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In reply to the discussion: Trump Reportedly Took Documents That 'Didn't Come From Trump's Time in the White House' [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,808 posts)51. A series of unfortunate events is no accident.
Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017
by Jim Sciutto
CNN, Sept. 9, 2019
In a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government, multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told 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 disclosure to the Russians by the President, though not about the Russian spy specifically, prompted intelligence officials to renew earlier discussions about the potential risk of exposure, according to the source directly involved in the matter.
At the time, then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo told other senior Trump administration officials that too much information was coming out regarding the covert source, known as an asset. An extraction, or exfiltration as such an operation is referred to by intelligence officials, is an extraordinary remedy when US intelligence believes an asset is in immediate danger.
The source was considered the highest level source for the US inside the Kremlin, high up in the national security infrastructure, according to the source familiar with the matter and a former senior intelligence official.
According to CNNs sources, the spy had access to Putin and could even provide images of documents on the Russian leaders desk.
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted/index.html
by Jim Sciutto
CNN, Sept. 9, 2019
In a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government, multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told 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 disclosure to the Russians by the President, though not about the Russian spy specifically, prompted intelligence officials to renew earlier discussions about the potential risk of exposure, according to the source directly involved in the matter.
At the time, then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo told other senior Trump administration officials that too much information was coming out regarding the covert source, known as an asset. An extraction, or exfiltration as such an operation is referred to by intelligence officials, is an extraordinary remedy when US intelligence believes an asset is in immediate danger.
The source was considered the highest level source for the US inside the Kremlin, high up in the national security infrastructure, according to the source familiar with the matter and a former senior intelligence official.
According to CNNs sources, the spy had access to Putin and could even provide images of documents on the Russian leaders desk.
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted/index.html
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Trump Reportedly Took Documents That 'Didn't Come From Trump's Time in the White House' [View all]
Nevilledog
Aug 2022
OP
Trump would steal documents to damage his opponents, especially if he was jealous of them.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2022
#2
I'm betting some of those prior administration documents had to do the Kennedy assassination....
Sogo
Aug 2022
#3
Kinda bizarre though, right? His whole 2016 campaign was about Hilary's emails - Lock Her Up!
OAITW r.2.0
Aug 2022
#15
Whatever he took, he did it because it either helped him or hurt somebody he hated
calimary
Aug 2022
#39
I think it matters bc ** claims they were HIS docs. But certainly the ones prior to him weren't.
live love laugh
Aug 2022
#36
Again, not clear from the statement that the documents referred to are from a prior administration
onenote
Aug 2022
#40
It is past time to restore the 'dungeons' at Alcatraz for housing the traitor.
Hermit-The-Prog
Aug 2022
#48
Obama for sure, maybe others. Likely scrounging for anything to do with what intel
allegorical oracle
Aug 2022
#55
What if you let a mob boss have access to all the law enforcement information in the country?
gulliver
Aug 2022
#56
How else can he support his failing company, flea markets of sensitive docs for sale.
Pepsidog
Aug 2022
#58