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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri May 18, 2018, 02:20 PM May 2018

Officials tell CNN that FBI 'informant' not planted inside Trump campaign

Source: CNN

By Shimon Prokupecz, Jim Sciutto, Laura Jarrett and Manu Raju, CNN

Updated 1:25 PM ET, Fri May 18, 2018

Washington (CNN)An unsupported theory circulating on Capitol Hill and conservative media outlets about an "informant" spying on the Trump campaign reached new heights Friday morning, as President Donald Trump tweeted about the "all time greatest political scandal."

But US officials tell CNN that the confidential intelligence source was not planted inside the campaign to provide information to investigators.

One of the officials said the informant is a US citizen, but provided no other details on the identity.

The officials say that the identity of the informant had been closely held at the highest levels of the FBI and intelligence community, and the individual has been a source for the FBI and CIA for years.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/politics/trump-campaign-informant/index.html

Key words in the article: "not planted"

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Officials tell CNN that FBI 'informant' not planted inside Trump campaign (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP

God forbid a patriot would tell our government what a group of traitors, i.e. rump campaign Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author wishstar May 2018 #2

Page was bringing back large chunks of money from Russia to team Trump. Botany May 2018 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author wishstar May 2018 #10

Right, there actually were spies inside the campaign. lagomorph777 May 2018 #13

Page has been on the Fed's watch list from clear back to 2012 for his Russian dealings Botany May 2018 #20

Sater is a possibility in my book. Sophia4 May 2018 #9

That's what I've been thinking NewJeffCT May 2018 #16

Trump, "all time greatest political scandal." Botany May 2018 #3

It'd be no surprise C_U_L8R May 2018 #5

now, that would be an epic turncoat NewJeffCT May 2018 #17

So does that mean that the informant MontanaMama May 2018 #6

That's my thought. Someone there had a conscience. WhiteTara May 2018 #21

I heard a guy from the MontanaMama May 2018 #22

It was probably someone who knew duforsure May 2018 #7

Trump campaign tweets and coverage leaked like a sieve bucolic_frolic May 2018 #8

Even if there was a plant, that's not a defense Tarc May 2018 #11

my 'guess' has always been Bannon. Sunlei May 2018 #12

Gannon is too unstable. murielm99 May 2018 #18

"the individual has been a source for the FBI and CIA for years" progressoid May 2018 #14

Bannon had "troubles" something about online games decades ago. Sunlei May 2018 #15

The informant is... angrychair May 2018 #19

Looking at YOU, Hope Hicks! FakeNoose May 2018 #23

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)

1. God forbid a patriot would tell our government what a group of traitors, i.e. rump campaign

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:21 PM

May 2018

are doing.

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

wishstar This message was self-deleted by its author.

Botany

(70,567 posts)

4. Page was bringing back large chunks of money from Russia to team Trump.

Reply to wishstar (Reply #2)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:31 PM

May 2018

And Page has been on the Fed's watch list for years.

Response to Botany (Reply #4)

wishstar This message was self-deleted by its author.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

13. Right, there actually were spies inside the campaign.

Reply to Botany (Reply #4)

Fri May 18, 2018, 03:40 PM

May 2018

Russian spies.

Botany

(70,567 posts)

20. Page has been on the Fed's watch list from clear back to 2012 for his Russian dealings

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #13)

Fri May 18, 2018, 05:54 PM

May 2018

n/t

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)

9. Sater is a possibility in my book.

Reply to wishstar (Reply #2)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:48 PM

May 2018

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

16. That's what I've been thinking

Reply to wishstar (Reply #2)

Fri May 18, 2018, 04:15 PM

May 2018

if it was Felix Sater, it's not exactly a big secret?

Botany

(70,567 posts)

3. Trump, "all time greatest political scandal."

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:29 PM

May 2018

Yes it is. Trump and the republicans worked with a hostile foreign power, Russia, to rig
our elections through cyber warfare.

C_U_L8R

(45,019 posts)

5. It'd be no surprise

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:32 PM

May 2018

if it was Jeff Sessions.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

17. now, that would be an epic turncoat

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #5)

Fri May 18, 2018, 04:17 PM

May 2018

If Sessions turned out to be the one giving all the incriminating info on Trump.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)

6. So does that mean that the informant

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:34 PM

May 2018

was part of the Dotard's inner circle when they say they were "not planted"??

WhiteTara

(29,721 posts)

21. That's my thought. Someone there had a conscience.

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #6)

Sat May 19, 2018, 10:38 AM

May 2018

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)

22. I heard a guy from the

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #21)

Sat May 19, 2018, 04:50 PM

May 2018

CIA interviewed on MSNBC yesterday and in his opinion, it would be highly unusual for our government to plant/embed someone in the campaign...for many reasons. He stated this informant could have been embedded by another government however. The reporter asked if that meant a possible double agent and the CIA guy said YES.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

7. It was probably someone who knew

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:34 PM

May 2018

They were doing illegal things and did the right thing and reported it to authorities, plus he's hated so much his own people are jumping over each other to leak stuff on him out, showing how much they lie, and how corrupt they are. Real Americans are stepping up to out them with leaks. He's doing this to himself from his own actions. Rudy is just another stupid trump trick running around making himself and trump look stupid.

bucolic_frolic

(43,259 posts)

8. Trump campaign tweets and coverage leaked like a sieve

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 02:40 PM

May 2018

no need for spies, it was all available online - Trump tweets, Wikileaks, Fox consultants

Tarc

(10,476 posts)

11. Even if there was a plant, that's not a defense

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 03:22 PM

May 2018

Crimes were witnessed and passed on to the FBI.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

12. my 'guess' has always been Bannon.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 03:39 PM

May 2018

murielm99

(30,755 posts)

18. Gannon is too unstable.

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #12)

Fri May 18, 2018, 05:05 PM

May 2018

He would out himself, simply for the attention.

progressoid

(49,996 posts)

14. "the individual has been a source for the FBI and CIA for years"

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2018, 03:51 PM

May 2018

hmmm...

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

15. Bannon had "troubles" something about online games decades ago.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #14)

Fri May 18, 2018, 04:02 PM

May 2018

I think it was international 'troubles'-troubles that would involve Feds.

imo bannon is probably 'owned' by fbi/cia and funny how President Trump made Bannon his best friend & sleepover buddie- all on his own.