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posted by martyb on Sunday January 13 2019, @05:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the Why-Not-Just-Say-No? dept.

The Washington Post reports FBI’s investigation of Trump included a counterintelligence inquiry:

The FBI investigation into President Trump that was opened almost immediately after he fired then-Director James B. Comey also included a counterintelligence component to determine if the president was seeking to help Russia, and if so, why, according to people familiar with the matter.

The decision by then-acting FBI director Andrew McCabe to open an investigation of a sitting president was a momentous step, but it came after Trump had cited the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election in his decision to fire Comey, these people said.

The counterintelligence component of the Trump investigation was first reported by the New York Times.

Late Saturday night, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro asked Trump in an interview if he is or ever was working for Russia. Trump responded, "I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked." Referring to the New York Times story, he went on, "I think it’s the most insulting article I’ve ever had written."

See also The Guardian.


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  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday January 14 2019, @12:16PM

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Monday January 14 2019, @12:16PM (#786417)

    > Is helping Russia a deed worth FBI's investigation? Are we really that close to the war? Or, perhaps, it is liberal brain washing hysteria?

    Good questions. It seems that the increased belligerence from Russia. Invasion of Crimea and Ukraine. Remember Ukraine is really, really close to EU and colluding with NATO. Georgia is also moving closer to NATO.
    Citation:
    https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_37750.htm [nato.int]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93NATO_relations [wikipedia.org]
    Russia is *waging ongoing wars* against NATO-friendly countries, though not signatories of the treaty.

    Russia has also threatened/acted against NATO signatories: Russia has murdered people in NATO treaty signatory countries - I am specifically referring to the Skripal case in UK; Russia has flown military aircraft near NATO airspace (but as far as I can tell not in NATO airspace); Russia has been allegedly responsible for several cyber-attacks on NATO treaty signatories (but evidence is easier to dismiss here). The evidence is weaker here.

    On the balance of the evidence above, I think that there is a reasonable and real prospect of escalation to full scale war.

    Another approach would be to analyze in whose interest a war would be. If it can be shown that both sides (NATO and Russia) have a reasonable expectation of gaining from a war, then it will probably happen.

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