Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intelligence on China bounties on US forces in Afghani

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill

Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intelligence on China bounties on US forces in Afghanistan: report
Joseph Choi 7 hrs ago

The Trump administration is declassifying unconfirmed intelligence that indicates China paid nonstate actors in Afghanistan to attack U.S. soldiers, Axios reported Wednesday.

Two senior administration officials told Axios that the intelligence was included with President Trump's briefing on Dec. 17. Administration officials from multiple agencies are attempting to corroborate the information. If the information is indeed true, it could drastically change China's relationship with the U.S. and heighten tensions between the two superpowers.

The officials who spoke to Axios did not say where the information came from or what period of time it covered.

Axios noted that China has mostly remained out of Afghanistan while speaking to Taliban officials about peace deals. However, Chinese-made weapons and funding have intermittently made their way to Afghanistan, the news outlet reported.


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[yankee87]

1. Protecting Putin

This is to try to take the heat off his boss, Putin

[TomVilmer]

2. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says no evidence on Russian bounties either

US commander says evidence hasn't corroborated intelligence of Russian bounties on US troops

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says in a new interview that he has not seen evidence to corroborate claims that Russian officials placed bounties on U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East.

Speaking with NBC News, Gen. Frank McKenzie said that reports in The New York Times and other media outlets indicating that U.S. intelligence officials were investigating reports that Russia was offering bounties to Taliban fighters for targeting U.S. service members had not been corroborated by evidence he had seen personally.

"It just has not been proved to a level of certainty that satisfies me," Gen. McKenzie told NBC News, adding, "We continue to look for that evidence. I just haven't seen it yet. But ... it's not a closed issue."

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/516356-us-commander-russian-bounties-on-us-troops-has-not-been-proved

[twodogsbarking]

3. Who will make your hate hats now

jenius.

[Ramsey Barner]

4. This smells like propaganda

-China doesn't act like that.

-China has nothing to gain by acting like that, and everything to lose if they got caught.

-Trump, as mentioned above, wants to look tough on China while seeking to appease Putin.

[still_one]

5. I agree. I sure wouldn't trust anything released while trump is in the WH unless it is

corroborated by independent and reliable sources

[pandr32]

10. Agreed!

[gab13by13]

6. I heard from someone,

that the source from the intel that it was China came from an informant named "Curveball."

[not fooled]

12. Hahahahahahahahaha

Still serving republican presidents, I see.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. The value of declassifying unconfirmed intelligence is ......................?????????

Trump is just seeding the world with rumor, innuendo, and fear leading to paranoia, mistrust, and further speculation.

There are unconfirmed reports of widespread election fraud, have you heard?

Is this China info release an attempt to legitimize material that is unconfirmed? One rubs off on the other?

[Archae]

9. Just above your post, someone summed it up nicely.

We ended up invading Iraq based on the "unconfirmed intelligence" of the liar, "Curveball."

[franzwohlgemuth]

8. For one

the Russians paying bounties was "unconfirmed" as well, but we never saw it... huh...

Two, notice how Trump hasn't said anything about either? Nothing, even about China possibly doing it...

And the Chinese made weapons.... ISIS has weapons that say "U.S. Army" on them, U.S. Cars, and some of them have financial ties to the U.S.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Distraction. tRump NEVER condemned Russia or Putin for Russian bounties on US troops. . . . nt

[nakocal]

13. This is a no brainer

The intel came from Russia and is as true as a 3 dollar bill is legal tender.