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lostnfound

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53. I was thinking that too, which is more optimistic than thinking that
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:44 AM
Jan 2017

Putin is tying up loose ends on his own project by getting rid of one who, although on his team, failed to cover their tracks, thereby also giving deniability.

A story line for the twitler cabal to eventually use as well.

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And who gave him up? nt. marybourg Jan 2017 #1
My money is on Flynn. nt GliderGuider Jan 2017 #4
Whoa. Sunny05 Jan 2017 #15
Maybe someone who owes Putin a favor? n/t dgibby Jan 2017 #6
They probably just figured it out. Calista241 Jan 2017 #46
who, indeed. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #50
Trump and Flynn already outed CIA assets to Putin. blm Jan 2017 #2
when? Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #35
As soon as they could, apparently blm Jan 2017 #48
So, if Washington had a spy in Putin's operation that DURHAM D Jan 2017 #3
No, it means someone outed this guy. Flynn? Tillerson now that he's confirmed? KittyWampus Jan 2017 #7
Your response means nothing with regard to DURHAM D Jan 2017 #8
maybe but this guy may have been an informant more than someone working on our behalf Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #37
I'm wondering Sunny05 Jan 2017 #16
I'm going to need a spreadsheet to keep track of all this! Lucinda Jan 2017 #5
Are we living in a John Le Carre novel? madaboutharry Jan 2017 #9
I am going to have to diagram your sentence into some sort of logic chart! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #10
Maybe ... possibly, a Nelson DeMille Novel (The Charm School comes to mind) etherealtruth Jan 2017 #11
Remember in Charm School when the American agent pumped bullets into Lenin's body? NBachers Jan 2017 #39
No, I will have to look into it ... I read the Charm School when it came out (long ago) etherealtruth Jan 2017 #40
its not that far into the book, if I remember right. NBachers Jan 2017 #42
Flynn, Manafort, Bannon eleny Jan 2017 #14
Good Qs and probably so. nt Sunny05 Jan 2017 #17
Trump or Bannon or Manafort, I bet. Ilsa Jan 2017 #22
He was still "around" after his supposed removal. madaboutharry Jan 2017 #25
You mean like a bunch of... IthinkThereforeIAM Jan 2017 #41
I'm wondering if they've hooked up with Alexandr Dugin. Ilsa Jan 2017 #44
+1, I thought this was going to happen quick. The second the Intel Report said the Russians hacked.. uponit7771 Jan 2017 #24
I wonder if this guy could have been one of the insiders Christopher Steele pnwmom Jan 2017 #12
My gut says probably get the red out Jan 2017 #13
Kick Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #18
Did Flynn or some other Trump person or persons "give them up" to Putin? Botany Jan 2017 #19
Maybe they are cover for Putin...sacrificial lambs workinclasszero Jan 2017 #20
I don't buy it BadgerMom Jan 2017 #21
I hear you but Comey the director of the FBI workinclasszero Jan 2017 #26
If I was the CIA and worried that Trumpers were passing my stuff to the Russians mn9driver Jan 2017 #23
IOW, a 'canary trap', or 'barium meal test' friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #27
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #30
so...maybe this is bait and switch? MissKat Jan 2017 #28
I bet this is what they've done already, MiniPoots admin has SHOWN to be a bunch of half asser's uponit7771 Jan 2017 #29
If I was the CIA, NATO, EU, Britain, Australia, Japan...etc workinclasszero Jan 2017 #33
I was thinking that too, which is more optimistic than thinking that lostnfound Jan 2017 #53
Nothing will come of this. The fix is in we have to live with Drumpf for at least 4 years - could be Liberal In Red State Jan 2017 #31
No 5th man here probably more than a dozen. gordianot Jan 2017 #32
Trump brought his own claque. I don't know think the CIA allows crowd photos as such. Hekate Jan 2017 #38
KnR Hekate Jan 2017 #34
"Fresh Air" today BeekeeperInVermont Jan 2017 #36
it was a most excellent discussion indeed. irisblue Jan 2017 #43
can you sum NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #45
I caught parts of it while on the road, and scribbled his name on a pad I keep in the car.... Hekate Jan 2017 #49
hopefully he managed to send somebody a copy NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #47
All my peeps on twitter Generator Jan 2017 #51
This is serious stuff, treason TBH DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #52
can we extradite him? mopinko Jan 2017 #54
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