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Offline Free Vulcan

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On December 29, 2016, the Obama Administration – with three weeks remaining in its term – issued harsh sanctions against Russia over supposed election interference.  Two compounds in the United States were closed and 35 Russian diplomats were ordered to leave the country. 

Russia responded by calling the actions “Cold War déjà vu.”

In the two years that have elapsed since, it has been learned that the “intelligence” that formed the basis for the sanctions was beyond dubious.   

A single unverified “dossier” compiled by an ex-British spy with no discernable connections to Russia was shopped to FISA judges and the media as something real.

Read more at: https://townhall.com/columnists/thomasjfarnan/2018/05/20/how-the-fbi-and-cia-restarted-the-cold-war-to-protect-themselves-n2482457
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Re: How the FBI and CIA Restarted the Cold War to Protect Themselves
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2018, 11:13:39 am »

And now it seems that 17 agencies who cooperated with the Intelligence
will have to be discarded.

Of course, shooting them would be more appropriate. Perhaps by
firing squad.

In a failed coup, if you don't kill the king, you are dead.

:)
« Last Edit: May 21, 2018, 11:14:31 am by Slide Rule »
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