3 Russian spy chiefs visited the US days before Trump decided against new sanctions on Russia
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[QUOTE][B]Three top Russian intelligence officials traveled to the US last week.
Two are barred from entering the US under existing sanctions, but one official's visit was authorized and cleared by the appropriate agencies, and it's unclear who authorized the second's entry.
The State Department declined to comment on the specifics of visa cases and referred further questions to the Russian Embassy.[/B]
The officials who head two of Russia's top spy agencies visited the US last week to meet with CIA Director Mike Pompeo and discuss issues related to counterterrorism, two people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
Sergey Naryshkin of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service and Alexander Bortnikov of its Federal Security Service met with Pompeo to discuss the US's and Russia's mutual interest in counterterrorism.[/QUOTE]
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Sergey Naryshkin was the former head of Russia's revisionist Historical Truth Commission, which played down Soviet war crimes and massacres during WW2. He is the current director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, which is explicitly tasked with external intelligence operations (the FSB is mostly internal, like FBI). The SVR is tasked with foreign espionage and intelligence gathering operations.
Alexander Bortnikov has been the director of the FSB for the last decade, appointed by Medvedev. He worked in the KGB from 1975 until 2004. In May 2007, he was implicated in a money laundering case, but never received any legal blowback. He's also been criticized for trying to revise and legitimize Stalin's Great Purge.
Pompeo met with the head of a Russian international espionage agency and former state propagandist, AND the head of the top domestic surveillance and intelligence agency in Russia. He flagrantly broke the law to do so.
This can't be understated - the head of the CIA invited legislatively banned Russian intelligence and espionage officers to the U.S. for a personal meeting, in direct violation of federal law.
[QUOTE=.Isak.;53103518]Sergey Naryshkin was the former head of Russia's revisionist Historical Truth Commission, which played down Soviet war crimes and massacres during WW2. He is the current director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, which is explicitly tasked with external intelligence operations (the FSB is mostly internal, like FBI). The SVR is tasked with foreign espionage and intelligence gathering operations.
Alexander Bortnikov has been the director of the FSB for the last decade, appointed by Medvedev. He worked in the KGB from 1975 until 2004. In May 2007, he was implicated in a money laundering case, but never received any legal blowback. He's also been criticized for trying to revise and legitimize Stalin's Great Purge.
Pompeo met with the head of a Russian international espionage agency and former state propagandist, AND the head of the top domestic surveillance and intelligence agency in Russia. He flagrantly broke the law to do so.
This can't be understated - the head of the CIA invited legislatively banned Russian intelligence and espionage officers to the U.S. for a personal meeting, in direct violation of federal law.[/QUOTE]
The head of the CIA is one of the few people allowed to waive their bans, not sure how it’s illegal then when all of them entered legally.
eh, on the one hand its suspicious, but on the other, the CIA head meeting with his russian counterpart does seem to make some logical sense. For better or worse, we still do have some cooperation in the war on global terror.
now whether they threatened retaliation for new sanctions is something else, but it doesn't seem likely since new sanctions would probably not dent the russians any and if so, then why such a overtly covert bunch, why not have the russian ambassador just march to the WH and release a public statement.
[QUOTE=plunger435;53103544]The head of the CIA is one of the few people allowed to waive their bans, not sure how it’s illegal then when all of them entered legally.[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily illegal. It does, however, become rather suspicious when Pompeo is a Trump bootlicker, and considering the character of these three men, and the timing. Also worth considering is the massive amounts of "coincidental" evidence and/or events and/or timing surrounding Trump and his campaign. BDA or Isak can probably elaborate more on that than I ever could.
[QUOTE=Sableye;53103554]eh, on the one hand its suspicious, but on the other, the CIA head meeting with his russian counterpart does seem to make some logical sense. For better or worse, we still do have some cooperation in the war on global terror.
now whether they threatened retaliation for new sanctions is something else, but it doesn't seem likely since new sanctions would probably not dent the russians any and if so, then why such a overtly covert bunch, why not have the russian ambassador just march to the WH and release a public statement.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like the way sanctions are carried out needs to be revised, seeing as they don’t seem to do shit anymore.
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