[going hot]

Sorry..he was a private citizen....and he wanted to use russian equipment to avoid US intelligence..and lied on a security form

If I were in his shoes, knowing what zero was doing before and after the election,with his willing accomplices in the intelligence orgs, I would certainly not use available US comm lines, knowing they were tapped.

[RummyChick]

Use a cutout...not a hostile foreign power SCIF...that was the really bone headed part of this planned caper.