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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother Trump / Russia connection - this time via Blackwater's Eric Prince
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.b835ddf3d0a9(Isn't Prince Betsy DeVos's brother or brother in law or something).
Anyway:
Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel
The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.
more at link
malaise
(270,078 posts)Rec
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)flowed to DeVos' server. Erik Prince runs Trump's private army and who knows what dark ops also.
The word is 'coup'.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...to convince Comey to open his fucking mouth about the HRC emails on Weiner's laptop... that is, Prince in concert with Ghouliani.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)SunSeeker
(52,046 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Isn't that cozy?
malaise
(270,078 posts)want it all for themselves.
Lock them the fuck UP!
I wonder if that is true? That sounds like buddies conspiring to do something? Why not meet thru normal channels?
Kber
(5,043 posts)I mean, DT was 9 days away from being president - why the need for a back channel at that point, unless you were communicating stuff that you might not want to go through the normal state department process?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)pbmus
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I think those would make excellent stocking stuffers!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,946 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Separate Russia from Iran and Syria.
The Trump administration and the UAE appear to share a similar preoccupation with Iran. Current and former officials said that Trump advisers were focused throughout the transition period on exploring ways to get Moscow to break ranks with Tehran.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans have sold out America. They should just pack up and move to freakin Siberia, where they belong.
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Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)How far does this go?
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Coincidence, I'm sure.
Kber
(5,043 posts)spanone
(136,139 posts)ananda
(28,982 posts)A real smoking gun, imo.
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)"It just proves he didn't ALREADY have back channels"
Kber
(5,043 posts)That's brilliant in a twisted way!
videohead5
(2,216 posts)Was the first thing that popped into my mind.
The FBIs counterintelligence team, which is also looking into Russias suspected hacking of Democratic National Committee servers and the email account of her campaign chairman, is investigating why a computer server owned by Alfa Bank repeatedly looked up a computer server owned by the Trump Organization in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Eighty percent of the attempts to look up that Trump computer server were performed by Alfa Bank 2,820 in total with almost all of the rest being conducted by Spectrum Health, a medical facility chain for which Dick DeVos, the husband of Trumps education secretary, Betsy DeVos, serves as chairman of the board.
malaise
(270,078 posts)It's getting very hot
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)is becoming quite overwhelming. Time for some bleach and lots of sunlight.
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malaise
(270,078 posts)'cause this seems a bit, um, fishy.