This is one of those times where the story is so far out of the bounds of any reality that you have to wonder why anyone would actually believe it. Let's look at what we have:
- No source for the story willing to go on record
- No actual documentation or information for the story
- No actual details for the story
- Not a single confirmation from anyone associated with the story
- Not even a single shred of factual evidence that the story is true
More to the point, this is silly conspiracy theory that would hook up multiple governments and organizations and everyone associated with every one of them has openly offered outright denials. Nobody from the US Government has offered anything but a denial. Nobody from the Taliban. Nobody from the British Government. Nobody from the Afghan Government. Nobody from the Russian Government.
There once was a time that a news story required something other than the word of a reporter that something was true. It required evidence of some sort. Someone on record confirming it. Some documentation. Or at the very least, you would have had enough known information that fit into reality to the point where it could be confirmed with simple logic.
But alas... all you need today to be a reporter at the NY Times or WaPo is a hatred of Donald Trump and a vivid imagination. Then the liberal rag will be happy provide you with a national forum!
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This is why Trump will win again. M9st gop and many Indy voters have had enough of the liberal media's propaganda. They've become an arm of the dem party. No one listens to them anymore.
What I saw was a report from CNN with a supposed source into an anonymous foreign intelligence official they were quoting and had spoken to directly.
The same outfits that spent 3 years feeding daily reports to the public about Russia/Trump collusion. All stories now proven false. Roger posted this shit here regularly. His walls were closing in constantly...
Now this sure is beneficial to China. makes you wonder. Especially as it now has been revealed that no fewer than 4 ex-CNN personnel have left to take high level positions in the CNN propaganda media. And Trump has moved to restrict Chinese media outlets as "propaganda"
And now this...hmmmm
They Worked at CNN for Years; Now They Make Propaganda for China
What does the “C” in CNN really stand for?
A report by online site The National Pulse found that several former employees of the Cable News Network have curiously moved on to the same foreign-owned news outlet: China Global Television Network (CGTN).
CGTN is based out of Beijing and is funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The network largely functions as an attack platform that targets the Chinese state’s adversaries, in particular the United States and President Donald Trump.
Turn on CGTN and you’re apt to see forced confessions from communist dissenters and biased coverage of the Hong Kong protesters.
The outlet’s clear alignment with the CCP resulted in its obligatory registration with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in 2019.
And ex-CNN journalists are helping make it all possible.
One of these former employees is Sean Callebs, a 20-year CNN correspondent (from 1989 to 2009) currently working as a national correspondent for CGTN.
During his time with the Chinese propaganda outlet, Callebs has championed the Russia collusion narrative. He has also praised the CCP’s environmental policies, even though the East Asian country is a top polluter with the world’s biggest share of greenhouse gas emissions.
continues: https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/36163-they-worked-at-cnn-for-years-now-they-make-propaganda-for-china
Fake News
"Roger AmickJune 28, 2020 at 12:17 PM
New York reported only 6 deaths from the virus yesterday.
Governor Cuomo is a successful governor."
CHT fact check, actual number 31 .
and has this ever happened before???
CNN Crashes And Burns With ‘Exclusive’ Report On Russia Arming The Taliban
JARED KELLER JUL 27, 2017 10:40 AM EDT
https://taskandpurpose.com/gear-tech/cnn-russia-taliban-weapons
And obviously CNN and the MSM are all-in on FAKE NEWS now.
History is repeating
Heather Champion
@winningatmylife
If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the New York Times must explain their source. Deep in the article it literally says,
"Western intelligence officials say the unit, which has operated for more than a decade.."
That’s Obama, at minimum.
Kira “Pinochet’s Protege” Ravenwood ππ€Έπ½♂️ππ
@KiraRavenwood
And what if the reporting is FALSE, Liz? π€
What should be the consequences for the YELLOW JOURNALISTS trying to strain relations w/ the world’s 2nd biggest nuclear power??
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yellow journalists...hmmmm (reply to Liz Cheney)
The New York Times, and Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, both reported that "the National Security Council discussed the intelligence finding in late March and came up with a range of responses, none of which has been deployed."
The Wall Street Journal is not a leftist organization.
WSJ confirmed the russian story while trump denies being briefed but does not deny the intel .....!!!!!!
Cernovich
@Cernovich
Two anonymous sources give a story to NYT, which was responsible for Russia collusion hoax and WMDs in Iraq.
Those same sources give the story to other outlets.
That's *all* that confirmation means.
No one obtained new information.
They just repeated same hoax given to NYT
probably explains why CNN is reporting..
Cernovich
@Cernovich
Per Trump Admin source: Leaks to NYT are coming from a DOD official, who is leaking a limited amount of classified information out of context, in order to undermine Trump’s policy to exit Afghanistan.
Question now is what they plan to do about it.
another angle
BettleJuice Biden.
If you're are in a burning building with a gun, don't yet "fire"ππ€£
"I support the Second Amendment," Biden said in the clip. But "the Second Amendment — just like right now, if you yell 'fire,' that's not free speech."
WHO OR WHAT IS A CERNOVICH?????? Just another twitter asshole with an agenda......BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! And fucking coward again is trolled.....BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
The goat fucking basement bottom dweller again proves his mind is gone....!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAA!!!! Eat them cheetos boy!!!!!!!
*** BREAKING NEWS !!! ***
lo iq "anonymous" has won the lowest iq on the planet for the umpteenth consecutive year.
He will continue to proudly bleat as he has since becoming champion of all idiots!!!
Its all he is good at !!!
Might be as smart as an average goat.
Well maybe not.
ROFLMFAO at the loser !!!
BLM Democrat Thugs Damage Jimi Hendrix Statue.
Why, because of this US Army 101st Airborne Division service.
The actual Director of National Intelligence, who was supposedly the person who briefed the President and Vice President completely denies that there was any sort of legitimate intelligence regarding this, much less the sort of intelligence that would have been brought to the President.
