NYT: American Spies Gave $100,000 to Russian Who Wanted to Sell Dirt on Trump.
NYT: American Spies Gave $100,000 to Russian Who Wanted to Sell Dirt on Trump.
Originally posted by Rockydonovang
So, uh, what's the issue here?
So anyone seeking dirt on Trump to interfere with the election, you dont have a problem with. You only have a problem if someone like Don Jr does it😂
Dude you are mental. Literally everything that the Trump campaign has been accused of, has been actually done to them.
Seriously though, get help with your bias.
Originally posted by Blindside12
So anyone seeking dirt on Trump to interfere with the election, you dont have a problem with. You only have a problem if someone like Don Jr does it😂
It isn't really part of Don Jr.'s job.
Fasle equivalency again bud.
Originally posted by Blindside12Did you even read the article you posted?
No its not.
[i]After months of secret negotiations, a shadowy Russian bilked American spies out of $100,000 last year, promising to deliver stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons in a deal that he insisted would also include compromising material on President Trump, according to American and European intelligence officials.
The cash, delivered in a suitcase to a Berlin hotel room in September, was intended as the first installment of a $1 million payout, according to American officials, the Russian and communications reviewed by The New York Times. The theft of the secret hacking tools had been devastating to the N.S.A., and the agency was struggling to get a full inventory of what was missing.
Several American intelligence officials said they made clear that they did not want the Trump material from the Russian, who was suspected of having murky ties to Russian intelligence and to Eastern European cybercriminals. He claimed the information would link the president and his associates to Russia. Instead of providing the hacking tools, the Russian produced unverified and possibly fabricated information involving Mr. Trump and others, including bank records, emails and purported Russian intelligence data.
The United States intelligence officials said they cut off the deal because they were wary of being entangled in a Russian operation to create discord inside the American government. They were also fearful of political fallout in Washington if they were seen to be buying scurrilous information on the president.
The episode ended this year with American spies chasing the Russian out of Western Europe, warning him not to return if he valued his freedom, the American businessman said. The Trump material was left with the American, who has secured it in Europe.[i]
I recommend you actually read the rest of the story, it’s pretty interesting. It looks like the Russians were trying to feed our intelligence agencies information on Trump to create discord in our government.
Lol now the CIA is having a back and forth with the NYT over this. Hilarious.
"The people swindled here were James Risen and Matt Rosenberg," the CIA said in a statement provided to CBS News. "The fictional story that CIA was bilked out of $100,000 is patently false."
Rosenberg is the NYT writer. Though of course we wouldn't expect the CIA to admit this stuff.
Several American intelligence officials said they made clear that they did not want the Trump material from the Russian, who was suspected of having murky ties to Russian intelligence and to Eastern European cybercriminals. He claimed the information would link the president and his associates to Russia. Instead of providing the hacking tools, the Russian produced unverified and possibly fabricated information involving Mr. Trump and others, including bank records, emails and purported Russian intelligence data.The United States intelligence officials said they cut off the deal because they were wary of being entangled in a Russian operation to create discord inside the American government. They were also fearful of political fallout in Washington if they were seen to be buying scurrilous information on the president.