TexasTiger 12,974 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 This is what prompted the FBI investigation: Mark Mazzetti @MarkMazzettiNYT This story answers one of the lingering mysteries: what set off the FBI’s Russia investigation? It wasn’t the Steele dossier How the Russia Inquiry Began: A Campaign Aide, Drinks and Talk of Political Dirt nytimes.com 10:28 AM · Dec 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ATX 13,654 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Loose lips sink ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFAN78 3,926 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Side B. Word to the wise. Careful listening to an organization (NYT) that has walked back and retracted multiple stories in 2017. With some curious timing, the New York Times has come out with a story about how the FBI started its probe of the Trump campaign after a tipoff from an Australian diplomat. Sounds like a bid to downplay that Steele dossier. If this is all they have to go on, it sounds like things are pretty grim indeed for both the FBI's investigative reputation and Mueller's special counsel probe. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/so_now_it_was_the_australians_who_triggered_the_russia_russia_russia_investigation.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,437 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I am not buying all of this either. Some may be true, but the timing is suspect. Released on a Friday to die quietly over the weekend. Quote York, he said, asks why the bureau took so long to interview Papadapoulos - two months into the Trump presidency, when the news was reported to them in the summer of 2016. York also wants to know whether a surveillance warrant was requested, given that it was supposed to be such a big deal. There's also the question of why the Australian ambassador waited two months to the FBI after hearing it in the barroom setting. So, now it was a never been discussed before, from out of the blue random discussion by drunks in a bar. If the FBI uses second and third-hand nothing statements made by drunks in a bar to employ FISA warrants, folks we have real problems with the NSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 12,974 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Seth Abramson @SethAbramson How many nations gave evidence of Trump-Russia contacts to U.S. intelligence BEFORE the FBI ever saw the Steele Dossier? United Kingdom Germany Estonia Netherlands Poland Australia France We knew this in APRIL. British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia theguardian.com 6:13 PM · Dec 31, 2017 1,704 Retweets 2,739 Likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,437 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Try again: Quote Exclusive: GCHQ is said to have alerted US agencies after becoming aware of contacts in 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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