The lie isn't whether or not in the tens of thousands of raw intelligence reports passes by the community might have included something like what was being mentioned. The lie is that it is being reported as if it is true and that he President and Vice President both were briefed on it.
Everyone having to do with this has denied that any such deal exists exists between the Russians and the Taliban. Any concept that this information came from tortured Afghani people has been denied. The British has denied having anything to do with anything being report.
What it sounds like (from all accounts) is someone saw something that was completely unverified and reported it as not only real, but real enough that it was being taken seriously by everyone (but not serious enough to do anything about). They went from an unverified rumor to writing a Front page story about how it was not only real, but something that the President and Vice President knew about and didn't do anything to stop it.
Ridiculous.
Catherine Herridge
@CBS_Herridge
DEVELOPING: A senior intel official tells @CBSNews the GRU/Taliban bounty allegations were not contained in the President's Daily Brief (PDB) which is the highly classified, daily summary of national security issues delivered to the President, key cabinet secretaries + advisers..
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The official confirmed the NSC has been doing “due diligence,” and going back through their files since the story broke Friday, and they have not found the “intelligence assessment” described in media reporting. The official said the review is ongoing, but given current...
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talks with the Taliban, intel about a GRU operation involving the Taliban, targeting US forces would have risen to the level of inclusion in the PDB.
@CBSNews
Cali crushed Alky.
Caliphate4vrJune 28, 2020 at 1:21 PM
Jealous that they are able to move on their own and not locked up in a room at an assisted living facility?"
June 28, 2020 at 3:32 PM
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Cali crushed Alky.
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Sure basement bottom dweller goat fucking idiot!!!!! The mouth of the south needs to keep his yap shut as more and more shit keeps flying in!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL
Blogger C.H. Truth said...
The actual Director of National Intelligence
BWAAAAAAA!!!! I am sure in your simple mind you believe him....just like you believe trump is doing a great job!!!!!
Why, because of this US Army 101st Airborne Division service.
NOW THAT IS KNEE SLAPPING HYSTERICAL GOAT FUCKER!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
HEY goat fucking asshole.....your jimi story is BULLSHIT FROM FACEBOOK..... It was spray painted in 2013 by some idiots....the rest is total crap just like your pathetic life!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/06/fact-check-jimi-hendrix-statue-in-seattle-was-not-recently-vandalized.html
Rich Higgins
@RichHiggins_DC
This whole “story” by the NY slimes wreaks of Chinese communist propaganda designed to create a geo-political wedge and to smear POTUS.
Rich Higgins speculating out his white ass just like the coward!!!!! BWAAAAAAAA!!!!! Once again coward trolled by a fake post!!!!
Scott Adams
@ScottAdamsSays
Is it my imagination or is Great Britain running a Russia/bullshit intelligence operation against Trump for the second time?
Scott Adams the cartoonist??????? BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH, HE'S AS CREDIBLE AS YOU!!!!!
I busted fatty again
Among people <70 years old, infection fatality rates ranged from 0.00% to 0.26% with median of 0.05% (corrected, 0.00-0.23% with median of 0.04%).
Comorbidities
Table 4 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 7% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.5 additional conditions or causes per death. The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all deaths and by age groups.
The old, morbidly obese, diabetic, needs to shelter under his bed
My CNN video I referred to earlier on Russians paying Taliban to kill US soldiers. This may just be circular reporting but CNN was taking credit earlier
#BREAKING: A European intelligence official tells CNN that Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU had recently offered Taliban militants in Afghanistan money as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there.
2 min VIDEO: https://twitter.com/Deejays34Goff/status/1277039494458486786
Does anyone here care what the fuck fatty e.g. lo iq or "anonymous" thinks about anything?
What a loser of a dumb fuck with zero to contribute
even his bleat is old.
Give fatty, Rog, and the “pastor” a break, they’re old in declining health and susceptible to Covid.
This is their life, trolling here
LMAO
Who do you choose to believe?
National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe denied that the president had been briefed on the issue on Saturday, though he didn’t dispute the veracity of the Russian bounty plot. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany also issued a statement Saturday saying Trump did not receive a briefing but that “does not speak to the merit of the alleged intelligence.”
Trump followed suit on Sunday morning, tweeting that nobody briefed him, Vice President Mike Pence or Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about the scheme. The Russian embassy and the Taliban have also denied the Times report.
Not the TDS infected NY Slimes
December 2019: Coronavirus known to US intelligence and epidemiologists
January 2020: Trump informed of scope of approaching virus
February 2020: Trump downplays virus, “nothing to worry about”
March 2020: coronavirus spreads
April 2020: coronavirus spreads
May 2020: coronavirus spreads
June 2020: coronavirus begins to grow exponentially
June 28, 2020: Vice-President Pence, for the first time in a half year, for either him or Trump, calls for face masks to be worn.
Pence said for the first time the word mask in public.
He said that people should follow social distances and face masks.
Trump may have to wonder why he said that.
He also called for more testing, contrary to the President who has been for lowering testing for the virus.
They are destroying our heritage!
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators were working Sunday to change the state flag by removing a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as racist.
The House passed a bill 91-23 with broad bipartisan support, sending it to the Senate for more debate.
“How sweet it is to celebrate this on the Lord's day,” said Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn, who has pushed for five years to change the flag. “Many prayed to Him to bring us to this day. He has answered.”
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, and the state flag would lose its official status as soon as he signs the measure. A commission would design a new flag that cannot include the Confederate symbol and that must have the words “In God We Trust.”
Under the legislation, the new design — without the Confederate symbol — would be put on the ballot Nov. 3, but it would be the only choice. If a majority accept the new design, it would become the state flag. If a majority reject it, the commission would design a new flag using the same guidelines.
The flag's supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in the tradition-bound state.
As protests against racial injustice recently spread across the U.S., including Mississippi, leaders from business, religion, education and sports have spoken forcefully against the state flag. They have urged legislators to ditch the 126-year-old banner for one that better reflects the diversity of a state with a 38% Black population.
