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In reply to the discussion: Whoaa so now we learn there were actual spies in the don jr meeting [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)31. Also his wife's, and his father-in-law's
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/01/23/husband-and-wife-sentenced-for-espionage/482abff1-0ba4-4914-9d46-69a82f3960d4/?utm_term=.c491a8adfbf0
In 1999, married couple Theresa May Squillacote and Kurt Alan Stand were sentenced to long prison terms for spying for the East Germans.
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1953/06/20/Rosenbergs-go-silently-to-electric-chair/5084629411212/
In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-22/news/mn-53275_1_rosario-ames
Aldrich Ames' wife Rosario was sent to a federal license plate factory for five years and three months for conspiracy to commit espionage and tax evasion.
Sorry folks, but until we figure out how deep in shit these people are, EVERY member of the Trump family who currently holds a security clearance needs to have his or her access to classified information suspended. The 44 other presidents we had would have had their ability to work seriously constrained by losing access, but you need no clearance to tweet and golf and that's all Trump seems to want to do.
In 1999, married couple Theresa May Squillacote and Kurt Alan Stand were sentenced to long prison terms for spying for the East Germans.
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1953/06/20/Rosenbergs-go-silently-to-electric-chair/5084629411212/
In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-22/news/mn-53275_1_rosario-ames
Aldrich Ames' wife Rosario was sent to a federal license plate factory for five years and three months for conspiracy to commit espionage and tax evasion.
Sorry folks, but until we figure out how deep in shit these people are, EVERY member of the Trump family who currently holds a security clearance needs to have his or her access to classified information suspended. The 44 other presidents we had would have had their ability to work seriously constrained by losing access, but you need no clearance to tweet and golf and that's all Trump seems to want to do.
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I've used up all my "you just can't make this crap up"s for my lifetime ages ago.
Yonnie3
Jul 2017
#2
You believe them when they say they got nothing? I've got a bridge to sell you.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2017
#23
Veselnitskaya is a lead attorney in recent DOJ settled fraud lawsuit...not some "nothingburger"
Moostache
Jul 2017
#11
Thanks - I just got online and this was the first thread i clicked on so didnt know how much had
Amaryllis
Jul 2017
#20
Let's stop using the word 'COLLUSION'. It's "conspiracy", "coordination", "espionage."
yodermon
Jul 2017
#24
Did Jared include GRU officer Rinat Akhmetshin in his most recent Security Clearance Revision?
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2017
#33