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Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence
New York Times ^ | FEB. 14, 2017 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MARK MAZZETTI and MATT APUZZO

Posted on 02/14/2017 7:17:27 PM PST by VanShuyten

Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials.

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The officials said the intercepted communications were not limited to Trump campaign officials, and included other associates of Mr. Trump. On the Russian side, the contacts also included members of the Russian government outside of the intelligence services, the officials said. All of the current and former officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because the continuing investigation is classified.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; nsa; russia; trump
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Lots more innuendo at source.

"Officials would not disclose many details, including what was discussed on the calls, which Russian intelligence officials were on the calls, and how many of Mr. Trump’s advisers were talking to the Russians. It is also unclear whether the conversations had anything to do with Mr. Trump himself."

1 posted on 02/14/2017 7:17:27 PM PST by VanShuyten
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To: VanShuyten

who is leaking this stuff. The NSA, the CIA or the FBI. They need to be caught


2 posted on 02/14/2017 7:18:43 PM PST by bob_esb
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To: VanShuyten

“innuendo”

Italian suppository.


3 posted on 02/14/2017 7:20:00 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: VanShuyten

Making up stuff does not make it so. Article is so in specific that it says nothing: “unclear if it had anything to do with Trump,” “could not disclose details,” blah, blah, blah. Waste of ink and paper.


4 posted on 02/14/2017 7:21:32 PM PST by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and VP Mike Pence Daily)
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To: madison10

Nonspecific. Pox on autocorrect.


5 posted on 02/14/2017 7:22:37 PM PST by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and VP Mike Pence Daily)
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To: VanShuyten

When’s the war start? C’mon let’s get this show on the road, tired of the bull****.


6 posted on 02/14/2017 7:23:42 PM PST by TTFlyer
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To: VanShuyten

Pravda on the Hudson.


7 posted on 02/14/2017 7:24:02 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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Deep state is at war with the Trump administration it seems. Time to clean house.


8 posted on 02/14/2017 7:24:16 PM PST by rb22982
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By next week the NYT will be in full "WHAT DID TRUMP KNOW AND WHEN DID TRUMP KNOW IT?" mode.

Sorry NYT, no coup for you!

9 posted on 02/14/2017 7:24:34 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: VanShuyten

Now I find this one particularly interesting. We’ll see where this stands a couple of weeks from now.


10 posted on 02/14/2017 7:25:00 PM PST by Paradox ("Donald Trump", the biggest Strawman ever created.)
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To: madison10

Yes, further down (of course) in the article it says that investigators have as yet found no evidence of any cooperation for the campaign between the Trump campaign and the Russians. A non-story, at least at this point.


11 posted on 02/14/2017 7:25:15 PM PST by laconic
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To: VanShuyten

Stop these leaks.

Arrest the leakers.

Stop publishing the leaks.


12 posted on 02/14/2017 7:25:22 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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“who is leaking this stuff”

Probably Obama admin officials who already left and took classified information with them.

They think they can create turmoil leaking this stuff but chaos and confusion only help Trump.


13 posted on 02/14/2017 7:25:59 PM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: bob_esb

Now we all know the purpose of those NSA phone collection centers. They are a political armory of weaponized data collection.


14 posted on 02/14/2017 7:27:34 PM PST by blackdog
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To: bob_esb

This is going down like a pack of pit bulls after a rat terrier. The outcome isn’t going to be pretty. The sooner Trump unleashes his rottweilers (like Sessions, Giuliani, Cruz, & etc.) on their asses the better.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3524765/posts


15 posted on 02/14/2017 7:27:56 PM PST by amorphous
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To: VanShuyten

If we get together w/ Putin and get rid of ISIS, McCain, Graham and all the old guard that have a perpetual interest in wars in the middle east are toast. Go over to The CTH and the article about the Reform Agents vs. the Authentic Supporters within Islam, I suspected McCain was involved in all this, I am pretty convinced now he is.


16 posted on 02/14/2017 7:28:19 PM PST by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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To: madison10

Here’s the problem. They can make up anything they want, and it will be believed by many. The foundation has been laid.

At a bare minimum, the next shoe to drop will be Flynn had been in contact with the Russians long before the election.

Even if Trump avoids impeachment, the GOPe will own him.

The coup is clearly underway IMO.


17 posted on 02/14/2017 7:28:28 PM PST by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz)
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To: bob_esb

Gen. Flynn would be a good resource for ferreting out the rogue Obama intelligence operatives. Is he allowed to help?


18 posted on 02/14/2017 7:29:04 PM PST by map
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To: VanShuyten
Blah, Blah, Blah.

So did Oloser. His team met with the Russians and worse. Much worse. i.e. M Brotherhood. Fast and Furious. and on and on and on.

WE DO NOT CARE.

Meanwhile, Trump continues to initiate The Peoples agenda day in and day out.

These leaks and anonymous sources are about to get played.

None of these stories hurt Trump. This losers are so antiquated with their threats against Trump.

Trump supporters are fine that Flynn resigned. WE DO NOT CARE. Flynn was never our first pick to begin with. NEXT.

Trump can hire and fire whoever he needs to. Not many can keep up with Trump's standards and work ethic.

Again, WE DO NOT CARE. Trump can fire whoever he needs to and the hire the next person.

19 posted on 02/14/2017 7:31:19 PM PST by Pic7
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Because these leaks are illegal, the Trump administration should call each of these claims non-sense, and not respond to them.

If the transcripts of the contacts are released, the admin should de-legitimize the sources and refute deny the accuracy. Right now, our intel community has declared war on the Trump admin.

Purge our intel communities now. The swamp is not going down without a fight.


20 posted on 02/14/2017 7:31:49 PM PST by juggernaut
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