The state House and Senate met Saturday and took a big step: By two-thirds margins, they suspended legislative deadlines so a flag bill could be filed. Spectators cheered as each chamber voted, and legislators seeking the change embraced each other.
Democratic Sen. David Jordan, who is African American, has pushed for decades to change the flag. He smiled broadly after Saturday's vote and said, “This is such a metamorphosis."
Mississippi has the last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem — a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. The flag has been divisive for generations. All of the state's public universities have stopped flying it, as have a growing number of cities and counties.
I wonder if this will get a Twitter tirade from the President of Russia..oh I mean the President of the United States.
Lol@Alky
"Roger AmickJune 28, 2020 at 5:03 PM
"Who do you choose to believe?"
not the so called so called intell agencies that attempt to over turn my vote.
Being a better person the Dopie, Jane And broken Alky I will agree with Cali.
"Caliphate4vrJune 28, 2020 at 4:49 PM
Give fatty, Rog, and the “pastor” a break, they’re old in declining health and susceptible to Covid.
This is their life, trolling here
LMAO"
May 3rd Pence said he should have worn a mask.
Roger proven to be full of shit yet again.
To the mayo clinic
Roger, why do we need to fact check your B.S. ?
Again, and again and .....
"Two Paterson, New Jersey councilmen and two men linked to a councilmen’s campaign have been charged with election fraud, mail-in voting fraud, and illegal possession of mail-in ballots.
Late last week, New Jersey’s Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced election fraud charges against Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson (D), Councilman-elect Alex Mendez (D), Shelim Khalique, and Abu Razyen."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-bounties-to-taliban-linked-militants-resulted-in-deaths-of-us-troops-according-to-intelligence-assessments/2020/06/28/74ffaec2-b96a-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months.
Several people familiar with the matter said it was unclear exactly how many Americans or coalition troops from other countries may have been killed or targeted under the program. U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered a total of 10 deaths from hostile gunfire or improvised bombs in 2018, and 16 in 2019. Two have been killed this year. In each of those years, several service members were also killed by what are known as “green on blue” hostile incidents by members of Afghan security forces, which are sometimes believed to have been infiltrated by the Taliban.
The intelligence was passed up from the U.S. Special Operations forces based in Afghanistan and led to a restricted high-level White House meeting in late March, the people said.
The meeting led to broader discussions about possible responses to the Russian action, ranging from diplomatic expressions of disapproval and warnings, to sanctions, according to two of the people. These people and others who discussed the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity because of its sensitivity.
Trump on Sunday confirmed statements by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and the White House press secretary that he received no briefing on the subject, and he referred in tweets to “so-called reports” by “Fake News.”
“Nobody briefed or told me, [Vice President] Pence or Chief of Staff [Mark Meadows] about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an ‘anonymous source’ by the Fake News . . . Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us,” Trump said on Twitter, insisting that “nobody’s been tougher on Russia than the Trump administration.”
But his Twitter remarks did little to clarify whether the administration was denying that the assessment existed, or simply denying that Trump knew anything about it. Richard Grenell, who served as acting director of national intelligence until last month, tweeted that “I never heard this. And it’s disgusting how you continue to politicize intelligence.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday joined other lawmakers — including leading Republicans — in expressing concern and calling for the administration to provide Congress with an explanation.
“This is as bad as it gets, and yet the president will not confront the Russians on this score, denies being briefed,” Pelosi said on ABC News’s “This Week.”
“But he wants to ignore,” she said, “he wants to bring them back to the G-8 despite the annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine, despite what they yielded to [Putin] in Syria, despite [Russian President Vladimir Putin’s] intervention into our election, which is well documented by our intelligence community and despite now possibly this allegation, which we should have been briefed on.”
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), a Trump ally who golfed with the president Sunday, earlier tweeted that “I expect the Trump Administration to take such allegations seriously and inform Congress immediately as to the reliability of these news reports.”
In a second tweet, Graham said it was “Imperative Congress get to the bottom” of the Russian offer “to pay the Taliban to kill American soldiers with the goal of pushing America out of the region.”
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the third-highest-ranking member of the House GOP leadership, also took to Twitter on Sunday to say that if the report of Russian bounties “is true, the White House must explain” why the president wasn’t briefed, who did know and when, and “what has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin responsible.”
The cracks are not going away
“Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) tweeted on Sunday morning that the Trump administration must provide answers about media reports that U.S. intelligence found that a Russian military spy unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Why it matters: Cheney, the chair of the House Republican Conference, is the highest-ranking GOP figure in Congress to question the White House on the explosive reports of Russian bounties, which — if true — would mark a major escalation in U.S.-Russian relations.
What she's saying: "If reporting about Russian bounties on US forces is true, the White House must explain: 1. Why weren’t the president or vice president briefed? Was the info in the PDB? 2. Who did know and when? 3. What has been done in response to protect our forces & hold Putin accountable?" Cheney tweeted.”
The daughter of the former vice President Cheney. A staunch conservative Republican.
We see the cracks posting here regularly so we didn't expect them to go away
So Roger is done thinking Trump and Putin are best buddies. Well that took long enough.
Our country has had a parade of major issues over the last three months. And yet, even very friendly reporters have been unable to ask how Biden any questions about any of it. He has refused to take any questions. He reads a scripted message and retreats back to his hideaway basement. This is who dems want to be president??
He has refused to take any questions
BULLSHIT!!!!!! You just don't like the fact that trump does not need any help to campaign against himself!!!! If the bounty turns out to be correct.....there is no saving the GOP!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Nothing surprises me about trump anymore and the bounty story is not far fetched with his incompetent leadership!!!!!
Hey numb nutz....any will do.....do you believe trump did not notice the White Power rant on the tweet he forwarded????? I doubt any can be honest enough to truthfully answer!!!!
The Marxist Leftist Trolls are yelling, why so very, very angry, you're winning.
