Politics C.I.A. Had Evidence of Russian Effort to Help Trump Earlier Than Believed

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. told senior lawmakers in classified briefings last summer that it had information indicating that Russia was working to help elect Donald J. Trump president, a finding that did not emerge publicly until after Mr. Trump’s victory months later, former government officials say.

    The briefings indicate that intelligence officials had evidence of Russia’s intentions to help Mr. Trump much earlier in the presidential campaign than previously thought. The briefings also reveal a critical split last summer between the C.I.A. and counterparts at the F.B.I., where a number of senior officials continued to believe through last fall that Russia’s cyberattacks were aimed primarily at disrupting America’s political system, and not at getting Mr. Trump elected, according to interviews.

    The former officials said that in late August — 10 weeks before the election — John O. Brennan, then the C.I.A. director, was so concerned about increasing evidence of Russia’s election meddling that he began a series of urgent, individual briefings for eight top members of Congress, some of them on secure phone lines while they were on their summer break.

    It is unclear what new intelligence might have prompted the classified briefings. But with concerns growing both internally and publicly at the time about a significant Russian breach of the Democratic National Committee, the C.I.A. began seeing signs of possible connections to the Trump campaign, the officials said. By the campaign’s final weeks, Congress and the intelligence agencies were racing to understand the scope of the Russia threat.

    Read the rest here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/us/trump-russia-cia-john-brennan.html
     
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    ayo, trump just bombed Syria, so this Russia shit doesn't hold mustard fam.
     
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    What better way to kill an investigation....Trump nor Putin could give a shit about dead Syrians but if they rattle some sabres....folks will forget about them.....Trump doesn't have a clue..it's Putin that is the manipulator....Trump criticized the former administration for angering Russia and Iran by going after Syria....then he bombs Syria....probably just to impress China.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    tl;dr
     
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    cuckasian!
     
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    Duh.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Your conspiracy theory doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

    Trump would have bombed all over Syria, going after every military target possible (all their airfields, all their military bases, etc.). Instead he OK'd a limited strike against just the base where the chemical weapons attack originated.
     
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    After warning Russia first, so that they weren't in any danger.

    barfo
     
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    If you are bombing facilities, best to let all the people get outta there to minimize death count fam.
     
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    I don't sit around giving it a lot of thought, but my gut responds only considering the source....some of this I saw coming....you might not agree with my view on Trump, Russia and the world in general but go ahead and scrutinize my posts....posts on a political forum are not quite what I'd call conspiracy theories...those require research...I wake up, have a cup of coffee...read the newspaper and log on here with simply opinions.....when it comes to Trump, I've got an idea of who he actually is the longer he's in office...when he impresses me with leadership and solves a problem I'll get back to you
     
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    Wait, didn't trump warn Russia they were gonna drop hot fire ahead of time?

    Cuz, that's like cahoots bro. We are in them.

    I mean, obviously.

    And Russia and Syria are in cahoots, so you know they got word too. Like duh.

    This whole thing is a ruse or something, we warn them we are going to bomb their airfield? Why the fuck would we do that?

    Seriously, why the fuck would we do that?
     
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    ITS SO CONFUSING ITS BEST TO JUST IGNORE IT ALL.

    KINDA LIKE HOW BANNON IS CONTROLLING TRUMP BUT NOW HE ISN'T.
     
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    umm, and the damage.
     
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    I think bannon was probably against this nonsense and got forced out.
     
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    TRUMP WAS BANNON'S PUPPET DIDN'T HOLD THE TEST OF TIME
     
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    SURGICAL PRECISION BRO
     
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    REALLY??

    He called his fucking boy to tell him!
     
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    He did what his generals wanted to do
     
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    Cognitive dissonance at it's finest.
     
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    Apparently you believe Trump and his cabinet do though....I'll refrain from scrutinizing that ....somebody is cheering for him, I'm heckling to throw the bum out..
     
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