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Bernardo de La Paz

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15. Death threats: I think Russia may be supplying personal info to people making them

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Wed Jul 5, 2017, 12:20 PM

Jul 2017

WaPo, Newsweek, and CNN reporters / editors say that they receive death threats with their names and addresses and other personal info in them.

It would not surprise me if the Russian intelligence services or their hired operatives are finding and funneling this information to people known to make death threats. It may appear to the threat maker that it is simply somebody on an alt-right / militia / Trumpanzee site posting it.

A "fellow traveler", as the phrase went in the 1950s when it was applied to people sympathizing with international communism.

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Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election [View all] MelissaB Jul 2017 OP

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yup Skittles Jul 2017 #18

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