Most Major Den Governed cities are on fire, been looted, hate All Cops and proudly have the most deaths from the China Flu
So typical of the bottom dwelling basement living goat fucker making shit up while avoiding the simple question I posted because HE KNOWS HE IS STUCK UP TRUMPS STINKY FAT WHITE ASS AND CAN'T BREATHE!!!!!!! BTW....all virus fatalities can be attributed to 1 thing....lack of trump leadership!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!! It is obvious you approve of white power and trump using it to divide the country!!!!
I don't blame Ch for wanting to deflect from all this:
Chris Christie on ABC says:
“He is losing. The trend is obvious. The trend is moving toward Joe Biden, when Joe Biden hasn’t said a word.”
— Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), in an ABC News interview, on President Trump’s re-election chances.
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PLAYBOOK ASKS:
Is Anything Going Well for Trump Right Now?
“*He’s getting smoked by Joe Biden.
*The coronavirus is raging.
*Governors and local leaders are closing states and municipalities again.
*The president’s campaign is being forced to rethink rallies after an embarrassing fiasco in Oklahoma.
*Republicans moved their convention to Florida, which has seen a surge in coronavirus cases.
*Police reform fell flat in the Capitol.
*It turns out that Russia may have been paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers on Trump’s watch.
*Republican control of the Senate is up for grabs.
*The GOP has but a sliver of a prayer of recapturing the House.
*The economy is still on life support.
*The United States’ relationship with China is in the toilet after the spread of Covid-19.
*Republicans have no earthly idea what they will do if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare — despite having pledged to replace the health care law for a decade."
POLITICO SAYS:
Sun Belt Time Bomb Threatens Trump’s Re-Election
“The explosion of Covid-19 cases in Sun Belt states is becoming another albatross for President Donald Trump’s reelection hopes — and creating a new opening for Joe Biden and Democrats in November.
“Republican governors in Florida, Arizona and Texas followed Trump’s lead by quickly reopening their states while taking a lax approach to social distancing and mask-wearing. Now each of them is seeing skyrocketing coronavirus caseloads and rising hospitalizations, and Republican leaders are in retreat.
“It’s hard to overstate the gravity of the situation for Trump: Lose any one of the three states, and his reelection is all but doomed. Liberal outside groups and the Biden campaign have launched digital and TV ads in Florida, Arizona and Texas hitting Trump for allowing a second wave of coronavirus. The developments have buttressed Biden’s main argument against Trump: that he’s incapable of bringing stability or healing in a time of crisis.”
THE WASHINGTON POST CONFIRMS NYT ON THE STORY OF RUSSIAN BOUNTIES ON U.S. TROOPS
The Washington Post confirms last week’s blockbuster from the New York Times:
“Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members.
“The intelligence was passed up from the U.S. Special Operations forces based in Afghanistan and led to a restricted high-level White House meeting in late March.”
GEE, I GUESS THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE MISSED THAT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING. OR PERHAPS HE CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE SAYS:
Houston Hospitals Hit Capacity
“Texas Medical Center hospitals have stopped reporting key metrics showing the stress rising numbers of COVID-19 patients are placing on their facilities, undermining data that policy makers and the public have relied upon during the pandemic to gauge the spread of the coronavirus
“The change came one day after the hospitals reported their base intensive care capacity had hit 100 percent for the first time during the pandemic, with projections showing the institutions — which together comprise the world’s largest medical complex — were on pace to exceed their ‘unsustainable surge capacity’ by July 6.”
Dems have a huge problem. Joe Biden does well so long as no one sees him and he doesn't say anything. But they can't hide him forever. He will have to debate Trump. Hell, ever Sarah Palin out debated him, and he was 12 years you get. He'll be completely list in those presidential debates.
FOX BUSINESS ACTUALLY SAYS THAT
Some GOP Operatives Think Trump Could Drop Out
June 28, 2020
GOP operatives are for the first time raising the possibility that Donald Trump could drop out of the race if his poll numbers don’t rebound, Fox Business reports.
One “major player” described Trump’s current psyche as “fragile.”
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THIS. BUT THE FACT THAT IT IS EVEN BEING SAID SHOWS HOW MESSED UP TRUMP'S HEAD IS THESE DAYS. BUT SEE BELOW, LAST POST.
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According to the New York Times:
Spies and Commandos Warned of Russian Bounties
June 28, 2020
“United States intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to pay bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan,” the New York Times reports.
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THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS:
Trump Campaign Scrambling to Revive Chances
“President Trump and his campaign team are grappling with how to resuscitate his imperiled reelection effort amid a wave of polling that shows him badly trailing Joe Biden and losing traction even among core constituencies.
“Some Trump advisers and allies are privately pushing for sweeping changes to the campaign, including the idea of a major staff shake-up and trying to convince the president to be more disciplined in his message and behavior.”
“But so far, the campaign has settled only on incremental changes — such as hiring and elevating a handful of operatives who worked on Trump’s upset victory in 2016 — and has yet to settle on a clear message for his reelection.”
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Bonus Quote of the Day
June 28, 2020 at 3:41 pm
“Today the President shared a video of people shouting ‘white power’ and said they were ‘great.’ Just like he did after Charlottesville. We’re in a battle for the soul of the nation — and the President has picked a side. But make no mistake: it’s a battle we will win.”
— Joe Biden, on Twitter.
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POLITICO SAID:
Trump Admits He’s Losing
June 28, 2020 at 11:34 am EDT
Politico: “The president has privately come to that grim realization in recent days… amid a mountain of bad polling and warnings from some of his staunchest allies that he’s on course to be a one-term president.”
Giuliani failed Trump.
He was supposed to sink Biden's candidacy with "Trumped-up" Ukrainian charges.
Mollie
@MZHemingway
At this point, at this late date, if you swallow whole New York Times claims based completely on alleged anonymous intel officials, there is something seriously wrong with your judgment.
same with the Chinese News Network and the Washingto POSt or Washington ComPost, take your pick.
