The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump
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Source: CNN
The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump
By Jeremy Herb, Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Evan Perez and Zachary Cohen, CNN
December 15, 2023
Washington (CNN) -- A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump's presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Its disappearance, which has not been previously reported, was so concerning that intelligence officials briefed Senate Intelligence Committee leaders last year about the missing materials and the government's efforts to retrieve them, the sources said. ... In the two-plus years since Trump left office, the missing intelligence does not appear to have been found.
The binder contained raw intelligence the US and its NATO allies collected on Russians and Russian agents, including sources and methods that informed the US government's assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Trump win the 2016 election, sources tell CNN. ... The intelligence was so sensitive that lawmakers and congressional aides with top secret security clearances were able to review the material only at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where their work scrutinizing it was itself kept in a locked safe.
The binder was last seen at the White House during Trump's final days in office. The former president had ordered it brought there so he could declassify a host of documents related to the FBI's Russia investigation. Under the care of then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the binder was scoured by Republican aides working to redact the most sensitive information so it could be declassified and released publicly.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/politics/missing-russia-intelligence-trump-dg/
Hat tip, various sources online. I see that kpete had the story in GD at 9:21 a.m.:
Binder of Russian Intelligence Went Missing Under Trump
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218528357
You should really take up the discussion over there, as he has a huge head start. I might ask an LBN forum host to lock this thread.
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Also, Joe.My.God.
Binder Of Russian Intel "Disappeared" Under Trump
December 15, 2023
https://www.joemygod.com/2023/12/binder-of-russian-intel-disappeared-under-trump/
= new reply since forum marked as read
Article is clear that the document went missing near the end of tRump's term.
Ivana Trump was buried at the rump's Bedminster golf course on or around July 20, 2022.
The search of Mar a Lago for classified documents was August 8, 2022.
Bedminster has never beeen searched.
Picture is a year later and has been verified accurate.
this creep should be jailed. A second Presidency?? OMG. He'll probably rent out gangs of slave labor. This is a guy selling his used suits for money, a scrap at a time. He sells baseball cards with his face on them. He's selling "gold" bars with his likeness on them. GOK where our government secrets have ended up. Probably says, "Love from Donny" on them. Why don't the Repubs give a damn what happens to our country??
Go, Jack, go!
Have they checked here?
A "grave" in New Jersey?
