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BREAKING: CIA extracted a major Russian Intelligence asset... (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2019 OP
And still he remains intact in the WH BSdetect Sep 2019 #1
Rump and Moscow Mitch are traitorous bastards nt Celerity Sep 2019 #2
There are no words Sunny Daze Sep 2019 #3
Just throw it on the pile superpatriotman Sep 2019 #4
We're going to need a longer ladder. Flaleftist Sep 2019 #12
Add it to the impeachment investigation Captain Zero Sep 2019 #49
I don't want to wait til next April! calimary Sep 2019 #57
Needy Amin! Bradshaw3 Sep 2019 #52
Smart move on the part of the CIA NewJeffCT Sep 2019 #5
I find it somewhat difficult to believe the source was removed Enoki33 Sep 2019 #56
If this person was an critical agent, wouldn't Moscow Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #59
Yes and a good move. But, note that the report states that Trump and some WH staff.... machoneman Sep 2019 #6
And then CIA watched to see if Trump and WH staff tried to alert Russians about the extractions Captain Zero Sep 2019 #50
Damn . . . Iliyah Sep 2019 #7
It was President Obama's fault. Scarsdale Sep 2019 #48
Deep state! kentuck Sep 2019 #8
More detail from CNN... Roland99 Sep 2019 #9
Traitor. Deserves to have something done to him, like other traitors are, prison, etc. NT SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #43
I Would Have Hoped This Would Have Happened Much Earlier Than it Did! Skraxx Sep 2019 #10
What took so long? Flaleftist Sep 2019 #11
The agent left Russia already in 2017 FakeNoose Sep 2019 #13
To catch a fish, think like a fish bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #17
He's been on their radar since 1987. nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #40
Quid pro quo Turbineguy Sep 2019 #14
Only secrets he can keep are safeinOhio Sep 2019 #15
lol! unblock Sep 2019 #18
Will the Russians extract their top intellegence asset before or after the House impeaches him? marble falls Sep 2019 #16
Two most likely happenings when Trump is out of office? keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #21
Valerie Plame for Congress DemoTex Sep 2019 #19
Either way, Russia won. Catch the spy, cool. Spy leaves, also cool. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #20
Our intelligence about Russia's actions has been seriously compromised by Trump. Lonestarblue Sep 2019 #23
To answer your last question... no. defacto7 Sep 2019 #26
Kompromat. Just think of how Lindsey did a complete 180 after just one foot game tblue37 Sep 2019 #39
Putting money into Trump was the best investment Putin ever made. keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #22
I was just watching this extvbroadcaster Sep 2019 #24
I'll go with Russian Mole. spanone Sep 2019 #25
Mole ffr Sep 2019 #32
Comey was fired the day before imaginary girl Sep 2019 #27
Yet trumpers won't believe this news on CNN or Ilsa Sep 2019 #28
How many years lost???? Now we're running blind. ffr Sep 2019 #29
All of those other assets were hauled away by Ilsa Sep 2019 #30
+1 ffr Sep 2019 #34
Impeach that thug democrank Sep 2019 #31
I don't recall the CIA having to do this when Clinton was president. ffr Sep 2019 #33
When Trump gave highest level intel to Sislyak in the Oval office, the intel community tblue37 Sep 2019 #37
They also had to change his identity and relocate him to protect him from assassination. nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #35
What went on at the 2016 GOP convention between Russian spy master and the GOP leadership? UCmeNdc Sep 2019 #36
This action by the CIA is further confirmation that tRump, and likely Enoki33 Sep 2019 #38
I know I don't really have to remind anyone here, but,... JHB Sep 2019 #41
To those who are convinced that "The Deep State" Collimator Sep 2019 #42
this story would make a hell of an ad on FauxNews maxsolomon Sep 2019 #44
Don't Expect the national security hawks to say a word. bitterross Sep 2019 #45
Thank God for the Deep State! ❤ Karadeniz Sep 2019 #46
When are our intelligence agencies going to learn? jmowreader Sep 2019 #47
This alone should be impeachable blm Sep 2019 #51
It's no secret tRump can't keep his fat mouth shut Blue Owl Sep 2019 #53
I wonder how anyone involved in intel can trust him? sellitman Sep 2019 #54
But what about the emails! Desert Dem Sep 2019 #55
and Trump questions the patriotism of FOOTBALL PLAYERS Skittles Sep 2019 #58

Sunny Daze

(209 posts)
3. There are no words
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 08:26 AM
Sep 2019

to describe how pathetic this information along with the so called president are...he always proves he can and will sink lower.