Has any network apologized or gave corrections for 3 years of blatantly wrong Russia/Trump collusion reporting ?
Anonymous Myballs said...
Dems have a huge problem. Joe Biden does well so long as no one sees him and he doesn't say anything
BWAAAAAAA!!!! Trump is doing all the heavy lifting without help from anyone but his own words!!!!! Joe's strategy is sure working as trump continues to dig without help!!!! His White Power video will sure draw in the minority voters that no longer support the GOP and the ball less wonder!!!!! He can do what he wants for as long as trump keeps blowing shit out his ass!!!!!! Think that will change soon the the new russian bounty still festering and everyone but Liz Cheney remaining silent??????
Guess I need to add anything the lying POS "pastor" copies over from Goddard's political_lire in his daily/hourly continuous SPAM AVALANCHE !!!
WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE
and a piece of shit
FACT CHECK - TRUE
ROFLMFAO !!!
Your inability to refute what I said about Biden is duly noted.
No need to believe the times.....Congress will probably get to the bottom of the story rather quickly!!!! There is nothing that the times reported that is beyond what Putin did and trump couldn't be bothered due to his stupidity!!!!!!
Anonymous Myballs said...
Your inability to refute what
Refute what???? That you are a fucking idiot/?????? BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Several people familiar with the matter said it was unclear exactly how many Americans or coalition troops from other countries may have been killed or targeted under the program
[...]
The intelligence was passed up from the U.S. Special Operations forces based in Afghanistan and led to a restricted high-level White House meeting in late March, the people said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-bounties-to-taliban-linked-militants-resulted-in-deaths-of-us-troops-according-to-intelligence-assessments/2020/06/28/74ffaec2-b96a-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
people.
several people.
secret people.
several secret people.
anonymous people.
several anonymous people.
yet unclear how many people were killed by unknown people reported by several anonymous people who knew people who had knowledge of certain people reporting meetings with other people familiar with several people familiar with the matter.
LOL.
and these assclowns strut around waving the first amendment and demanding respect.
*** CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND ***
Paul Vallas
@Paulvallas
Another failure by City Hall this weekend with 14 killed and 52 shot. Included the horrific murders of a 1 yr old, 10 yr and 17 year old. What’s City Hall’s plan? More distractions? Implement witness protection program. Hire retired Detectives to help clear murder cases. NOW!
dems reaction? they want to defund the police
Dems can always change the name on a Chicago building. That'll fix those naughty murderers.
That'll fix those naughty murderers.
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Yep, you officially need help along with rat and his obsession that anonymous sources are fake......LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!! Instead idiots like you should be wanting to eliminate certain weapons from the publics arsenal ....Instead all you do is complain about the violence and will not do a fucking thing about it!!!!
Boomieleaks
@Boomieleaks
Karen Attiah, Opinion editor at Washington Post, has deleted her “calling for revenge” tweet about white women.
Matt
@MatthewGalanty
She's a first generation American. What is she looking for revenge for? What even her claim? Her parents came here, she was born in texas, and went on to be a wild success. how many ppl become editors at the top newspaper in America. That's not enough? She needs to kill ppl?
Washington ComPost or Washington POSt ?
And tech giant Bezos sure finished trashing that institution and has sure benefited Amazon with destroying small town stores and now the upsurge in business with the lockdowns
Dopey is right about one thing. I'm not gonna do anything about the high violence in Chicago. Maybe he thinks I can write a letter that'll fix everything.
We don't call him dopey for nothing.
BWAAAAAAAA!!!!! The only thing you will do you feckless asshole is vote R and protect gun rights instead of lives.....You really are a sick puppy!!!!! You are an enabler of the violence you dumb fuck and don't even know it!!!!!
Myballs said...
Dems have a huge problem. Joe Biden does well so long as no one sees him and he doesn't say anything. But they can't hide him forever. He will have to debate Trump. Hell, ever[sic] Sarah Palin out debated him, and he was 12 years you get[sic?]. He'll be completely list[sic] in those presidential debates.
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JAMES: LOL His mental "deterioration" doesn't seem to match yours.
Calm down, write well, and perhaps you can avoid all those "sics."
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I watched Biden give a long speech yesterday that was strong and strongly presidential.
It may be that that two of them will be "debating" from separate rooms, each looking into a camera, and not even before a live audience.
Trump will not be able to do his little staged manipulations.
Serious voters will expect the candidates to speak in well crafted paragraphs that make sense and have dignity.
Viewers will want truthfulness, sincerity, and decency to be evident.
Biden wins on all that.
The Marxist Leftist Trolls are yelling, why so very, very angry, you're winning.
Alky Spans ,then
Dopie trolls, then
Jane Spans.
*** CHICAGO MAYOR STEPS UP ***
Greg Price
@greg_price11
Perhaps people are opposed to prolonging covid lockdowns because elected officials don’t consistently enforce their own rules
side-by-side IMAGE: https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1277375676992180224
yep, she's planning on fining churches for holding services even with social distancing while allowing a huge "pride" rally... and the shootings ??? silence
According to a New Public Policy Polling Survey
Biden Leads Even In Georgia 49% to 45%.
_____________
DAVID FRUM SAYS:
This Is Trump’s Plague Now
“COVID-19 infections peaked on April 24, or so Americans assumed.
"State health authorities reported 36,738 new cases that day, a record.
"By mid-May, the United States had reduced that rate of infection by nearly half, to 17,618 on May 11.
"The accomplishment had come at a tremendous cost: the lockdown of much of the national economy, Great Depression levels of unemployment, the shift to online schooling for millions of children, families denied final visits to dying loved ones.
"Still, these sacrifices had delivered the desired result. Had that progress continued, the American people—and the American economy—could have likely foreseen a further decline in cases and perhaps a near end to the pandemic, even before a vaccine.
“But that’s not what happened.
"On June 24, the number of infections surpassed the April 24 peak.
On June 25, the number surpassed that of June 24.
