[William Tell]

"I don’t think he said why he thought he received the $$, other than he said he was suspicious about it."

In his book, George writes that Tawil gave him the money in exchange for unspecified services. Tawil didn't offer or require a contract stating what the services would be. I don't think Tawil even asked George to sign a receipt for it. Tawil must have thought George was naive enough to just carry the money back to the U.S. without considering how he would explain that money to customs enforcement. The frame job on George would have been much more effective had George been more greedy and less suspicious.

[be-baw]

Thanks William Tell! That helps a lot.

[struggle]

Yes, and I assume that Tawil was going to be a “Russian” asset as well. Also, the FBI would probably have said this was foreign campaign financing.

[politicianslie]

Tawil must have thought George was naive enough to just carry the money back to the U.S. without considering how he would explain that money to customs enforcement

If it turns out to be true that Weissman was the one who thought George would be naive enough to carry the money back to the US, then it will be time to start the arrests.

It makes sense that Weissman is the one behind this idiotic maneuver.

[Ann Archy]

I think I read that George offered to give Tawil the money back, and Tawil refused!!

[palmer]

Yeah, Papadop might have been naive, but he was not completely stupid.