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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBy the way, Papadopoulos Russian handler, Joseph Mifsud, has "vanished"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/the-mysterious-professor-at-the-center-of-the-russia-trump?utm_term=.bfal3WDP5#.phrRXQ4VvThe "cut out" from Russia who met with Papadopoulos to offer "dirt on Hillary Clinton"
Very detailed report at Buzzfeed including screen shots texts from Mifsud
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/the-mysterious-professor-at-the-center-of-the-russia-trump?utm_term=.bfal3WDP5#.phrRXQ4Vv
Amid the opportunists, weirdos, trolls, and pawns who make up the cast of the Russian plot to interfere in American politics, Joseph Mifsud stands out.
The Maltese professor, who allegedly delivered word of Hillary Clintons stolen emails to Donald Trump's campaign, is an authentically mysterious figure, his true role and ties to Russian intelligence unclear.
. . .
Neither can Anna, his 31-year-old Ukrainian fiancé, who says he is the father of her newborn child. And her story, snatched from the pages of a John le Carré novel, offers a glimpse at the human collateral damage of an intelligence operation in which the mysterious Mifsud was allegedly a central figure.
Anna, whom BuzzFeed News has agreed to identify only by her first name because she doesnt want the attention, says she was seven months pregnant and engaged to Mifsud when he became the focus of world media attention as the professor who told Papadopoulos that Russia had dirt on Clinton. Shortly thereafter, he dropped from sight. He also cut off all contact with Anna, including phone calls and WhatsApp messages. That silence has held, even six weeks after the daughter Anna says he fathered was born. He never helped me, she said. Only talk and promises.
. . .
Now, however, feeling deceived, shes changed her mind. The result is new information about Mifsuds activities, including his claim of having dined with Sergey Lavrov, Russias foreign minister. He said, I have dinner with Lavrov tonight. Lavrov is my friend. Lavrov this, Lavrov that, Anna said. He even show me picture with Lavrov. Russias Foreign Ministry didnt respond to a request for comment.
Fascinating story by the student newspaper where he "taught"
https://brignews.com/2017/11/04/what-we-know-so-far-about-joseph-mifsud/
You think that Russian intelligence would have provided a better name than Mifsud, lol.
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By the way, Papadopoulos Russian handler, Joseph Mifsud, has "vanished" (Original Post)
grantcart
Feb 2018
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He probably has been reassigned to a junior college in the middle of nowhere in Russia
grantcart
Feb 2018
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YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)1. Putin tied up this loose end
Permanently.
Thats my guess, no sources.
Captain Obvious agrees.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)2. He probably has been reassigned to a junior college in the middle of nowhere in Russia
where no one can find him.
By Russian rules he has remained loyal, didn't talk to the press. Dictators like Putin don't really have to kill that many to obtain the loyalty that they demand, the threat establishes compliance.
If he thought his life was in danger he would have gone to the West to seek protection.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)3. I hope so