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So About This Russian Bounty Thing

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  • X xenon

    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/505537-gop-senator-calls-for-russian-bounties-briefing-after-reviewing-intelligence

    Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said on Wednesday that after reading classified intelligence he believes the Trump administration should brief the Senate on reports that Russians offered bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to target U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

    Toomey in a statement said he had read documents made available behind closed doors but that they had raised more questions for him.

    “I have reviewed the classified information regarding bounties, upon which recent news reports are based. This information raises many questions and administration officials should come before the Senate and provide a classified briefing and answer questions from all members,” Toomey said.

    “If it is concluded that Russia offered bounties to murder American soldiers, a firm American response is required in short order,” he added.

    The administration has made intelligence reports available for senators in the sensitive compartmented information facility.

    The Senate Intelligence Committee also met on Wednesday with Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as part of a pre-scheduled meeting. And the administration is set to brief the Gang of Eight, which is made up of leadership and top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Thursday.

    But the administration has not provided the all-Senate briefing Democrats have demanded. The Senate is set to leave town for roughly two weeks on Thursday.

    The New York Times first reported Friday, followed by several other news outlets, that the intelligence community concluded months ago that a unit within the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, secretly offered payments to Taliban-linked militants for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan last year.

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    @xenon ...

    "What (if anything) was the President told, and when was he told it?"

    And if he wasn't told, why the hell not?

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      @xenon ...

      "What (if anything) was the President told, and when was he told it?"

      And if he wasn't told, why the hell not?

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      George K
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      #65

      @George-K said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

      And if he wasn't told, why the hell not?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Horace
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        This is the nothing burger to end all nothing burgers of the Trump presidency thus far.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • HoraceH Horace

          This is the nothing burger to end all nothing burgers of the Trump presidency thus far.

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          Loki
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          @Horace said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

          This is the nothing burger to end all nothing burgers of the Trump presidency thus far.

          And the GOP is demanding the investigation. In true fashion the NYT will be on to something else by the time they return from the Fourth of July break.

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          • MikM Away
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            Mik
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            Turn it around. Let us say Russia had decided to end the narco-state in Mexico and for whatever reason we could not militarily stop them. You think we would not do the same thing or something similar? It is important to remember that Afghanistan borders Russia.

            Personally I doubt the story is true, but if it is it is not particularly shocking to me. More like business as usual.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              Of course Russians do things like this. I assume we do too.

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                George K
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                Whoopsie....

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • MikM Away
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                  Mik
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                  He is such a turd.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    So the intelligence community briefed a congressman but not the president?

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      So the intelligence community briefed a congressman but not the president?

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                      George K
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                      #73

                      @jon-nyc said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                      So the intelligence community briefed a congressman but not the president?

                      That's what Hemingway is implying.

                      But, even if they did brief both, why did Schiff not do anything?

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • George KG George K

                        @George-K said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                        And if he wasn't told, why the hell not?

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                        #74

                        @George-K said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                        And if he wasn't told, why the hell not?

                        https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-got-angry-if-warned-about-russia-so-officials-avoided-2020-7

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          So the intelligence community briefed a congressman but not the president?

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                          @jon-nyc said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                          So the intelligence community briefed a congressman but not the president?

                          No one "briefed" Adam Schitt. He is constantly digging for anything he can twist into a pretzel to go after Trump with. There are traitors in government who try to help him do that. Just like the Russian conspiracy fraud, he knew there was nothing to it, but he waited for the traitors to build it into a big scandal. He is complicit in yet another act of sedition.

                          The intelligence community didn't do squat. They are on record saying it's not even true. Schitt is a traitor, and so is the anonymous person(s) who gave him this unproven rumor.

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                            @George-K said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                            @jon-nyc said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                            So the intelligence community briefed a congressman but not the president?

                            That's what Hemingway is implying.

                            But, ever if they did brief both, why did Schiff not do anything?

                            If he had put any credence in the briefing and he thought Trump had also been briefed, he would have been on it like flies on Schiff.

                            The whole thing doesn't pass the sniff test.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • MikM Away
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                              Mik
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                              It has exactly the same smell as every one of these 'GOTCHA's they have been trotting out for four years.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Well, well, well....

                                https://justthenews.com/government/security/reports-about-russian-bounties-part-based-part-old-reports-intelligence-sources

                                Reports that a Russian military intelligence unit offered bounties on coalition soldiers in Afghanistan are based partially on old information that surfaced more than a decade ago, international intelligence sources said. The sources include both Western-based analysts and front line personnel on the ground in South Asia.

                                Many of the sources spoke to Just the News via encrypted communications, and insisted that their names not be revealed because their lives are at risk.

                                “The only thing new about this story is the date on the headline,” one South Asian contact said. “This is old information, going back to Obama days and before. Everyone who has been involved in Afghanistan heard this a long time ago.”

                                Reports of an alleged deal between the Taliban and Russia’s military intelligence directorate, the GRU, leaked last week, leading to public outrage on many fronts. President Donald Trump has said the claims likely are fabricated, and Democrats in particular have accused Trump of siding with Moscow to deny the truth.

                                No one definitively has determined, though, what the truth is in this situation.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • George KG George K

                                  Well, well, well....

                                  https://justthenews.com/government/security/reports-about-russian-bounties-part-based-part-old-reports-intelligence-sources

                                  Reports that a Russian military intelligence unit offered bounties on coalition soldiers in Afghanistan are based partially on old information that surfaced more than a decade ago, international intelligence sources said. The sources include both Western-based analysts and front line personnel on the ground in South Asia.

                                  Many of the sources spoke to Just the News via encrypted communications, and insisted that their names not be revealed because their lives are at risk.

                                  “The only thing new about this story is the date on the headline,” one South Asian contact said. “This is old information, going back to Obama days and before. Everyone who has been involved in Afghanistan heard this a long time ago.”

                                  Reports of an alleged deal between the Taliban and Russia’s military intelligence directorate, the GRU, leaked last week, leading to public outrage on many fronts. President Donald Trump has said the claims likely are fabricated, and Democrats in particular have accused Trump of siding with Moscow to deny the truth.

                                  No one definitively has determined, though, what the truth is in this situation.

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                                  Loki
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                                  I sincerely hope we follow this movie to the end.

                                  NYT I’m looking at you, what you got now that you scared us all up?

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                                    For more, go here: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/just-the-news/

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                                      I agree that this story is not something that needs to be worried about.

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                                      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                        I agree that this story is not something that needs to be worried about.

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                                        Loki
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                                        @taiwan_girl said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                                        I agree that this story is not something that needs to be worried about.

                                        Oh we do. The NYT said it was worrisome and we need to validate this oft quoted source of news that has devolved to op/ed.

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                                          @taiwan_girl said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                                          I agree that this story is not something that needs to be worried about.

                                          Oh we do. The NYT said it was worrisome and we need to validate this oft quoted source of news that has devolved to op/ed.

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                                          @Loki said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                                          @taiwan_girl said in So About This Russian Bounty Thing:

                                          I agree that this story is not something that needs to be worried about.

                                          Oh we do. The NYT said it was worrisome and we need to validate this oft quoted source of news that has devolved to op/ed.

                                          Bad op-ed.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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