When President Vladimir V. Putin in July ordered American diplomatic missions in Russia to slash their staff by 755 employees, the State Department said it would need time to assess the “impact of such a limitation and how we will respond to it.”

Part of that response has now become clear: To make up for the loss of security guards axed in the Russian-mandated staff cuts, Washington has hired a private Russian company that grew out of a security business co-founded by Mr. Putin’s former K.G.B. boss, an 82-year-old veteran spy who spent 25 years planting agents in Western security services and hunting down their operatives.

Under a $2.8 million no-bid contract awarded by the Office of Acquisitions in Washington, security guards at the American Embassy in Moscow and at consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok will be provided by Elite Security Holdings, a company closely linked to the former top K.G.B. figure, Viktor G. Budanov, a retired general who rose through the ranks to become head of Soviet counterintelligence.

A State Department official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with the department’s rules, said that Elite Security and individuals associated with it had been “vetted” with “relevant national and local agencies” and would not increase the threat risk.

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Rachel Tonight, Holy Shit; Rex Tillerson gave the security contract on the US Embassy in Moscow .. (Original Post) Botany Nov 2017 OP
k; r CatWoman Nov 2017 #1
Republican treason weasels deserve the gulag Achilleaze Nov 2017 #2
We cannot let them get away with this! Initech Nov 2017 #16
Now they can truly infiltrate will latest spy gadgets onit2day Nov 2017 #65
Who's surprised by this? GP6971 Nov 2017 #3
The President is a Russian agent. Botany Nov 2017 #4
Yep triron Nov 2017 #48
Just called Bob Casey Jr. orangecrush Nov 2017 #49
And the SOS was presented an "Order of Friendship" from Putin pandr32 Nov 2017 #54
and he, Putin, Trump, and others will make trillions off a new oil and gas operation in Russia ... Botany Nov 2017 #56
Yep! pandr32 Nov 2017 #68
Saves a hell of a lot of money installing eavesdropping devices in the walls... Baitball Blogger Nov 2017 #5
Gee, what could go wrong with this. Nt Phoenix61 Nov 2017 #6
if it's such a great thing mdbl Nov 2017 #7
obvious treason- plain and simple- if they don' react the legislature is guilty as well chaking53 Nov 2017 #8
Odds of them not eavesdropping / spying ?! Roland99 Nov 2017 #9
Wow Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #10
I wonder if this is related to the strange BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #11
Putin's best investment ever was putting money into Trump keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #12
Congress should be screaming about this blueinredohio Nov 2017 #13
I'm calling Portman and Brown and my useless Rep. Tiberi in the AM. Botany Nov 2017 #14
Pretty much the entire GOP colluded with Russia or took their funds, so I wouldn't hold your breath. Crash2Parties Nov 2017 #32
And yet there's no collusion they tell us! Initech Nov 2017 #15
"Greed is good!" struggle4progress Nov 2017 #17
what. thee. fuck....? spanone Nov 2017 #18
Rex is trying to get fired. First call your boss a moron now this stupidity. sarcasmo Nov 2017 #19
No he has done his job for the Russians burrowowl Nov 2017 #36
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Nov 2017 #20
Billions down the toilet superpatriotman Nov 2017 #21
Hiring the people who spy on us to watch over us. What could possibly go wrong? L. Coyote Nov 2017 #22
Not to worry. Putin and Trump have put the guards through "extreme vetting". Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #23
Rex must talk to Regina? saidsimplesimon Nov 2017 #24
unbelievable grantcart Nov 2017 #25
Dupe... SergeStorms Nov 2017 #26
Selling out, hollowing out everything decent about America... FailureToCommunicate Nov 2017 #27
Wow Rex! Corvo Bianco Nov 2017 #28
K and R oasis Nov 2017 #29
The foxes are guarding the henhouse. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2017 #30
Didn't Tillerson go to Moscow without the press recently? Would that be when he firmed fierywoman Nov 2017 #31
This compromises embassy security, SCVDem Nov 2017 #33
I read this in the NY Times and literally felt sick, nauseated. I knew Rachel would talk about it... Hekate Nov 2017 #34
I Am Truly Scared StarzGuy Nov 2017 #35
More Glaringly Obvious Evidence the Trump Administration is in Bed with the Russians dlk Nov 2017 #37
Well he was awarded the highest Russian honor malaise Nov 2017 #38
Trump is a Russian Asset ... end of story Botany Nov 2017 #39
Lock. Him. Up. ancianita Nov 2017 #40
Interior security guards? Night watchmen? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #41
Stoopids or Coolusions? We report you decide! nt benld74 Nov 2017 #42
If That Ain't Treason, panfluteman Nov 2017 #43
vetted with relevant national and local agencies WHO? "Top Men?" DFW Nov 2017 #44
Talk about the fox guarding the hen house packman Nov 2017 #45
This is staggering in its treason. (Waiting to be corrected on the definition!) WinkyDink Nov 2017 #46
Nothing orangecrush Nov 2017 #47
Conspiracy against the United States. They_Live Nov 2017 #50
The U.S. is being transformed into a Russian satellite state. VOX Nov 2017 #51
Who would have thought our leaders could be bought so easily? oh yeah, all of us. harun Nov 2017 #61
Precisely! "That's a hot stove, do not touch it!"..."AAAARRGGGHHH!" VOX Nov 2017 #67
Imagine get the red out Nov 2017 #52
Smoking gun. Right there. Bag and tag it; dust it for fingerprints. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #53
What is next? Glimmer of Hope Nov 2017 #55
saw that. barbtries Nov 2017 #57
This story isn't getting nearly the attention it deserves NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #58
K&r JonLP24 Nov 2017 #59
U.S. is run by Russia now, all the media BS but none of the health care or education harun Nov 2017 #60
send them to Siberia. BlueJac Nov 2017 #62
Rex Tillerson is big Putin supporter. Just like Trumpf rockfordfile Nov 2017 #63
smh nt blaze Nov 2017 #64
This will pair nicely spike jones Nov 2017 #66