On June 26, the country suffered almost 46,000 new infections—nearly 10,000 more in one day than on the worst day in April.
"All of the sacrifices of the past weeks have been thrown away.
“The first coronavirus spike in late April can be blamed on President Trump’s negligence.
"The second spike in June is his own doing.
"This is Trump’s plague now.”
Serious voters will expect the candidates to speak in well crafted paragraphs that make sense and have dignity.
and biden is in such a serious state of cognitive decline he needs to wear a bib to keep from drooling on his tie.
LOL.
James doesn't know about auto correct on our cell phones? If you're stooping to that level, you've already list the discussion.
james said:
I watched Biden give a long speech yesterday that was strong and strongly presidential.
I think you must have dreamed that. Couldn't find any news or reference to it, can you supply more information such as a link of it or how you "attended"?
He hasn't had a press conference for about 3 months. And everything he does always supplies a lot of laughing at him from those not memorized.
Why no news on a long, strong, presidential speech????
* mesmerized.
and biden is in such a serious state of cognitive decline he needs to wear a bib to keep from drooling on his tie.
He apparently thinks that is what his mask is for.
SCOTUS delivers another blow to the GOP idiots and base!!!!! Overturned La law on restricting access!!!!!!! ESAD fucking daddy!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying out Parler, like the freedom, for me on a desktop it plays quite "bulky". The following is a "tweet" from there, not sure how to differentiate when posting???
Sean Hannity
@SeanHannity
*SEATTLE Shooting Leaves 1 Dead Inside 'CHOP'*
MAYOR: "Not every 9-1-1 call requires a police officer with a gun... [We're] conducting a deep review of SPD’s budget and assessing what functions could be moved to other departments
Will be interesting how this plays out
Anonymous Myballs said...
James doesn't know about auto correct on our cell phones?
And you know Jack Shit about everything especially your deep throat of trump!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Awww, must have hit little lo iq's nerve.
he cries as much as he bleats.
ROFLMFAO !!!
BWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Sure dumb fuck daddy.......keep sucking on trumps fat ass as Roberts deals another blow to your side!!!!!
Well at least lo iq recognizes his name.
Has one functioning brain cell.
ROFLMFAO !!!
Still waiting for his BUTT BUDDY to respond
Still waiting for dumb fuck daddy to post a single cogent though!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!
Why no news on a long, strong, presidential speech????
it never fucking happened.
LOL.
MAYOR: "Not every 9-1-1 call requires a police officer with a gun... [We're] conducting a deep review of SPD’s budget and assessing what functions could be moved to other departments
Will be interesting how this plays out
me thinks the seattle social workers are about to get a lot busier.
and their jobs just got more dangerous.
so now we get to see the public sector union goons filing grievances on behalf of social workers getting shot at on a daily basis.
popcorn. need more popcorn.
Tim Murtaugh
@TimMurtaugh
Question of the day for Joe Biden
Why do former FBI agent Peter Strzok’s handwritten notes indicate you personally suggested using the Logan Act to set up Gen. Michael Flynn after you claimed you knew nothing about the investigation?
If he can handle long "presidential" speeches certainly he can answer a few questions. right ?
Tim fucking idiot Murtaugh dumber than fucking daddy which is an extremely low bar!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Impeached Trump knew Russia was offering a bounty on US troops in Afghanistan. RESPONSES TO RUSSIA WERE DISCUSSED, but never acted on.
Trump knew.
Pence knew.
Whoever was Chief of Staff then knew.
Whoever was DNI then knew.
Whoever was NSA then knew.
Whoever was Press Sec then probably knew.
Ivanka probably knew.
Jared probably knew.
"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; "
good one alky.
now all you need is PROOF.
LOL.
The intelligence officials told the AP that Trump was briefed on the bounty matter earlier this year; "
rrb said...
good one alky.
now all you need is PROOF.
LOL.
Lets see, we have an unnamed source from noose outlets that used such fraudulent sources for over 3 years and never bothered to correct.... and on the other hand have physical evidence of an Obama interference in the Trump presidency and setting up General Flynn as part of a scandal that dwarfs Watergate. apparently they don't have enough reporters to at least even "report" on both.
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.
The intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the matter insisted on anonymity to discuss the highly sensitive matter.
They would have broken the law if they made their names public.
That's why they speak anonymously
https://wtop.com/national/2020/06/trump-denies-briefing-on-reported-bounties-against-us-troops-2/
Marxist Democrat party =BLM + Antifa + Cair.
Roger Amick said...
The intelligence officials told the AP that Trump was briefed on the bounty matter earlier this year
Don't tell me they were Vindman, his brother and Eric Ciaramella.
or Steele.
Why is the AP not naming them ???
Nor CNN who said they had a European source.
And who knows about the NYT.
This is complete bullshit.
https://apnews.com/02975c59e71e65327e2f582cd1a91f43
https://apnews.com/02975c59e71e65327e2f582cd1a91f43
The intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the matter insisted on anonymity to discuss the highly sensitive matter.
Bullshit, they would have gone public if this was true. At the least file as "whistleblowers". With some real evidence.
Show your cards.
Or fold and go to your next bullshit story.
Remember when Nixon was impeached there was an anonymous sources called Deep Throat.
That and John Dean spoke out against the President in the Senate trial.
Back then the Republicans were not defending Nixon and they told him that would vote to convict him.
But this Republican party is scared to death by the President Trump and his tweets.
you really got him this time alky!
those walls are closing in.
the beginning of the end.
bombshell.
BOOM.
LANDSLIDE.
raided a Taliban outpost and recovered roughly $500,000
WOW, that seals the deal. Wait, was it rubles ? Or could it be receipts from drug sales or perhaps even a small portion the the US funds sent to terrorists in pallets by the Obama administration in their last days in office ?
I guess everyday there is proof of such activities right here in the homeland.
Bullshit, they would have gone public if this was true. At the least file as "whistleblowers". With some real evidence.
Show your cards.
