Trumby found out that Russia was offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.....

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Associated Press confirms the story:


In early 2020, members of the elite Naval Special Warfare Development Group, known to the public as SEAL Team Six, raided a Taliban outpost and recovered roughly $500,000. The recovered funds further solidified the suspicions of the American intelligence community that the Russians had offered money to Taliban militants and linked associations.

One official said the administration discussed several potential responses, but the White House has yet to authorize any step.

The intelligence officials told the AP that Trump was briefed on the bounty matter earlier this year; Trump denied that, tweeting Sunday neither he nor Vice President Mike Pence had been briefed. Trump tweeted Sunday night he was just told intelligence officials didn’t report the information to him because they didn’t find it credible.


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You really think Taliban wasn't trying to snipe US soldiers until a Russian agent flipped him some cash?

If you do, then derangement is already set in.

exactly.....and now there’s evidence of it and there’s evidence that Trumby was briefed on it and he didn’t act to stop it. In fact, he lobbied on behalf of the Russian government to get them into the g8.
 

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exactly.....and now there’s evidence of it and there’s evidence that Trumby was briefed on it and he didn’t act to stop it. In fact, he lobbied on behalf of the Russian government to get them into the g8.
As far as we know so far, Trump was NOT briefed on it directly. Or, if it was in a written brief, not pointed out by any staff as an credible issue. We'll see what is mentioned today, and if or any new action will need to be taken. But I have a feeling this is another nothing-burger with cheese.

Keep trying. The desperation looks great for you guys.
 

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As far as we know so far, Trump was NOT briefed on it directly. Or, if it was in a written brief, not pointed out by any staff as an credible issue. We'll see what is mentioned today, and if or any new action will need to be taken. But I have a feeling this is another nothing-burger with cheese.

Keep trying. The desperation looks great for you guys.
So Trump not reading his National Security briefs is ok with you?
 

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Sounds like there wasn't enough intel consensus on the report, if valid, to include in a daily briefing.

We'll need to hear from those not in consensus to answer why, and if this report by NYT and others holds any water as it is.

Want some fries with that?
 
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The president wasnt briefed when a $500,000 stash of US currency was found in a taliban stronghold, AFTER the suppo peace agreement between the US and Taliban. Yeah, ok.
 

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This thread could have legs. It feels like when they swore up and down there were only two people at the Trump Tower meeting and they were talking about adoptions.

For comparison, so far we have the entire known world on one side, McInaney and Dumpf on the other, and it was such a perfect bounty they only needed to brief a few Congressional Republicans on it.
 

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You really think Taliban wasn't trying to snipe US soldiers until a Russian agent flipped him some cash?

If you do, then derangement is already set in.
How the hell are you so dumb? That the Taliban will try to snipe off troops is a given. The issue is that Putin was paying them to do so and Trump won’t do anything about it.
 
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How the hell are you so dumb? That the Taliban will try to snipe off troops is a given. The issue is that Putin was paying them to do so and Trump won’t do anything about it.

and that Trumby lobbied on behalf of the Russian government.

and that Trumby has been doing all of Putin's heavy lifting for the last 3.5 years.
 
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and that Trumby lobbied on behalf of the Russian government.

and that Trumby has been doing all of Putin's heavy lifting for the last 3.5 years.
OK, I may have missed the things Trump has done to advance Putin and/or Russia's strategic interests since he's been in office, can you list them?
 

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-lobbing for Russia to get into G8
-chipping away at the foundations of NATO in an attempt to divide and weaken the alliance
-ditto for the EU
-de facto cancellation of sanctions against Russia and warming diplomatic relations despite the hot war against Ukraine and annexing Crimea
-weakening American leadership and projecting weakness in the face of Russian aggression
-destabilize the US
-information warfare against media outlets
-legitimizing a dictator who has a history of brutality, murderous tactics, and poisoning people on foreign soil.

these are just the ones I can think of without googling.
 
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Choosing to take Putin's word rather than the CIA or the FBI.
yes that too.

 

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yes that too.

That cnn article is disgusting. Rubes, this is your “leader”