orangecrush

(19,636 posts)
49. Just called Bob Casey Jr.
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:52 PM
Nov 2017

And talked to an aide.

He said he doesn't believe the Senator was aware of this, and is passing the message.

This means the embassy is compromised and now basically worthless.

Botany

(70,600 posts)
56. and he, Putin, Trump, and others will make trillions off a new oil and gas operation in Russia ...
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 03:58 PM
Nov 2017

... when and if the sanctions are lifted. Rex did not have one day of diplomatic experience
when Trump piked him to be S.o.S.. Funny how everything about Trump seems to go back
to Russia, the Bank of Cypress, or China which holds a lot of Trump/Kushner debt.

Baitball Blogger

(46,765 posts)
5. Saves a hell of a lot of money installing eavesdropping devices in the walls...
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 10:31 PM
Nov 2017

for the Russians.

Crazy, crazy, crazy.

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
11. I wonder if this is related to the strange
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 10:52 PM
Nov 2017

illnesses that occurred in Cuba at the embassy and people suffered hearing loss from sonic waves or something unseen.

Botany

(70,600 posts)
14. I'm calling Portman and Brown and my useless Rep. Tiberi in the AM.
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 11:00 PM
Nov 2017

This is treason. Trump is owned by Russia.

burrowowl

(17,653 posts)
36. No he has done his job for the Russians
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 01:45 AM
Nov 2017

Our State Department is gravely wounded. The EPA screwed over. etc.
Our government is being destroyed from within with the aid of greedy corporations and the repukes doing their bidding, etc. traitors all.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
22. Hiring the people who spy on us to watch over us. What could possibly go wrong?
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 11:51 PM
Nov 2017

And, shouldn't they be paying us?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
23. Not to worry. Putin and Trump have put the guards through "extreme vetting".
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 12:03 AM
Nov 2017

Seriously, how much evidence of collusion does anyone need?

