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babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 06:23 PM Jul 2017

CNN: Trump's State Dept. Grants U.S. Visas to 150 Russian Spies

Jeezus, but good thing we're not letting Muslims or Mexicans in.


https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/7/7/1678545/-CNN-Trump-s-State-Dept-Grants-U-S-Visas-to-150-Russian-Spies

CNN: Trump's State Dept. Grants U.S. Visas to 150 Russian Spies
By ericlewis0
Friday Jul 07, 2017 · 9:30 AM EST

No wonder Putin wants those compounds back...



From CNN:

Since the November election, US intelligence and law enforcement agencies have detected an increase in suspected Russian intelligence officers entering the US under the guise of other business, according to multiple current and former senior US intelligence officials. The Russians are believed to now have nearly 150 suspected intelligence operatives in the US, these sources said. Officials who spoke to CNN say the Russians are replenishing their ranks after the US in December expelled 35 Russian diplomats suspected of spying in retaliation for election-meddling.

"The concerning point with Russia is the volume of people that are coming to the US. They have a lot more intelligence officers in the US" compared to what they have in other countries, one of the former intelligence officials says.
...
Fueling law enforcement officials' concern is that the Russians are targeting people in the US who can provide access to classified information, in addition to ongoing efforts to hack the US government for intelligence, according to several of the officials. In some cases, Russian spies have tried to gain employment at places with sensitive information as part of their intelligence-gathering efforts, the sources say.
But that hasn't stopped the State Department from issuing the temporary duty visas — also known as TDY — to the suspected Russian intelligence officers. US intelligence officials who spoke to CNN expressed concerns about the number of temporary visas the State Department has issued to Russian travelers...


Of course, as CEO of Exxon, Tillerson frequently acted against U.S. interests, but this is ridiculous. Just think how many ways 150 spies could rat-f&$k the 2018 midterm elections, and every election thereafter.

It’s hard not to see this as a treasonous crime in progress. Trump and the Russians are STILL colluding!

Good luck and Godspeed, Robert Mueller — the fate of the nation is in your hands.

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CNN: Trump's State Dept. Grants U.S. Visas to 150 Russian Spies (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2017 OP
More eyes and ears for Trump's boss in Moscow dalton99a Jul 2017 #1
Thete is something very wrong going on with this government CentralMass Jul 2017 #2
Crap! Baitball Blogger Jul 2017 #3
Unbelievable gademocrat7 Jul 2017 #4
HELLO, where are our patriotic congressmen/women? What will it take, Russian sub off the CA coast? flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #5
Oh Hey, just heard Russians are trying to attack US Nukes now, anyone care at all???? flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #7
HELLO Indeed, kacekwl Jul 2017 #10
Watch that be his next move. Flaleftist Jul 2017 #11
Russia has won the cold war! Nt retrowire Jul 2017 #6
"They're not sending their best." VOX Jul 2017 #8
Berentan Whisenant, investigator of visa fraud, found dead on Florida beach in May, head trauma lostnfound Jul 2017 #9
Wow!! Duppers Jul 2017 #12
Some AA lady judge was found floating dead off NYC too. Ligyron Jul 2017 #16
CNN FAKE NEWS progressoid Jul 2017 #13
We're living under a coup. Loge23 Jul 2017 #14
It was a coup and we had treason Botany Jul 2017 #24
This is unbelievable and unacceptable. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #15
Well, it seems we are, in fact, being led by a Russian puppet and being taken over. Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #17
They're prepping to interfere in 2018 and 2020... B Stieg Jul 2017 #18
Gotta get ready for 2018, heh? Cryptoad Jul 2017 #19
What the hell is going on in our country? IronLionZion Jul 2017 #20
and in reverse news bora13 Jul 2017 #21
Komrads one un ull nt benld74 Jul 2017 #22
It's going to take generations to recover from this. I hope we make it. nolabear Jul 2017 #23

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
5. HELLO, where are our patriotic congressmen/women? What will it take, Russian sub off the CA coast?
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 07:16 PM
Jul 2017

Seriously, what's it going to take to stop backing this TREASONOUS regime in power?

kacekwl

(7,013 posts)
10. HELLO Indeed,
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 07:34 PM
Jul 2017

Is being in power the most important thing to these a-holes ? They have shown they can't or don't want to govern. Is it money ? Are they just sociopaths ? What will it take to get them to care about America ?

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
11. Watch that be his next move.
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 07:38 PM
Jul 2017

Naval exercises off our coast. Maybe he will even let spies on our ships and submarines

VOX

(22,976 posts)
8. "They're not sending their best."
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 07:24 PM
Jul 2017

Sure, it's #45's shitty crack about Mexicans, but it's good to re-purpose trash whenever possible.


But yes, with each passing day, it looks more and more like the U.S. has undergone a coup by organized crime, Russian-style. Putin is no doubt as mobbed-up as any New Jersey boss, or more so.

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
14. We're living under a coup.
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 07:56 PM
Jul 2017

We can rant all we want - for now; the fact is we're seriously screwed and things are only getting worse.
We're waiting on Mueller, like we waited on Fitzgerald but it'll take a massive, almost revolutionary, movement to unseat these usurpers.
Every department has been taken over by people whom appear too incompetent for even the most entry-level position. This is all by design, power is concentrated on top and at least liberally shared by the Russians.
Twitter (as most of us all know) is popping with accounts of stories yet to come - the WP is "holding a story" at Mueller's request, for example. It's all nonsense, the reality is what we see and experience everyday - this is not going away anytime soon.
A big marker will be the 2018 elections. If republicans are still the majority after that, it's time to get the hell out of here.


 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
15. This is unbelievable and unacceptable.
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 07:58 PM
Jul 2017

When will congress finally put the country above their own narrow interests and get rid of this TRAITOR!

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
17. Well, it seems we are, in fact, being led by a Russian puppet and being taken over.
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jul 2017

Once you get the hacking downpat, with the President's help, and you have a Russian President (Trump), who stuffs his cabinet and administration with Russian-friendly people, then you need to start bringing in Russian citizens. Visas to start off with.

What's the next step to take over?

Judges. If I were Russia, I'd want to get some Russian-friendly judges. The Russian President Trump can appoint some, quite a few. But we'd need more.

We'll funnel funding to some local ones to run, hack those elections if necessary. We've already got Trump naming federal judges, and we have one Supreme Court Justice.

We now need....Senators and federal Representatives. We'll have to hack some of those elections that are coming up in 2018.

That's a good start. That's what I'd do, if I were Putin and wanted to finish America off.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
20. What the hell is going on in our country?
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 08:36 PM
Jul 2017

These assholes. This isn't funny anymore.

This is why they gutted our State dept down to the bone and kept cutting. So foreign agents can infiltrate our country?

bora13

(860 posts)
21. and in reverse news
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 08:37 PM
Jul 2017

t-rump was given the grand russian citizens test. that is why it took so long.
And Melania had to come in half-way to give him his cheat notes.

nolabear

(41,934 posts)
23. It's going to take generations to recover from this. I hope we make it.
Fri Jul 7, 2017, 08:49 PM
Jul 2017

As the rest of the world moves forward we might end up just being a carcass to pick if he gets away with much more.

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