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orangecrush

(19,409 posts)
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 12:30 AM Dec 2019

Russians likely eavesdropped on Giulani's calls with Trump

Those are the words of John Sipher, the CIA’s former deputy chief of Russia operations, telling the Washington Post that Russia probably knows more about Rudy Giulani’s calls regarding Ukraine than impeachment investigators do.

The Post reported Thursday that phone logs between Giuliani and the White House switchboard suggest high-level communications on personal cellphones that were almost certainly under foreign surveillance.


Sipher told the Post that Russian intelligence likely monitors Giuliani’s calls and that through the continued use of unsecured phones, Guiliani and President Donald Trump have effectively “given the Russians ammunition they can use in an overt fashion, a covert fashion or in the twisting of information.”

An unnamed former senior aide agreed that the Russians have likely been eavesdropping on calls between Trump and Giuliani. “It’s a bonanza for them,” he told the Post.

And it’s not just calls with the president — the Post said that Giuliani’s phone conversations with people such as Lev Parnas could be just as valuable to foreign spies, especially if he was recounting conversations he had with Trump.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/11B1A8D8-17D6-11EA-B18B-04D23F2F0160

The obvious conclusion is they WANT RUSSIA TO HEAR THEM.

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Russians likely eavesdropped on Giulani's calls with Trump (Original Post) orangecrush Dec 2019 OP
Isn't that why moondust Dec 2019 #1
I'm sure they're eavesdropping on all of his calls. GoCubsGo Dec 2019 #2
Ignoramus 1 to Ingoramus 3, come in. thenelm1 Dec 2019 #3
"Ignoramus 1 to Ingoramus 3, come in." C Moon Dec 2019 #6
But what about Hillary's email?!!!! C Moon Dec 2019 #4
They likely hacked emails, too William Seger Dec 2019 #5

moondust

(19,958 posts)
1. Isn't that why
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 12:38 AM
Dec 2019

Dumpy has been using unencrypted phones? So that Pooty will know where things stand on a daily basis and can tell him what to do next?

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
2. I'm sure they're eavesdropping on all of his calls.
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 12:46 AM
Dec 2019

The fucker has been using an unsecured phone the whole time he's been in office.

thenelm1

(851 posts)
3. Ignoramus 1 to Ingoramus 3, come in.
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:44 AM
Dec 2019

Yes, they are that stupid. Given all the hullaballoo over Hillary's "unsecured" server, you'd think someone on the pubbie side would have realized this and voiced some concern by this time. Doesn't seem to have been the case in any way, shape or form from that side, though we still hear shrieks from that side about Hillary's e-mails way to often.

For many people over 60 (and I'm mid-60s myself, but worked IT for years) current technology is completely beyond their grasp. With idjits like Trump & Guiliani, along with many in Congress, particularly the amongst anti-science crowd that I don't think I need to specify, they have no clue whatsoever.

William Seger

(10,775 posts)
5. They likely hacked emails, too
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 03:17 AM
Dec 2019

Putin is no Trumpist; he's a Putinist. It's inconceivable that he wouldn't want kompromat on Trump.

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