Former CIA Russia expert: 'Something is going on behind the scenes' with Trump and Putin
Source: The Hill
A former CIA expert on Russia said Wednesday that he feels sick after President Trumps summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that he thinks something is going on behind the scenes.
Steven Hall, the former head of Russian operations at the CIA in Moscow, made the comments in a tweet, in which he also shared an article from The Atlantic calling Trumps relationship with Putin The Crisis Facing America.
From a counterintelligence perspective, something is going on behind the scenes, Hall tweeted. Before Helsinki I was less sure; post Helsinki, I feel sick.
Hall, who is also a CNN analyst, expressed his concerns about the Trump-Putin summit beforehand.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/397776-former-cia-russia-expert-something-is-going-on-behind-the-scenes
Link to tweet
sandensea
(21,593 posts)And boy are they getting a return for their money today.
appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)mitch96
(13,869 posts)As Gibbs would say... "Ya Think?"
This CIA agent has a magnificent command of the obvious...
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unblock
(52,107 posts)As if we couldn't know we'll before....
kskiska
(27,045 posts)Just a "Hi, how are ya?"
pansypoo53219
(20,950 posts)Nitram
(22,755 posts)Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Trump did not have that meeting, it was his idea right, so what was he trying to accomplish? If there was conspiring in 2016 which I believe there was, why put yourself out there like he did? Ego? Trying to force a hand? Maybe he wants to be forced out? It's messed up.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)putin taped/recorded every second of his meeting with his putintang.......guaranteed. Something else to use against orange littlehands.
dalton99a
(81,376 posts)dameatball
(7,392 posts)Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Atlantic article, so I thought I would post this Wikipedia reference.
If you don't read the Atlantic article, my post will make no sense. Sorry.
If you do read it, this link will be helpful I think.
The Treaty of Dover, also known as the Secret Treaty of Dover, was a treaty between England and France signed at Dover on 1 June[1] 1670. It required that Charles II of England would convert to the Roman Catholic Church and assist Louis XIV with 60 warships to help and 4000 soldiers in France's war of conquest against the Dutch Republic. In exchange, Charles would secretly receive a yearly pension of £230,000, as well as an extra sum of money when Charles informed the English people of his conversion, and France would send 6,000 French troops if there was ever a rebellion against Charles in England. The secret treaty was signed by Arlington, Arundell, Clifford and Bellings for England and Colbert de Croissy for France. Both kings exchanged letters of ratification and kept secret the existence of the treaty,[2] A public treaty of Dover was also negotiated, but it was a fake designed for propaganda and to hide the religious dimension of the secret treaty. The Third Anglo-Dutch War was a direct consequence of this treaty.[3] The actual treaty was published by historians a century later.
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The main components of the treaty can be paraphrased:
The King of England will make a public profession of the Catholic faith, and will receive the sum of two millions of crowns, to aid him in this project, from the Most Christian King, in the course of the next six months. The date of this declaration is left absolutely to his own pleasure. The King of France will faithfully observe the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, as regards Spain, and the King of England will maintain the Treaty of the Triple Alliance in a similar manner. If new rights to the Spanish monarchy revert to the King of France, the King of England will aid him in maintaining these rights. The two Kings will declare war against the United Provinces. The King of France will attack them by land, and will receive the help of 6000 men from England. The King of England will send 50 men-of-war to sea, and the King of France 30; the combined fleets will be under the Duke of York's command. His Britannic Majesty will be content to receive Walcheren, the mouth of the Scheldt, and the isle of Cadzand, as his share of the conquered provinces. Separate articles will provide for the interests of the Prince of Orange. The Treaty of Commerce, which has already begun, shall be concluded as promptly as possible.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaty_of_Dover
Az_lefty
(3,670 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)he makes Benedict Arnold seem like a boy scout
Talitha
(6,554 posts)blue-wave
(4,342 posts)And where have you been? Geez, I hope the CIA is doing better than this at the moment. Hillary was warning us in 2016. Oh wait, silly, her emails.
Midnight Writer
(21,692 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Perhaps Mueller has it.
BadGimp
(4,012 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)Money laundering, sex and election rigging.