The Latest: Cambridge Analytica links to Blackwater founder

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Cambridge Analytica links to Blackwater founder

6 minutes ago

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the alleged use of Facebook data to influence the U.S. presidential election (all times local):

11:15 a.m.

Company filings show that Trump-affiliated data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica has a link to a Chinese security and logistics company run by Erik Prince, the former mercenary who founded private military company Blackwater.

British corporate records show that Alexander Nix, the suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, is also director of a company called Emerdata Ltd. that was incorporated in August 2017.

Other Emerdata directors include people associated with Cambridge Analytica, along with Johnson Ko Chun Shun, who was appointed in January.

Ko is also deputy chairman of Hong Kong-based Frontier Services Group, whose chairman is Prince.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/08032361b7df4600acc73e89c4a18252/The-Latest:-Cambridge-Analytica-links-to-Blackwater-founder

[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick.

[babylonsister]

2. It just keeps getting uglier and uglier.

I hope Erik Prince pays hugely for being in the middle of all this.

Sunshine as disinfectant; bring it on!

[Maeve]

3. Oh, yes...take him out and may his sister follow! eom

[Vinca]

4. Boom! Another connection.

Bravo to the journalists around the world uncovering this crime.

[Pachamama]

5. So many connections....I didn't know so many "coincidinks" were even possible...

...Its remarkable....



I believe we are just scratching the surface and when its all revealed its going to be mind-blowing all the "connections" of various players....even to members of congress....

[Botany]

12. Lots of "coincidinks"

See post 11.

Random chance that Prince would "run into" a Russian who is connected to
Putin on an island in the Indian Ocean 1,000 miles off the coast of Africa.

Pachamama

[Pachamama]

24. Right back at you Botany....

Incredible, isn't it? Excellent post #11 by the way...

The only thing that is giving me hope these days is seeing how the dots are slowly being connected...

[Botany]

25. The Seychelles are 1,000 miles off the coast of Africa in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

For Erik Prince to meet up w/a Putin ally, a middle east banker (UAE Royal), and
a Lebanese-American middle man where he was an envoy for the incoming
Trump admin. by random chance is just a lie.

BTW that meeting broke all kinds of laws too.

[luvtheGWN]

20. Read Jane Mayer's "Dark Money"

and you'll find connections that will curl your hair. It's very, very scary. Excellent book, very well researched.

[cynical_idealist]

28. YES.

And this link for more

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/26/robert-mercer-breitbart-war-on-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage

[debsy]

6. I googled emerdata and UAE and found this also...

https://medium.com/@wsiegelman/cambridge-analytica-executives-created-a-company-in-2017-with-the-executive-director-deputy-b803f27f84a2

So many pieces to the puzzle.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. What the heck is the DeVos family doing with Chinese security company? National security issue?

Please someone check DeVos's disclosure forms to see if this big security issue was properly disclosed. Trump cabinet, no less. Such great concern about keeping America safe.

[dlk]

8. Trump Has Brought His Crime Family to Washington

Trump has expanded and consolidated his crime family in Washington and now this crime syndicate has overrun our government.

[kentuck]

9. Erik Prince is up to his eyeballs in this whole scandal...

He probably talks with Trump very frequently.

[Botany]

13. It gets better

Link to tweet

[kentuck]

15. I recall that Giuliani was working inside with FBI agents?

...and was pushing the FBI to investigate Hillary' email server, etc.

Indeed, there was a deep state.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. the rude ghoul

I want that Rude Ghoul behind bars. It's ok if they are padded -- that would reduce the impact of his screeching on other inmates.

[DownriverDem]

10. And Erik Prince's Sister is ...

none other than Betsy Devos! Ah, the connections that keep on giving.

[kentuck]

17. And the server in Trump Tower that was connected to Alfa Bank...

was owned by Betsy Devos or Erik Prince?

[Botany]

11. The same Erik Prince who met the Russian friend of Putin in the Seyechelles in Jan. 2017?

Gee, what a coincidence.


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?utm_term=.72f23a51eede

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.

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.

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Prince was an avid supporter of Trump. After the Republican convention, he contributed $250,000 to Trump’s campaign, the national party and a pro-Trump super PAC led by GOP mega-donor Rebekah Mercer, records show. He has ties to people in Trump’s circle, including Stephen K. Bannon, now serving as the president’s chief strategist and senior counselor. Prince’s sister Betsy DeVos serves as education secretary in the Trump administration. And Prince was seen in the Trump transition offices in New York in December.

U.S. officials said the FBI has been scrutinizing the Seychelles meeting as part of a broader probe of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and alleged contacts between associates of Putin and Trump. The FBI declined to comment.

[UCmeNdc]

14. The same Erik Prince that wanted Trump to fund a private Army only answerable to Trump with US $

[Botany]

16. The same Erik Prince who along with Giuliani pushed the phony Clinton/email server/FBI/Comey ....

.... bullshit in late Oct. 2016 too.

Lock him up.

[kentuck]

18. He is very similar to Oliver North, in many ways...

But more dangerous and more shady.

[Sand Dune Cottonwood]

19. Another rich kid with too much time

Erik Prince, like Donald Dump, like his own sister Betsy DeVos, like the Kook (Koch) brothers, is another case of a rich A$$ with too much time and money on his soft, white, un-Calloused hands. Another example of how we need to get money out of politics and tax the hell out of the 1%.

[Tanuki]

22. As much as I despise Erik Prince, I don't think his hands are exactly "uncalloused"

given his history as a Navy SEAL.

[poboy2]

21. r'd

[Firestorm49]

23. It just gets dirtier and dirtier

But at least, we’re getting a glimpse into how the other world (real world) operates. Most of us, myself included, prefer to put turmoil out of our minds - it’s easier that way- and either become complacent or just plain ignorant to the ugly realities that rule our planet. What we don’t know, understand, or comprehend, is the depth and influence of the organizations pulling the strings. And even if we did, will anybody get off of their Lazy Boy recliners and take action? I doubt it, which is why I take John Brennen’s comments about Trump very seriously. We need to be concerned. Our democracy is “ at risk” per Mr. Brennan, and after all, he only ran the CIA for five Presidents, both Republican and Democrat.

[backtoblue]

27. Kick and Rec

[we can do it]

29. Erik Prince is Ditzy Devos' brother.

[raven mad]

30. ....