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fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:42 PM Feb 2019

Who--or What--Was the FBI's Mole at the Heart of the Trump Campaign? - latest from Schindler

By John R. Schindler • 02/25/19 11:12am

https://observer.com/2019/02/fbi-mole-trump-campaign-questions/

snip . . .

The clear implication of what The Daily Caller uncovered is that the FBI had a highly important intelligence source in or near the Trump campaign. In other words, the Bureau had a mole. Protecting that source was deemed more important in the summer of 2016 than stopping the Trump campaign, which the FBI knew or at least strongly suspected was in bed with Vladimir Putin.

Who could be that important to the Bureau? Logic and counterintelligence experience dictate that such a source had to be very close to Donald Trump. The mole’s identity has not been revealed and probably won’t be anytime soon, leaving major questions unanswered about how the FBI knew what it knew back in 2016—all of which is surely known to Team Mueller now.

But what if the mole wasn’t a person? The FBI has long protected super-secret technical intelligence programs, above all signals intelligence, by masquerading their information as coming from (non-existent) human sources. Were Strzok and Page obliquely referring to top-secret-plus SIGINT regarding Trump’s clandestine ties to Moscow?

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That seems to be the same intelligence which Strzok and Page referred to in coded language, for classification reasons. The Trump White House now is no doubt searching frantically for an FBI mole in their ranks who may not exist. Excellent technical intelligence was always the underpinning of CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, as the FBI has been careful to conceal in order to protect top-secret intelligence sources and methods. The full spy story here, just as with the last major league joint NSA-FBI counterintelligence coup against Moscow, will take decades to be fully revealed to the public.

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Who--or What--Was the FBI's Mole at the Heart of the Trump Campaign? - latest from Schindler (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Feb 2019 OP
Maybe "Deep Throat" this time is an actual porn star? lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #1
Maybe "The Donald" has perfected the art of "self" oral gratification. magicarpet Feb 2019 #16
How? DownriverDem Feb 2019 #25
K&R MelissaB Feb 2019 #2
K&R I bet the "Mole" undercover FBI agent is still there and will not be revealed Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2019 #11
I just wonder how many and where the Russians visiting the WH left their bugs? nt allgood33 Feb 2019 #32
SIGINT MelissaB Feb 2019 #3
Siggy would do canetoad Feb 2019 #8
Oh, that sounds a lot better! MelissaB Feb 2019 #12
We named the female hummingbird who dominates our feeder, Nancy. Canoe52 Feb 2019 #18
This may be the best volstork Feb 2019 #26
Somebody on DU suggested it was Jeff Sessions FakeNoose Feb 2019 #4
Schindler is suggesting it wasn't a person at all. MelissaB Feb 2019 #13
This reads to me like the FBI trying to cover its ass about Squinch Feb 2019 #5
I'll take it as a shovel to bury them with. Hortensis Feb 2019 #15
tRump's unsecured phone? fierywoman Feb 2019 #6
First thing that occurred to me gratuitous Feb 2019 #20
knr Baltimike Feb 2019 #7
Melania ? Corgigal Feb 2019 #9
I'm not so sure she's that smart. Canoe52 Feb 2019 #19
I'll take a pass on Schindler. n/t demmiblue Feb 2019 #10
The ability to exploit phones? The_jackalope Feb 2019 #14
Mole Kushner Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #17
trDump's unsecured phone has been reconfigured to be a... magicarpet Feb 2019 #21
It was Kellyskank Spinway for sure! machoneman Feb 2019 #22
Now that one is intriguing. calimary Feb 2019 #27
I think it is her for the same reasons you stated! tableturner Feb 2019 #31
We have an NSA that collects every piece of phone and email data sent and received Autumn Feb 2019 #23
If I were running the investigation, Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #24
or maybe the FBI had some core anti Hillary Clinton people that their organizational judgement was UCmeNdc Feb 2019 #28
Daily Caller uncovered? Sanity Claws Feb 2019 #29
Carter Page. H2O Man Feb 2019 #30

magicarpet

(14,154 posts)
16. Maybe "The Donald" has perfected the art of "self" oral gratification.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:49 PM
Feb 2019

I would surmise a three foot PVC flex tube slipped over his micro member and he would be set to go,.. or cum as the case may be. Maybe this is why he needs all this "Executive Time" ,.. so he can deep throat himself ?