Or fold and go to your next bullshit story.
the alky is too fucking stupid to realize that simply fabricating this story out of whole cloth and reporting this myth as fact imperils our soldiers overseas in shithole-istan.
these TDS-afflicted reporters are so fucking sick and so burning with hatred for Trump, they don't stop to consider the ramifications of their lies.
Alky is a complete brain dead broke n broken loner loser.
Alky are you still suicidal?
Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, a 40-year-old Republican deeply versed in the politics of the retiree-rich swing state, said many seniors were disturbed by important aspects of Trump’s record and found Biden a mild and respectable alternative who did not inspire the same antipathy on the right that Clinton did in 2016.
"raided a Taliban outpost and recovered roughly $500,000" Obama buck$.
Alky is non-conversational.
He posts in monologue, because he has the mind of Biden.
or perhaps even a small portion the the US funds sent to terrorists in pallets by the Obama administration in their last days in office ?
and that's what makes this so laughable.
0linsky literally sent billions of palletized and shrink-wrapped cold hard US currency to the number 0ne source of terrorism in the whole fucking world, and the MSM fucking ignored it.
and these same fucking assholes in the media completely fabricate a pile of lies and call it treason.
the only actual treason i see these days is the treason committed by our MSM.
for chrissakes, on the outside, longshot chance the story IS true, now the russians know that we know. fucking brilliant.
and these same fucking assholes in the media completely fabricate a pile of lies and call it treason.
the only actual treason i see these days is the treason committed by our MSM.
for chrissakes, on the outside, longshot chance the story IS true, now the russians know that we know. fucking brilliant.
Sounds a lot like the "pee tape". And the media ran with that for 3 years.
Fucking insane.
But what about Biden and the Flynn investigation.
And Obama making sure the "right people" e.g., the same ones that exonerated Hillary were put in the case ???
Funny how that gets no coverage... Would democrats die in sunlight ???
Biden isn't hiding. Biden is talking to mayors and police chiefs across the US regarding what needs to be done due to the George Floyd murder, as well as how to build Black wealth in the US, as well as going back to community police assigned to beats for a minimum of 5 years, so they get to know the people in their beat and the people learn to trust them. He takes notes wherever he goes. What is trump doing about current events and the increase in Covid-19 cases? Biden has plans he can start on the first day in office. Trump has no plans at all.
When Sean Hannity asked him about what he will do if he is reelected and he rambled about nothing.
You would support the President banning the first amendment rights of speak out against him. You believe that it is treason.
The Russians put a bounty on the lives of American soldiers, because Putin is trying to destabilize the country and get Trump back in office.
Trump War Room
@TrumpWarRoom
Biden is hiding in his basement, refusing to hold a press conference.
Why?
Because he does not have the strength, stamina, and mental fortitude required to lead this country.
Damning VIDEO: https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1275079082833661955
One of MANY coming out. Funny how the MSM was saying Trump was thinking of dropping out. Remember that what the left is accusing you of is what they are doing or thinking of doing...
our American media:
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The Daily Beast
@thedailybeast
Iran has reportedly issued a warrant for Trump’s arrest on “murder and terrorism charges” related to the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani.
You can’t blame them for trying.
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1277563022047920128
fucking scumbags.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
The Russians put a bounty on the lives of American soldiers, because Putin is trying to destabilize the country and get Trump back in office.
alky, this doesn't even make any fucking sense.
fucking imbecile.
From a friend of Facebook
Antifa is not an organization, it’s a movement. Search the Internet for a single organized website. Look for a place where you can donate to a national or international organization. You cannot find one.
Antifa means ‘anti-fascism.” I am anti-fascist. I served in the U S Army in one of the world’s best know anti-fascist organizations, the 82nd Airborne Division, whose soldiers fought against fascism around the globe for over 100 years.
Don’t be fooled by right-wing rhetoric and lies. There is no organization named Antifa. It does not exist.
A lot of veterans that usually would vote for Trump. But because he has committed high crime and misdemeanors and allowed the Russians to put a bounty on them.
Biden is only a little bit behind among white older men who voted against Hillary Clinton.
Because you aren't smart enough to use English language
Trump War Room
@TrumpWarRoom
Julian Castro, who once questioned Joe Biden’s mental fitness on the debate stage, is holding a fundraiser with Joe Biden tonight.
“Are you forgetting what you said 2 minutes ago?”
It’s obvious Joe Biden is in decline. Even Julian knew it!
http://BarelyThereBiden.com
VIDEO REFRESHER: https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1277631848202543104
there's ALREADY a bunch of them
Blogger Roger Amick said...
Because you aren't smart enough to use English language
LOL.
coming from YOU, alky? that's a howler.
the sum total of your contributions around here that exceed a single sentence are 100% stolen content copied and pasted for our amusement.
just like your douchebag buddy from fakebook who denies the existence of antifa - a domestic terror organization.
call your nurse and pop another opioid, alky.
There is no organization named Antifa. It does not exist.
funny they have a flag and use fascist tactics. So they definitely are not anti-fascists.
And are intentionally not "organized", kind of like the resistance in WW2. But I think they existed ???
He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Alky the name of your FB Friend?
He, like you is a complete fraud.
Facebook Has many pages of Antifa.
Roger defending th Antifa racist, rapist, murders, looters and other criminal activity.
He is a stupid white cracker .
Roger defending th Antifa racist, rapist, murders, looters and other criminal activity.
He is a stupid white cracker
Racists don't exist. Look it up, they have no web page. You can't donate to them. Roger may be on to something.
antifa doesn't exist...
RED BANK, Tenn. (WDEF)- One local business received backlash this week after they say they were falsely accused of making a political statement with the back the blue rally.
Owners of Shuford’s smoke house say organizers of today’s Back the Blue contacted them to order food for the event.
Shuford’s says they accepted the job because they believed it was another opportunity to offer their catering services.
Once it was publicly known they took the job , the business says they have been harassed and threatened on social media.
