Note that in August 2016 :
AUGUST 2016 : (BRENNAN SPEAKS ON THE PHONE WITH ALEXANDER BORTNIKOV, HEAD OF RUSSIA’S FSB INTERNAL SECURITY SERVICE ) —— John Brennan: President Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash New York Times ^ | 16 August 2018 | John BRENNAN
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Was the conversation what he said it was, or is the admission he spoke with Bortnikov just a way to get ahead of any future investigation of the the conversation, which may have been about something else?
Bortnikov - Brennan ping
“Was the conversation what he said it was, or is the admission he spoke with Bortnikov just a way to get ahead of any future investigation of the the conversation, which may have been about something else?”
They were talking about golf and their kids. . .
The article also mentions the pivotal role of Julianne Smith, who subsequently took a paid position at WestExec advisors, a revolving door lobbying firm staffed by former Obama officials, including others involved in Russiagate and related crimes.
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https://spectator.org/john-brennans-intelligence-bombshell-that-likely-never-was/
In September 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee shared documents declassified by Trump’s director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe. They read in part, “According to his handwritten notes,” Brennan “briefed President Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence, including the ‘alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.’”
Thanks to the release of the Durham annex, we now know that the foreign policy adviser Brennan referenced was veteran globalist Julianne Smith. On July 25, 2016, Soros’ guy in the Clinton campaign, Leonard Benardo, wrote in an email, “Julie says it will be a long-term affair to demonize Putin and Trump. Now it is good for a post-convention bounce. Later the FBI will put more oil into the fire.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julianne_Smith
From 2014 to 2018, she worked at the Center for a New American Security. She was also a fellow at the Robert Bosch Stiftung for one year. A senior advisor post at WestExec Advisors followed the consultancy’s formation in 2017.
Smith co-founded the Leadership Council for Women in National Security,[9][10] which officially launched on 25 June 2019.[11]
She worked as an advisor to a German consultancy called Berlin Global Advisors and worked at the American Academy in Berlin,[12][13] while she penned such essays in foreign policy magazines as “NATO in the Age of Trump”.[14]
A 2021 investigation in The American Prospect found that Smith, “who listed Boeing and SoftBank as clients, earned $34,000 as a WestExec consultant while holding down a full-time role at the think tank German Marshall Fund.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WestExec_Advisors
WestExec Advisors LLC is a consulting firm founded in 2017 by Antony Blinken, Michèle Flournoy, Sergio Aguirre, and Nitin Chadda, all former Obama administration officials.[1][2][3] Lisa Monaco, Robert O. Work, Avril Haines, David S. Cohen, and Jen Psaki have also been WestExec employees.[4] Richard Stengel, former President Obama’s Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is a current employee.[5]
In an interview with The Intercept, Flournoy explained WestExec seeks to employ “people recently coming out of government” with “current knowledge, expertise, contacts, networks.”[6] The firm and its partners avoid becoming registered lobbyists or foreign agents so that they can (re)enter government service without delays.[7] It does not disclose its clients, whose names are restricted from disclosure by non-disclosure agreements.[8] The firm is named after West Executive Avenue, a street near the West Wing of the White House.[8]
Clients and activities
Although WestExec does not disclose its list of clients, some have been reported. Its clients include Google’s Jigsaw; Windward, an Israeli artificial intelligence firm; Shield AI, a drone surveillance company;[4] and Fortune 100 types.[9]
Under a financial disclosure filed by the Biden transition team in December 2020, Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken declared that clients of WestExec included Blackstone, Bank of America, Facebook, Uber, McKinsey & Company, SoftBank, Gilead, Lazard, Boeing, AT&T, Royal Bank of Canada, LinkedIn, and Sotheby’s. In a similar form, Director of National Intelligence-designate Avril Haines disclosed that WestExec had worked with Palantir Technologies.[10]
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