Posted on 03/09/2017 6:35:35 PM PST by drewh
Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN.
Questions about the possible connection were widely dismissed four months ago. But the FBI's investigation remains open, the sources said, and is in the hands of the FBI's counterintelligence team -- the same one looking into Russia's suspected interference in the 2016 election.
One U.S. official said investigators find the server relationship "odd" and are not ignoring it. But the official said there is still more work for the FBI to do. Investigators have not yet determined whether a connection would be significant.
The server issue surfaced again this weekend, mentioned in a Breitbart article that, according to a White House official, sparked President Trump's series of tweets accusing investigators of tapping his phone. CNN is told there was no Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on the server.
The FBI declined to comment. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
In addition, companies involved have provided CNN with new explanations that at times conflict with each other and still don't fully explain what happened. The story -- of a possible connection between computer servers -- is a strange tale because there are no specific allegations of wrongdoing and only vague technical evidence.
Internet data shows that last summer, a computer server owned by Russia-based Alfa Bank repeatedly looked up the contact information for a computer server being used by the Trump Organization -- far more than other companies did, representing 80% of all lookups to the Trump server.
It's unclear if the Trump Organization server itself did anything in return. No one has produced evidence that the servers actually communicated.
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I think you nailed it
The timing of the account re registration within days of the FISA warrant suggests someone was looking to bolster a case for wiretapping and picked a long defunct hospitality account that was being spammed
Except the misspelling in the domain name also looks like a deliberate setup
Why the FBI has let this drag on without tesolution does not suggest they are stumped, it suggests they are complicit
Someone with an obsession against Russia and an obsession to steer U.S. policy into supporting UKraine would be very interested in what Manafort was advising his clients
Someone willing to raise money to pay spies and send couriers to pick up information and then feed it to the media to discredit Trump and derail negotiated settlement with putin about UKraine
Someone known to jet around conducting covert foreign policy via proxy wars
Whoever could it be
Thanks, I didn’t know about that.
The whole bogus Russia conspiracy nonsense theory collapses when you see the fine people Trump has appointed to his administration that don’t fit the dark plot narrative. Mad Dog Mattis. Nikki Haley. Jon Huntsman (ambassador to Russia). If the Russians paid anyone to influence this election, they should demand a refund LOL
Or someone who just can’t wait to start WWIII with the Russians. Like McCain and his girlfriend, Linda.
Exactly right.
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