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Sunlei

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17. A lot of the foreign policy people saw the intel on what Putin was doing and none of it looked good

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Nov 17, 2016, 07:25 PM

Nov 2016

“A lot of the foreign policy people saw the intel on what Putin was doing and none of it looked good.”

So there's the first leak on what was supposed to be secret briefings? Just how bad was the Russian connection to the republican campaign?

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Donald Trump Is Finding It Hard To Field A Foreign Policy Team Without A Foreign Policy [View all] babylonsister Nov 2016 OP

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Good, then he won't come to Washington. LisaM Nov 2016 #2

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Bet it ends up not happening. Like many of his campaign promises. Roland99 Nov 2016 #4

leaving responsibilies at inappropriate moments is something repugs do wordpix Nov 2016 #16

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we can't let that happen, and it could wordpix Nov 2016 #18

I agree. A friend of ours was VERY high up in the Secret Service by the Bush II phylny Nov 2016 #28

Wow. He's got brass ones; maybe he doesn't know babylonsister Nov 2016 #6

he's doing a victory tour? What about his Transition-in-Disarray? wordpix Nov 2016 #15

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How is Kissinger still alive?...... alittlelark Nov 2016 #7

I shouldn't but wordpix Nov 2016 #12

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we need to get rid of the Electoral College - great for horse and ox cart days wordpix Nov 2016 #13

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Close enough for government work. nt Mc Mike Nov 2016 #27

I'm telling you, the anti-Trump wing is so far up in arms wordpix Nov 2016 #11

A lot of the foreign policy people saw the intel on what Putin was doing and none of it looked good Sunlei Nov 2016 #17

"Russian connection to the republican campaign" ---bad enough for Pelosi wordpix Nov 2016 #19

key word is intel. Some refused to work in trump Admin because of government briefing. Sunlei Nov 2016 #20

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