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Putin Claims U.S. Will Fake Chemical Weapons Attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country “had information that the United States was planning to launch new missile strikes on Syria, and that there were plans to fake chemicals weapons attacks there,” Reuters reports.

"We have information that a similar provocation is being prepared ... in other parts of Syria including in the southern Damascus suburbs where they are planning to again plant some substance and accuse the Syrian authorities of using (chemical weapons)."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-midea ... 7D1K9?il=0

Misty » 11 Apr 2017 4:21 pm » wrote:I wonder how 45 feels now that HE is the target of Putin's disinformation campaign?

Lawmakers cast doubt on Nunes's claims after viewing intel: report.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers who reviewed the same intelligence documents as House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) say they have not yet seen evidence to support the allegation that the Obama administration collected information on Trump transition associates, according to a Tuesday CNN report.

Their assessment of these documents indicates doubt about what Nunes interpreted as possible evidence that Obama officials incidentally collected intelligence on Trump transition officials during a broader intelligence probe, as well as President Trump's accusation that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice improperly requested the "unmasking" of Trump transition associates in intel reports.

Several House and Senate intelligence committee members and their respective aides examined intelligence reports last week at the NSA headquarters, according to CNN.

A congressional intelligence official told CNN that Rice’s requests, particularly for her high-level advising role, appeared "normal and appropriate.”

And another official reportedly said there is "absolutely" no blatant proof of wrongdoing by Rice in the reports and urged the Trump administration to declassify the documents to show the public there is no reason for alarm.

CNN reports that some lawmakers are still concerned about “the justification” for making unmasking requests as well as intelligence community protocols for deliberating whether to accept or deny such requests to identify private U.S. citizens, whose names are normally redacted in intelligence reports.

Trump accused Rice of committing a crime last week during an interview with the New York Times, but he did not provide evidence to support his claim.

When asked whether he believes Rice acted illegally, the president said: ”Do I think? Yes, I think.”

Rice denied the accusations of being politically motivated with her requests last week on MSNBC.

House and Senate Intelligence committees are investigating whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election, and whether the Kremlin might have coordinated with Trump campaign associates in an attempt to help him win. Rice may now be on the long list of witnesses the committees plan to interview.

Nunes came under fire last month after he announced he had seen intelligence showing that that Trump transition officials were swept up in routine U.S. intelligence and were unmasked in reports. He briefed the president on what he had seen without consulting with fellow Intelligence Committee members.

He visited White House grounds the day before to view the information, and two White House officials reportedly helped give him the information.

Nunes' office did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.

Nunes, who was leading the House investigation, temporarily recused himself from the Russia probe last week after the House Ethics Committee opened its own investigation into whether Nunes revealed classified information when he spoke with the press.

After a review of the same intelligence reports brought to light by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal, multiple sources in both parties tell CNN.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/04/11/poli ... index.html

Termin8tor » 11 Apr 2017 4:34 pm » wrote:Really hilarious coming from someone who's been on a Disinformation Campaign for many, many years now.
How's that Russia-Trump-collaboration conspiracy going?

After a review of the same intelligence reports brought to light by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal, multiple sources in both parties tell CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/ ... index.html

Misty » 11 Apr 2017 10:59 pm » wrote: Ask Carter Page.

FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page

How's that Obama/Susan Rice committed many felonies conspiracy going?
And those explosive revelations by Nunes?
You know that HUGE scandal you keep bleating about.

Misty » 11 Apr 2017 10:59 pm » wrote: How's that Obama/Susan Rice committed many felonies conspiracy going?
And those explosive revelations by Nunes?
You know that HUGE scandal you keep bleating about.

another official reportedly said
there is "absolutely" no blatant proof of wrongdoing by Rice
in the reports and urged the Trump administration to declassify the documents to show the public there is no reason for alarm.

Misty » 11 Apr 2017 10:59 pm » wrote: Ask Carter Page.

FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page

Misty » 13 Apr 2017 2:38 pm » wrote:Putin's pet! Putin's pet!

Misty » 11 Apr 2017 10:59 pm » wrote: Ask Carter Page.

FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page

How's that Obama/Susan Rice committed many felonies conspiracy going?
And those explosive revelations by Nunes?
You know that HUGE scandal you keep bleating about.

Misty » 11 Apr 2017 3:56 pm » wrote:Sean Spicer Implies Hitler Didn't Gas His Own People

The Holocaust centers?

larryc12 » 14 Apr 2017 8:03 am » wrote:
Hitler didn't use chemical weapons as war weapons in WWII - and that's what he was talking about, but of course you leftists have to make the worst possible in absolute, utter hatred for everyone in the administration. Why didn't you all condemn Chris Matthews when he said the same thing? Huh?

Trump to discontinue Obama policy of voluntarily releasing White House visitor logs.

The Trump administration announced Friday that it would discontinue former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”

Instead, the Trump administration said it would release information only under far more limited circumstances: for those visiting components of the White House classified under the law as separate agencies, such as the Office of Management and Budget.

Under the new policy, it will be up to the White House to decide whether to release names of visitors coming to meet with the president, vice president and their senior staff.

The Trump administration was sued in federal court earlier this week by a coalition of watchdog groups in a bid to compel the release of records made public under Obama, which were published on a White House-maintained Web page.

Since Trump took office in January, the page where the visitor logs had been publicly available has gone dark, and Trump administration officials said Friday that they will no longer maintain it, a move that the White House said would save taxpayers $70,000 by 2020.

Misty » 14 Apr 2017 12:45 pm » wrote: He's worried about saving taxpayers a measly $70,000 over the next 4 years, while he's spending millions of dollars to travel to Florida every weekend.
Not buying it.
We have a right to know who goes in and out of the White House.

Misty » 14 Apr 2017 12:45 pm » wrote: He's worried about saving taxpayers a measly $70,000 over the next 4 years, while he's spending millions of dollars to travel to Florida every weekend.
Not buying it.
We have a right to know who goes in and out of the White House.

China Warns Of 'Storm Clouds Gathering' In U.S. -North Korea Stand Off

HONG KONG — China warned on Friday that tensions on the Korean Peninsula could spin out of control, as North Korea said it could test a nuclear weapon at any time and an American naval group neared the peninsula in a show of resolve.

“The United States and South Korea and North Korea are engaging in tit for tat, with swords drawn and bows bent, and there have been storm clouds gathering,” China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said in Beijing, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.

“We urge all sides to no longer engage in mutual provocation and threats, whether through words or deeds, and don’t push the situation to the point where it can’t be turned around and gets out of hand,” Mr. Wang said after meeting with his visiting French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, according to Xinhua.

Misty » 14 Apr 2017 5:03 pm » wrote: So where is our fearless leader?
Where else?

Termin8tor » 11 Apr 2017 4:34 pm » wrote:How's that Russia-Trump-collaboration conspiracy going?

British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia

Britain’s spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives, the Guardian has been told.

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said.

This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.

The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.

Another source suggested the Dutch and the French spy agency, the General Directorate for External Security or DGSE, were contributors.

It is understood that GCHQ was at no point carrying out a targeted operation against Trump or his team or proactively seeking information.

The alleged conversations were picked up by chance as part of routine surveillance of Russian intelligence assets.

Over several months, different agencies targeting the same people began to see a pattern of connections that were flagged to intelligence officials in the US.

Misty » 14 Apr 2017 12:45 pm » wrote: He's worried about saving taxpayers a measly $70,000 over the next 4 years, while he's spending millions of dollars to travel to Florida every weekend.
Not buying it.
We have a right to know who goes in and out of the White House.