Captain Zero

(7,479 posts)
49. Add it to the impeachment investigation
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 04:19 PM
Sep 2019

and impeachment charges. This is why I say next April is fine for the impeachment. There is something new to add every day.

Enoki33

(1,605 posts)
56. I find it somewhat difficult to believe the source was removed
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:32 PM
Sep 2019

on the sole basis of the possible mishandling of vital information. There are ways of circumventing that. There is much more below the surface way too damning at this time for public exposure. Maybe for me it is way too much John le Carre.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
59. If this person was an critical agent, wouldn't Moscow
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:17 PM
Sep 2019

Know who it was immediately...but just looking at who was all of a sudden missing?

machoneman

(4,121 posts)
6. Yes and a good move. But, note that the report states that Trump and some WH staff....
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 08:28 AM
Sep 2019

were alerted to the extraction(s) BEFORE they occurred.

One can bet that a.) they lied to Trump about the when....the agent was already safely away before they told Trump as the CIA isn't foolish enough to alert him beforehand and b.) it was likely more than one single agent although the most senior one is who they mentioned. Why tell Trump otherwise?

One can also bet our intelligence agencies alerted every single friendly foreign intelligence agency to be real careful or stop sending intelligence through normal channels at the same time. No doubt most allies see what the CIA saw: a Russian agent in the WH!

Captain Zero

(7,479 posts)
50. And then CIA watched to see if Trump and WH staff tried to alert Russians about the extractions
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 04:24 PM
Sep 2019

with the names they were given, which could have been real or not. But it would have flushed out who 'on our side' is really a TRAITOR. Maybe I've read too many Robert Ludlum novels ?

Roland99

(53,345 posts)
9. More detail from CNN...
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 08:53 AM
Sep 2019
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted/index.html

Washington(CNN)...

A person directly involved in the discussions said that the removal of the Russian was driven, in part, by concerns that President Donald Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy.

The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a May 2017 meeting in the Oval Office in which Trump discussed highly classified intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. The intelligence, concerning ISIS in Syria, had been provided by Israel.

...

The removal happened at a time of wide concern in the intelligence community about mishandling of intelligence by Trump and his administration. Those concerns were described to CNN by five sources who served in the Trump administration, intelligence agencies and Congress.

Those concerns continued to grow in the period after Trump's Oval Office meeting with Kislyak and Lavrov. Weeks after the decision to extract the spy, in July 2017, Trump met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg and took the unusual step of confiscating the interpreter's notes. Afterward, intelligence officials again expressed concern that the President may have improperly discussed classified intelligence with Russia, according to an intelligence source with knowledge of the intelligence community's response to the Trump-Putin meeting.

Skraxx

(3,146 posts)
10. I Would Have Hoped This Would Have Happened Much Earlier Than it Did!
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 08:58 AM
Sep 2019

But this does not bode well for Trump. The CIA is compartmentalizing from HIM!

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
11. What took so long?
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:03 AM
Sep 2019

Edit: Oh, nevermind

"The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a May 2017 meeting in the Oval Office in which Trump discussed highly classified intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak."

FakeNoose

(35,516 posts)
13. The agent left Russia already in 2017
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:08 AM
Sep 2019

As soon as the CIA saw how Chump blabbed everything to Kislyak in the Oval Office, they knew they had a problem. Their top spy who had access to Putin would be outed if the CIA didn't get him out of there as soon as possible.

This information tells us something important - the CIA must have known that Chump was a Russian agent even before the 2016 election. WTF CIA, when were you planning to tell the rest of us?



bucolic_frolic

(46,769 posts)
17. To catch a fish, think like a fish
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:18 AM
Sep 2019

To catch them all, cast as wide a net as possible.

Political neutrality limited the possible methods.

Turbineguy

(38,301 posts)
14. Quid pro quo
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:13 AM
Sep 2019

OK. now it's time for the Russians to extract their agents from the White house and the U.S. Senate.

keithbvadu2

(39,928 posts)
21. Two most likely happenings when Trump is out of office?
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:47 AM
Sep 2019

1. Vlad calls in Donald's loans?

2. Polonium 210?

Lonestarblue

(11,706 posts)
23. Our intelligence about Russia's actions has been seriously compromised by Trump.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:05 AM
Sep 2019

Not only has the CIA been forced to pull experienced agents from Russia—agents it may have taken a decade or more to implant safely—but Trump has also managed to get some of the most experienced FBI agents with knowledge of Russian tactics fired. He is a Russian asset and has been for years, most likely when they bailed him out of bankruptcy in the late 80s.

