DECEMBER 14, 2016 Wed : (SOS KERRY TRIES TO DETERMINE WHEN MAJOR DIPLOMATIC MEETING TRYING TO BROKER SOLUTION TO SYRIAN WAR IS TO TAKE PLACE -BECAUSE HE WASN’T INVITED AND THE US WAS EXCLUDED) —— John Kerry, tireless in his diplomatic efforts, often came up empty-handed, The Los Angeles Times ^ | 12/27/2016 | Tracy Wilkinson
John F. Kerry was late to his own party. Staffers, journalists and other officials were gathered in the ornate Benjamin Franklin salon at the State Department on Dec. 14 for early Christmas festivities. But the secretary of State was nowhere to be seen.
Kerry was on the telephone to various world leaders, trying to find out about a major diplomatic meeting from which the [US] had been excluded. The gathering, which sought to broker a resolution to the devastating Syrian conflict, took place six days later in Moscow and involved the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey.
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DECEMBER 18, 2016 : (UK RESIGNATIONS OF FORMER MI6 CHIEF RICHARD DEARLOVE, FRMER WHITE HOUSE POLICY ADVISOR STEFAN HALPER, HISTORIAN PETER MARTLAND —— See WAR ON TRUMP, RUSSIAGATE)
18 Dec 2016: UK Telegraph: I was a Russian spy. So what? Former double agent says Britain does work with Kremlin amid Cambridge concerns, By Lydia Willgress
The whispers of espionage and double bluffs have reportedly been enough to make three experts resign from their positions as conveners of the academic forum - with many more arguing over the alleged links.
But the public and academics need to move away from the old John le Carré days because in certain areas British and Russian intelligence services collaborate, a Cambridge academic and former double agent has now claimed...
His comments came after Sir Richard Dearlove, the former MI6 chief, Stefan Halper, a former policy adviser at the White House, and leading espionage historian Peter Martland all allegedly resigned from their positions amid concerns about Kremlin-backed funding...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/18/russian-spy-former-double-agent-says-britain-does-works-kremlin/
DECEMBER 19, 2016 MON : (ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEETS, VOTES TRUMP PRESIDENT ) Electoral College votes - for Trump