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NYT is reporting that intelligence sources were tipped off by transfers to known Afghan crime figures who were known to do business with the Taliban.
They raided the homes and not only caught the perpetrators but recovered the money. The perpetrators were arrested and immediately copped to what was done. Some of those who were being pursued fled to Russia.
Now the administration is trying to say that the lead was not followed up because 1) there was no actionable intelligence and 2) that the quality of the information was not promising
These, clearly, are outright lies and prove an attempt to cover up because:
1) The intelligence was acted on and obtained 100% proof that the original question raised by the transfers was valid.
2) The information led to arrests and recovery of the money, and it was only then that the reason for the transfers was known. So the intelligence wasn't a guess on what was happening it was an explanation for facts already in evidence.
It would be as if after the Watergate burglars were caught that the Nixon administration said that we shouldn't hear what they have to say because there is no actionable options for burglars in handcuffs and the quality of the intelligence from the police department isn't good.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/russian-bounties-afghanistan-intelligence.html
In a raid in Kunduz City in the north about six months ago, 13 people were arrested in a joint operation by American forces and the Afghan intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, according to Safiullah Amiry, the deputy provincial council chief there. Two of the main targets of the raid had already fled one to Tajikistan and one to Russia, Mr. Amiry said but it was in the Kabul home of one of them where security forces found a half-million dollars. He said the Afghan intelligence agency had told him the raids were related to Russian money being dispersed to militants.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)sop
(10,167 posts)brush
(53,771 posts)from the orange turd against Putin, not to mention he's known since Bolton told him in 2019that's over a year of no action.
We, the public, just found out about it so you'd think trump, since he claims he just found out, would make some noise about sanctions and pretend to be pissed.
But no, Putin must have some real damaging kompromat on his ass, not to mention trump is afraid the Russian oligarchs he owes millions to might call in his loans.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Kaiserguy
(740 posts)How else can he win. So neither him or the GOP (Putins Party) will have much to say
brush
(53,771 posts)steal it. In 2016 he wasn't the incumbent and could run against Hillary. Now he has to run on his horreondous record.
I wouldn't want to be him.
Nevilledog
(51,085 posts)Thread: Trump/Putin call summary since he was briefed on Russian Bounties
Great thread on events coinciding with trump calls to Putin
Thread unrolled
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276871725578440707.html
grantcart
(53,061 posts)patphil
(6,172 posts)Cha
(297,171 posts)and UK Soldiers.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)The most interesting question from 2016 that was never asked and never answered
Who was responsible for leaking the Access Hollywood tape?
Cha
(297,171 posts)Remember when trump was giving them shite when he first started on his white power/Putin's puppet trip? I don't remember what it was even about now..
Karma Bites!
I didn't realize who leaked the Access Hollywood tape was unknown.. not that it did much good to keep that freaking Hell Monster OUT.
flying_wahini
(6,589 posts)Love to crushPompeos smug ass, too.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)JTOL
(46 posts)said in his news conference today that he received the PDB. Which leads to the question did (or does) Pence receive the PDB? If so, because he can read, must have known about the bounty. So both Trump and Pence would have known.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,013 posts)brush
(53,771 posts)the PDB, six days a week, are, as Susan Rice said on Rachel last night, all duty bound to go to the Oval Office if trump has not acted on it and propose how to initiate an appropriate response, be it diplomatically, with economic sanctions or top level, militarily.
All of those jokers are as complicit as trump as nothing has been done and they haven't resigned. They should go down too with the orange turd.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Every paper handed to the President has a duplicate stamped
"Seen by the President"
gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)This is treasonous behavior.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)Why did Trump want the Taliban to come here and have a meeting with him?
Kaiserguy
(740 posts)for a Trump Hotel in Afghanistan.
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)And award them the Medal of Freedom