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Xipe Totec

(43,902 posts)
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 11:06 PM Feb 2018

Given Muller indictments today, what about the CIA chiefs meet with sanctioned Russian spies?

Friday, February 2, 2018

Washington (CNN) CIA Director Mike Pompeo did meet with the head of Russia's foreign intelligence agency, an official barred from entering the US under 2014 sanctions, as well as the head of Russia's internal security agency, according to a US official with direct knowledge of the meetings.

The official said Pompeo did not meet with the head of the GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency behind efforts to meddle in the 2016 US election. The CIA followed a multi-agency legal process to give access to Russian officials under sanctions, the official said.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo defended the meeting in a Thursday letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, declaring that he and other officials met with Russians for the same reason their predecessors did -- "to keep Americans safe."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/pompeo-russian-spies-meeting/index.html

Are these events totally unrelated?

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Given Muller indictments today, what about the CIA chiefs meet with sanctioned Russian spies? (Original Post) Xipe Totec Feb 2018 OP
If he accepted a nomination from Trump, he's dirty too. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #1
They met because quartz007 Feb 2018 #2
If they met in Austin, I'd believe it. But D.C.? Xipe Totec Feb 2018 #3
This very important meeting - which we only found out about because RUSSIAN NEWS SOURCE - Leghorn21 Feb 2018 #4

Xipe Totec

(43,902 posts)
3. If they met in Austin, I'd believe it. But D.C.?
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 11:14 PM
Feb 2018

They can't tell the difference between a quesadilla and an enchilada.

Leghorn21

(13,528 posts)
4. This very important meeting - which we only found out about because RUSSIAN NEWS SOURCE -
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 11:17 PM
Feb 2018

AGAIN -

Anyway this surreptitious tete-a-tete reminds me of a DFT quote from December ‘16:

“It's very important, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old fashioned way because I'll tell you what, no computer is safe," Trump responded when asked about the importance of cybersecurity, according to pool reporters.”

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