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BumRushDaShow

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3. Ironically, CNN had a ticker running at the bottom of Burnett's interview
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 09:22 PM
Mar 2018

that referenced news regarding a former Russian spy who was found "ill" in the UK (along with someone next to him). Story from The Guardian here -

Former Russian spy critically ill in UK 'after exposure to substance'

Luke Harding, Steven Morris and Caroline Bannock
Mon 5 Mar 2018 17.26 EST

One of the two people critically ill in a Salisbury hospital after “suspected exposure to an unknown substance” is a Russian man who was exchanged in a high-profile “spy swap” in 2010, the Guardian understands.

Sergei Skripal, 66, was one of four Russians exchanged for 10 deep cover “sleeper” agents planted by Moscow in the US.

Wiltshire police said that a man in his 60s and a woman in her 30s were found unconscious on a bench in the Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.

Temporary assistant chief constable Craig Holden said that the pair were believed to have been known to each other and were in a critical condition. He added: “This has not been declared as a counter-terrorism incident and we would urge people not to speculate.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/salisbury-incident-critically-ill-man-is-former-russian-spy-sergei-skripal


To refresh on Clint Watts testimony last year and what we need to do -

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Pressure can do that. guillaumeb Mar 2018 #1
Is he the first in this gang to realize Mueller is loaded for bear and coming for him/them? Still In Wisconsin Mar 2018 #2
Ironically, CNN had a ticker running at the bottom of Burnett's interview BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #3
Agreed, MM - Im sending my brother all the clips and commentary and wondered to him if this Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #4
Yes. His string is fraying fast. MineralMan Mar 2018 #5
Is it pure terror? Has someone threatened his life, for real? I suppose well stay tuned and Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #8
It could all be an internal threat. MineralMan Mar 2018 #12
Kyle Griffin tweet just now: Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #17
From the Daily Beast link: Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #18
People who know him are worried, too. MineralMan Mar 2018 #19
SO said the same thing mcar Mar 2018 #6
Yeah...I don't know. MineralMan Mar 2018 #9
He said he tried to contact his lawyer...?? But...who knows - so very strange- nt Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #10
You're 100% correct NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #7
He's breaking down as we watch. MineralMan Mar 2018 #11
He has information regarding the Russian connection. Tatiana Mar 2018 #13
He's decompensating, and need to be under MineralMan Mar 2018 #14
Seth Abramson agrees with you that Nunberg is in extremis: highplainsdem Mar 2018 #15
Yes. It's been more obvious as time has passed. MineralMan Mar 2018 #16
Maybe he is laying the foundation Mr.Bill Mar 2018 #20
I feel the same way KentuckyWoman Mar 2018 #21
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