I know that many Republicans like McConnell, Nunes, Jordan, and others are corrupt as can be, but surely Russia cannot own all of them. What is wrong with these elected representatives that they are willing to stay silent while Trump tries to destroy our national intelligence services and opens the door to top US secrets to Vladimir Putin! Are there no honest, patriotic Republicans left in Congress?

tblue37

(66,035 posts)
39. Kompromat. Just think of how Lindsey did a complete 180 after just one foot game
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:18 AM
Sep 2019

with Trump. It was like the horse's head in the bed in "The Godfather."

extvbroadcaster

(343 posts)
24. I was just watching this
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:25 AM
Sep 2019

Seems everyone is afraid, and has been, that Trump is either an idiot who can't handle classified intel or he's a Russian mole.

Ilsa

(62,217 posts)
28. Yet trumpers won't believe this news on CNN or
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:52 AM
Sep 2019

any other network, even fox, unless trump says it is true.

Ilsa

(62,217 posts)
30. All of those other assets were hauled away by
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 10:58 AM
Sep 2019

the FSB or GRU and were never heard from again.

How much you want to bet that our allies are redacting information from their intel to us unless they have been assured it won't fall into mf45's hands (or Ivanka's or Jared's or Jr's)?

ffr

(23,112 posts)
34. +1
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:06 AM
Sep 2019

And Moscow Mitch running blocking maneuvers to make sure Russia stays in control of America.

ffr

(23,112 posts)
33. I don't recall the CIA having to do this when Clinton was president.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:04 AM
Sep 2019

I wounder what makes them suspect tRump and the KGOP?

Hmmm.

tblue37

(66,035 posts)
37. When Trump gave highest level intel to Sislyak in the Oval office, the intel community
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:15 AM
Sep 2019

realized that he could easily expose the spy, especially since he was going to meet with Putin in Helsinki.

Even if not on purpose or directly, Trump could reveal info that Russians could use to figure out the spy. That's what he did with Sislyak: he revealed info just to brag about how great his intel was, like a grade school kid bragging that he knew a big, important secret.

And then there's his cuddly relationship with Putin. They couldn't even be sure he wouldn't give him the info on purpose.

UCmeNdc

(9,650 posts)
36. What went on at the 2016 GOP convention between Russian spy master and the GOP leadership?
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:13 AM
Sep 2019

This question has not been answered?

Enoki33

(1,605 posts)
38. This action by the CIA is further confirmation that tRump, and likely
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:17 AM
Sep 2019

other members of his family, are indeed Russian moles. Cannot imagine the turmoil, frustration and sense of national betrayal they have been undergoing. They are patriots who have put their lives on the line. One very powerful mole will severely damage their network, but it will not completely cripple it. Rest assured there is a plan B for extracting information out of Russia that the traitors will never see.

JHB

(37,402 posts)
41. I know I don't really have to remind anyone here, but,...
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 11:30 AM
Sep 2019

...on general principles, never let something like this come up without highlighting the foam cannoning that went on about Hillary's "carelessness" about security in her emails.

The portion of that which was accurate was 1) well below the the threshold where authorities thought action was necessary (except Comey, who added his own stream to the foam), and 2) it amounts to a mite on a flyspeck on a tiddlywinks piece compared to what Trump has done.

And the whole goddamn Republican Party aids and abets him. None of them in power balk. Occasional muttering in their cups, but no real action.

Collimator

(1,859 posts)
42. To those who are convinced that "The Deep State"
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 12:54 PM
Sep 2019

is running everything from behind the scenes and has some profound power over national affairs:

If this were true, why would Trump still be in power?

maxsolomon

(34,946 posts)
44. this story would make a hell of an ad on FauxNews
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 01:23 PM
Sep 2019

if some Dem PAC had the balls to run it. maybe Tom Steyer after he withdraws his candidacy?

the amazing thing is, as the GOP has proven, IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF IT'S TRUE.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
45. Don't Expect the national security hawks to say a word.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 01:45 PM
Sep 2019

Not going to happen in today's world - unless it's a Democrat doing it.

jmowreader

(51,382 posts)
47. When are our intelligence agencies going to learn?
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 02:30 PM
Sep 2019

Never, NEVER tell Donald Trump anything that isn't open source.

All our agencies have a desk whose sole purpose is to analyze material from the civilian press - newspapers, magazines, radio and television. You can get enough information to keep Trump as informed as he wants to be from that source, and by only telling him things you found in the New York Times (without, of course, telling him where you got it) you can protect your classified collectors.

sellitman

(11,662 posts)
54. I wonder how anyone involved in intel can trust him?
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:10 PM
Sep 2019

It is impossible to get assets like this in place. Ruined by this President. Can we Impeach yet Nancy?

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