He could save himself a shit ton load of cash in secret payments to prostitutes hush hush fees.

Once again,... how did this Fascist White Trash find his way into the People's White House ?

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
3. SIGINT
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:08 PM
Feb 2019

I wanted to get 2 new dogs and name them Mueller and Comey. I'd like to add SIGINT, but it just doesn't have a warm ring to it like the other two.

canetoad

(17,164 posts)
8. Siggy would do
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:20 PM
Feb 2019

The names of dogs and children should always end in a vowel sound, so your voice carries when you scream at them.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
4. Somebody on DU suggested it was Jeff Sessions
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:12 PM
Feb 2019

... and that would make sense if we were only talking about the campaign and transition and not the Chump administration. Once Sessions announced his recusal he pretty much lost access to Chump and the other evil-doers. However it seems somebody is feeding Mueller new and recent updates from the current White House, and that would rule out Sessions.

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
13. Schindler is suggesting it wasn't a person at all.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:36 PM
Feb 2019

He suggests it's SIGNIT/signals intelligence. There is no telling how many Russians had phones under surveillance including the ones at that Trump Tower meeting.

Squinch

(50,950 posts)
5. This reads to me like the FBI trying to cover its ass about
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:13 PM
Feb 2019

its actions before the election.

But at this point, I'll happily take it.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. I'll take it as a shovel to bury them with.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:41 PM
Feb 2019

We know one big reason the FBI's director didn't stop Russia and Trump because they were all pulling the same direction on the same rope.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. First thing that occurred to me
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:00 PM
Feb 2019

Trump's personal tweet phone is not secure at all, according to multiple sources. Our enemies haven't confirmed this, for reasons that should be obvious. Our allies haven't confirmed this, because they have learned not to trust anything Trump publicly says or tweets, and having access to his phone conversations and texts is probably a far more reliable way to track what he's "thinking" or about to do. Our own intelligence community knows it can't effect any change in Needy Amin's personal habits, so they're mostly just crossing their fingers and hoping he doesn't start World War III.

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
14. The ability to exploit phones?
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:39 PM
Feb 2019

A combined ability to access the datastream and hot-mike the phone itself would sure be handy for an agency.

If they had that ability it would be a generally applicable method, not limited to just one bozo using an unsecured Android phone.

magicarpet

(14,154 posts)
21. trDump's unsecured phone has been reconfigured to be a...
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:00 PM
Feb 2019

.... mobile public address system with a direct feed to FBI Headquarters.

Once again,... trDump's ass is on fire because he provided the accelerants and the open flame via his big mouth.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
22. It was Kellyskank Spinway for sure!
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:01 PM
Feb 2019

Hey, she's played both sides of the street before (pre Trump) and her husband has been a major irritant. I would not doubt her use of her position to parlay no charges against her in exchange for being the FBI's mole!

Autumn

(45,096 posts)
23. We have an NSA that collects every piece of phone and email data sent and received
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:11 PM
Feb 2019

on every American. That's no secret, Snowden spilled those beans.

Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)
24. If I were running the investigation,
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:14 PM
Feb 2019

my #1 choice to be my mole would be Ivanka. She is trusted by the target more than anyone and has absolutely unlimited access to everything. Just sayin'.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
28. or maybe the FBI had some core anti Hillary Clinton people that their organizational judgement was
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 03:11 PM
Feb 2019

cloudy? Mmmmmmm?

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
29. Daily Caller uncovered?
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 03:18 PM
Feb 2019

Isn't that Tucker Carlson's baby? I don't think I'd put any weight on anything that Carlson is associated with.

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