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
24. Rex must talk to Regina?
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 12:04 AM
Nov 2017

It is worse than Hamlet's nightmares. "We must all hang together or we shall all hang." paraphrase

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
33. This compromises embassy security,
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 12:45 AM
Nov 2017

fatally and will render the building useless.

I demand this deal end before it begins and if not, to send the bill for a new embassy to dump and Rex!

Traitors!

Hekate

(90,849 posts)
34. I read this in the NY Times and literally felt sick, nauseated. I knew Rachel would talk about it...
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 01:00 AM
Nov 2017

Her usual history lesson was a good reminder of what I remembered and what I had forgotten. Both the article and her whole segment are recommended?

Gods damn how HOW can Uncle Sam be so stupid?

StarzGuy

(254 posts)
35. I Am Truly Scared
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 01:11 AM
Nov 2017

WOW, what a list of Russian spying. All the way back to the 1970's. Americans were asleep at the switch. How could it happen that the US allowed the Russians to build our new embassy in Russia awash in spy gadgetry built right into the building itself. Oh, that's right who was in charge of our government? Republicans. Now, we have Trump and his traitors in charge of the US. How did we come to this?

Rex tittlator gutting our state department? What the hell is going on here? What do the pukes in Congress do? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Ouch.

Our media is partly the blame as they continue to give ear to these traitors rather than doing any investigation into the matter.

Thank you, each and every one of you Trump voters. Thanks for turning over our government to the Russians. I hope you all get what is coming to you...

dlk

(11,578 posts)
37. More Glaringly Obvious Evidence the Trump Administration is in Bed with the Russians
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 11:45 AM
Nov 2017

And the GOP will continue to obfuscate, obfuscate, obfuscate...

malaise

(269,211 posts)
38. Well he was awarded the highest Russian honor
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 11:48 AM
Nov 2017

What do you expect from these treasonous scumbags making up this kakistocracy

panfluteman

(2,070 posts)
43. If That Ain't Treason,
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 01:21 PM
Nov 2017

What is??? What more proof do you need that the administration's goal and objective is to make the US a puppet or vassal state of Russia? You can get all philosophical about it, and say that the power of various nations and empires has constantly waxed and waned throughout history, and every superpower has had their rise and fall, but there's absolutely NO excuse for our country's top leaders to willingly sell out to an adversarial foreign power. SAD!!!

DFW

(54,447 posts)
44. vetted with relevant national and local agencies WHO? "Top Men?"
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 01:23 PM
Nov 2017

Sounds like the line from the ending of the first Indiana Jones film when Jones asks who is working on the Ark, and gets the answer from the U.S. government paper pusher, "top men."

orangecrush

(19,636 posts)
47. Nothing
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:01 PM
Nov 2017

From these treacherous scumbags surprises me anymore.

Dems need to call for congressional hearings on this NOW.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
51. The U.S. is being transformed into a Russian satellite state.
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 03:30 PM
Nov 2017

Trump and Tillerson are Putin’s lapdogs. And Vlad is laughing his ass off at these pushover-dimwits.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
67. Precisely! "That's a hot stove, do not touch it!"..."AAAARRGGGHHH!"
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 09:53 PM
Nov 2017

"Told you."

Shaking my damn head so much I'm getting vertigo.

get the red out

(13,468 posts)
52. Imagine
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 03:33 PM
Nov 2017

the R reaction if a D administration had done this? Fake patriots, nearly all the R lawmakers! And the Trump Admin is literally treasonous.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
58. This story isn't getting nearly the attention it deserves
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 05:01 PM
Nov 2017

I mean, how can anyone possibly justify this?

Fox, welcome to the hen house. Here are the keys.

spike jones

(1,689 posts)
66. This will pair nicely
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 09:31 PM
Nov 2017

with all the listening devices that were installed during Trump’s recent White House remodel.

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