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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo when is the British intel bombshell coming? Soon I hope.
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So when is the British intel bombshell coming? Soon I hope. (Original Post)
triron
Jul 2019
OP
You mean the intel from Trump's campaign trip to Scotland that May "let" be released?
hlthe2b
Jul 2019
#1
Don't know if you count this as a 'bombshell', but this appeared today:
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2019
#6
hlthe2b
(102,294 posts)1. You mean the intel from Trump's campaign trip to Scotland that May "let" be released?
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)2. what bombshell?
I missed it.
I know that the FBI interviewed Christopher Steele in the UK when Trump was there and came away finding him credible.
or, that the UK ambassador to the US thinks Trump is an idiot who does things solely because they're the opposite of what Obama did.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)3. A little (or a lot) more context would help.
triron
(22,007 posts)5. I would provide it if I had it. Sorry.
Maybe it's not coming at all.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)4. I've heard nothing like that in the UK news
If I were you, I'd take it as a typical internet rumour, unless the person who posted it here can back it up.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)6. Don't know if you count this as a 'bombshell', but this appeared today:
Secret texts cast light on UK's early role in Trump-Russia inquiry
Two of the most senior intelligence officials in the US and UK privately shared concerns about our strange situation as the FBI launched its 2016 investigation into whether Donald Trumps campaign was colluding with Russia, the Guardian has learned.
Text messages between Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the FBI at the time, and Jeremy Fleming, his then counterpart at MI5, now the head of GCHQ, also reveal their mutual surprise at the result of the EU referendum, which some US officials regarded as a wake-up call, according to a person familiar with the matter.
While Russia had previously been viewed as a country that would seek to interfere in western elections, the Brexit vote was viewed by some within the FBI as a sign that Russian activities had possibly been successful, the person said.
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In one exchange in August 2016, Fleming noted that members of the FBI and MI5 had met on our strange situation, a veiled reference to discussions about Russian activities, according to the source.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/secret-texts-cast-light-uk-early-role-trump-russia-inquiry
Two of the most senior intelligence officials in the US and UK privately shared concerns about our strange situation as the FBI launched its 2016 investigation into whether Donald Trumps campaign was colluding with Russia, the Guardian has learned.
Text messages between Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the FBI at the time, and Jeremy Fleming, his then counterpart at MI5, now the head of GCHQ, also reveal their mutual surprise at the result of the EU referendum, which some US officials regarded as a wake-up call, according to a person familiar with the matter.
While Russia had previously been viewed as a country that would seek to interfere in western elections, the Brexit vote was viewed by some within the FBI as a sign that Russian activities had possibly been successful, the person said.
...
In one exchange in August 2016, Fleming noted that members of the FBI and MI5 had met on our strange situation, a veiled reference to discussions about Russian activities, according to the source.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/30/secret-texts-cast-light-uk-early-role-trump-russia-inquiry