Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign

[bathroommonkey76]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisers, including Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to US officials.

The new information adds to the emerging picture of how the Russians tried to influence the 2016 election, not only through email hacks and propaganda but also by trying to infiltrate the Trump orbit. The intelligence led to an investigation into the coordination of Trump's campaign associates and the Russians.

These officials made clear they don't know whether Page was aware the Russians may have been using him. Because of the way Russian spy services operate, Page could have unknowingly talked with Russian agents.

Page disputes the idea he has ever collected intelligence for the Russians, saying he helped the US intelligence community. "My assumption throughout the last 26 years I've been going there has always been that any Russian person might share information with the Russian government ... as I have similarly done with the CIA, the FBI and other government agencies in the past."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/politics/russia-trump-campaign-advisers-infiltrate/index.html

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[ananda]

1. Waalll...

So we're supposed to believe that the poor innocent 45 campaign was being stalked or infiltrated by Russian agents (instead of being in total collusion with Putin's agenda)? That's a nice convenient scenario, I must say, and a bit of alternative fact and propaganda worthy of the Kremlin for sure. If you buy into this, I gotta bridge in Brooklyn ....

[Ilsa]

3. CNN is trying to sell it, too. SMB,SLT.

So Much Bullshit, So Little Time.

[Ilsa]

2. Ah, geez.

Why work on infiltrating when Erik Prince, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, as well as Carter Page, are running back and forth between dump tower and Moscow or the Seychelles or other locations? I wonder if one of them made a big X in red chalk on the building when they had something to pass along?

[byronius]

4. The smell of deep desperation...

National Enquirer's pushing this too. Memo went out.

[C Moon]

5. They're looking for a fall guy now. They want to leave Trump in place.

[certainot]

8. yep, but imagine how fast this would all go bad for trump

and the other traitors if there were 1000 radio stations screaming for impeachment, like they did for clinton, instead of praising and making excuses for him

[Cryptoad]

6. Wheeeeeew,,,,,,,

glad to hear nobody in the Trump Team has committed any crimes!

[KPN]

7. Lol.

This is idiotic. They already had Trump himself for crying out loud!

So now I suppose we can all breath a sigh of relief that they weren't successful. Geesh!

[pbmus]

9. Tried, bullshit , page is the fall guy...

This is freaking bullshit..

[TomCADem]

10. This is why the 180 on Russia Policy Is a Smokescreen...

...particularly while Exxon quietly seeks a waiver to explore oil in Russia.