Posted on 06/28/2020 6:21:56 PM PDT by bitt
Members of the American intelligence community have concluded that members of the Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants if they successfully killed members of the American military, the New York Times reported. The problem, however, is that almost everyone involved in this story says it isn't true. The White House, Russia and even the Taliban have said the Times' story is false.
According to the anonymous source that spoke to the Times, the Russians intending "to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year."
The source claimed that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were briefed on the situation and the National Security Council discussed it back in March.
Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the country had no diplomatic complaints on record.
“If someone makes them, we’ll respond,” Peskov told the Times.
In the Times' piece, the Taliban's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the terrorist organization had no "such relations with any intelligence agency." He labeled the accusation as an attempt to "defame" the group.
“These kinds of deals with the Russian intelligence agency are baseless — our target killings and assassinations were ongoing in years before, and we did it on our own resources,” Mujahid explained. “That changed after our deal with the Americans, and their lives are secure and we don’t attack them.”
The most telling part of the article included absolutely zero details:
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Truth does not matter. The story is out and they believe it because they WANT to believe it....just like Russian Collusion.
No amount of evidence, investigations or facts can prove you innocent once the left has declared you guilty!!!
Not to worry, as this 'blunder' will be quickly forgotten when the NEXT Russia-whatever story comes out.
So, is Twitter going to put warnings on the Lincoln Project posts about this?
Isn't this where the NYT lives... in the land of make-believe?
I don’t know of one person who actually believed this story.
That rag has zero credibility.
I don’t know of one person who actually believed this story.
They really think people are going to believe this. Funny how this latest “Crisis” was hatched when both cv19 and hate-America-blm are winding down.
It’s going to be a series of “crises” until the election. It’s fun to speculate on what the next one will be. They are all phony and concocted to bring down Trump.
Ha haaaaaa!!! Sounds like something The Babylon Bee would write.
"Reporters", you magnificent bass turds!, you got took again.
Joementia Biden thinks the story is true and criticized POTUS Trump for not knowing about it and said so at his Press Briefing today.
I’m not sure of he was asked if he was upset that the Southern Democrats lost the Civil War though.
Time to start the Non-Rumor that New York Times is a propaganda arm and affiliated with PRAVDA.
Blunder? This was no blunder it was a targeted drive by which succeeded and there will be no retraction. It was a pile on moment in the wake of all the mob behavior and looting that occurred. Amazing they ran with this story with how thin it was. But it did its job. It was meant to harm the President and it did
What do you think it is about Liz Cheney and her hate of Trump?
I’m probably one of the few on FR that can not stand GWB, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and others like Bolton that failed us on 9-11 and then lied to get us into Iraq War because of that failure. It took me years and until DJ Trump before got back into supporting the GOP and Party I supported my entire life.
Because Trump destroyed their Dream World.
Yeah they like it where they run the show instead of having the public interfering. Tucker too is starting to represent a second front in having their Dream World ruffled. That is why many of us like him. He needs to watch himself.
and this new wave of terrorism carried out by the Biotech Industry's virus protection extortion racket coupled with the Community organizing fundamental tranformation BLM/ANTIFA IS DESTROYING our AMERICAN DREAM world
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