“It was not donated . It was not a reflection of our opinions -our political views” said Co-owner Madison Davis.
“It was literally just a business transaction and I think that’s where the misunderstanding comes in. We’ve never discriminated on what jobs we take. If someone comes to us with money wanting to buy food, we’re not going to turn away money because we are a business and that’s what we’re trying to run.”
Shuford’s says they cancelled the order because of threats to burn down their business.
https://wdef.com/2020/06/27/shufords-responds-backlash/
Alky , your boy "David Hubbard" is a fraud like you. He is a Facebook still
.
You Roger are exposed.
No one "liked" or "Shared" or "commented" on shill David Hubbard's post .
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.
The assessment was included in at least one of President Donald Trump’s written daily intelligence briefings at the time, according to the officials. Then-national security adviser John Bolton also told colleagues he briefed Trump on the intelligence assessment in March 2019.
The White House did not respond to questions about Trump or other officials’ awareness of Russia’s provocations in 2019. The White House has said Trump was not — and still has not been — briefed on the intelligence assessments because they have not been fully verified. However, it is rare for intelligence to be confirmed without a shadow of a doubt before it is presented to top officials.
Bolton declined to comment Monday when asked by the AP if he had briefed Trump about the matter in 2019. On Sunday, he suggested to NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump was claiming ignorance of Russia’s provocations to justify his administration’s lack of a response.
“He can disown everything if nobody ever told him about it,” Bolton said.
The revelations cast new doubt on the White House’s efforts to distance Trump from the Russian intelligence assessments. The AP reported Sunday that concerns about Russian bounties were also included in a second written presidential daily briefing earlier this year and that current national security adviser Robert O’Brien had discussed the matter with Trump. O’Brien denies he did so.
The administration’s earlier awareness of the Russian efforts raises additional questions about why Trump did not take any punitive action against Moscow for efforts that put the lives of Americans servicemembers at risk. Trump has sought throughout his time in office to improve relations with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, moving earlier this year to try to reinstate Russia as part of a group of world leaders it had been kicked out of.
Officials said they did not consider the intelligence assessments in 2019 to be particularly urgent, given that Russian meddling in Afghanistan is not a new occurrence. The officials with knowledge of Bolton’s apparent briefing for Trump said it contained no “actionable intelligence,” meaning the intelligence community did not have enough information to form a strategic plan or response. However, the classified assessment of Russian bounties was the sole purpose of the meeting.
The officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose the highly sensitive information.
The intelligence that surfaced in early 2019 indicated Russian operatives had become more aggressive in their desire to contract with the Taliban and members of the Haqqani Network, a militant group aligned with the Taliban in Afghanistan and designated a foreign terrorist organization in 2012 during the Obama administration.
The National Security Council and the undersecretary of defense for intelligence did hold meetings regarding the intelligence. The Pentagon declined to comment and the NSC did not respond to questions about the meetings.
Concerns about Russian bounties flared anew this year after 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 thousand in U.S. dollars. The funds bolstered the suspicions of the American intelligence community that the Russians had offered money to Taliban militants and other linked associations.
The White House contends the president was unaware of this development as well. However, the information was also included in the presidential daily briefing. And officials told the AP that O’Brien did brief Trump on the matter. O’Brien has denied such a briefing occurred.
The officials told the AP that career government officials developed potential options for the White House to respond to the Russian aggression in Afghanistan, which was first reported by The New York Times. However, the Trump administration has yet to authorize any action.
The intelligence in 2019 and 2020 surrounding Russian bounties was derived in part from debriefings of captured Talbian militants. Officials with knowledge of the matter told the AP that Taliban operatives from opposite ends of the country and from separate tribes offered similar accounts.
He knew about it in 2019
Traitor
John Bolton told the President about the Russian bounty on American heroes!
Treason
The U.S. is investigating whether any Americans died as a result of the Russian bounties. Officials are focused in particular on an April 2019 attack on an American convoy. Three U.S. Marines were killed after a car rigged with explosives detonated near their armored vehicles as they returned to Bagram Airfield, the largest U.S. military installation in Afghanistan.
The Marines exchanged gunfire with the vehicle at some point; however, it’s not known if the gunfire occurred before or after the car exploded.
Abdul Raqib Kohistani, the Bagram district police chief, said at the time that at least five Afghan civilians were wounded after the attack on the convoy, according to previous reporting by the AP. It is not known if the civilians were injured by the car bomb or the gunfire from U.S. Marines.
The Defense Department identified Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, 43, of Newark, Delaware; Sgt. Benjamin Hines, 31, of York, Pennsylvania; and Cpl. Robert Hendriks, 25, of Locust Valley, New York, as the Marines killed in April 2019. The three Marines were all infantrymen assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, a reserve infantry unit headquartered out of Garden City, New York.
Hendriks' father told the AP that even a rumor of Russian bounties should have been immediately addressed.
“If this was kind of swept under the carpet as to not make it a bigger issue with Russia, and one ounce of blood was spilled when they knew this, I lost all respect for this administration and everything,” Erik Hendriks said.
Marine Maj. Roger Hollenbeck said at the time that the reserve unit was a part of the Georgia Deployment Program-Resolute Support Mission, a recurring six-month rotation between U.S. Marines and Georgian Armed Forces. The unit first deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018.
Three other service members and an Afghan contractor were also wounded in the attack. As of April 2019, the attack was under a separate investigation, unrelated to the Russian bounties, to determine how it unfolded.
The officials who spoke to the AP also said they were looking closely at insider attacks — sometimes called “green-on-blue” incidents — from 2019 to determine if they are also linked to Russian bounties.
https://apnews.com/425e43fa0ffdd6e126c5171653ec47d1
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8473191/Mom-Marine-killed-Afghanistan-wants-investigation-claim-Russians-paid-Taliban-kill-soldiers.html
Mother of Marine, 25, who was killed in Afghanistan urges investigation into intelligence claim that Russians paid Taliban to kill American soldiers including her son
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