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Americas most important spy agency pulls out all the stops in its investigation of Russian interference in 2016
By John R. Schindler 05/29/17 8:02am
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On this basis, Admiral Rogers confirmed the existence of highly classified signals intelligence which establishes some sort of collusion between Team Trump and the Kremlin during the 2016 election campaign. However, now that the Justice Department has appointed Robert Mueller special counsel charged with running the Russia investigation, NSA is apparently pulling out all the stops to track down any additional evidence which might be relevant to the expanded inquiry into KremlinGate.
Specifically, last week NSA is believed to have sent out an unprecedented order to the Directorate of Operations, the agencys largest unit. The DO, as insiders term it, manages all of NSAs SIGINT assets worldwide, making it the most important spy operation on earth. The email sent to every person assigned to the DO came from the Office of General Counsel, the NSAs in-house lawyers, and it was something seldom seen at the agencya preservation order.
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An undertaking of this size and scope has never happened in NSAs 65-year history. Although preservation orders have been issued previously, never has the entire DO been told to search all its databases for SIGINT on named individuals, then preserve anything thats discovered. KremlinGate is a unique event in our nations history, with accusations of nefarious meddling by hostile intelligence agencies in our democracy, and its bringing about unprecedented developments in our spy agencies too.
More: http://observer.com/2017/05/mike-rogers-nsa-issues-preservation-order-kremlingate-russia-trump/
bigtree
(85,977 posts)Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,167 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Squinch
(50,916 posts)for icing for that cake.
Yikes. That's huge.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,502 posts)about the source of this info... if this "Observer" is the same one that Kushner owned (and at one point ran).
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Observer
If I got the links correct, I think this is the NY one referenced: http://www.observermedia.com/team/ Hence
Kushner's newspaper.
Stinky The Clown
(67,762 posts)RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,762 posts)Observer Media Group
Run it through the google machine.
BumRushDaShow
(128,502 posts)at the OP link and figured as much. But also searched around to see if anyone else had some reporting or inkling of this story...
Not that it might not be happening "behind the scenes" but given the ownership and concern about fake (or at least insidiously crafted) crap being slid into a legitimate news narratives, this just sortof got my spidey sense tingling. I have heard of him and read his stuff and he has his own site and posted it here as well - https://20committee.com/2017/05/29/nsa-in-unprecedented-hunt-for-kremlingate-evidence/
But given the Kushner connection....
Squinch
(50,916 posts)Odd message, though, if they are trying for an inoculation story. They say they already have evidence of collusion, and are just looking for more.
Though the "unprecedented" stuff certainly could be used for a "poor persecuted us" argument.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,961 posts)I saw it during the election.
From the Observer's own page:
John R. Schindler
John Schindler is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer. A specialist in espionage and terrorism, he's also been a Navy officer and a War College professor. He's published four books and is on Twitter at @20committee.
Some recent articles:
"Exclusive: NSA Chief Admits Donald Trump Colluded with Russia": http://observer.com/2017/05/mike-rogers-nsa-chief-admits-trump-colluded-with-russia/
"This can't end well for Trump": http://observer.com/2017/05/donald-trump-kremlingate-james-comey/
BumRushDaShow
(128,502 posts)it might be interesting to see if any true "independence" exists.
DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)nt
BumRushDaShow
(128,502 posts)dlk
(11,514 posts)Trump has a long history of destroying documents, even defying court orders not to do so. He has never really been held accountable to any great degree for his extensive criminal actions. Given this, it makes perfect sense for the NSA or any other government agency to find and preserve what evidence they can of any wrongdoing. To date, Trump has made no effort to comply with regulations requiring document and information preservation for the WH, and it's very likely he's and his cohorts have already destroyed any incriminating evidence. He's been a criminal for a very long time.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)dem4decades
(11,269 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Total Information Awareness is very powerful, especially once an evidenciary trail is followed back in time.
perdita9
(1,144 posts)I'm sure countries in Europe would be THRILLED to hand over intelligence on Trump.