(WTF is going on? The WP AGAIN): Opinions Clinton’s link to Putin is the underreported ‘dossier’ bombshell

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 3:21pm

Opinions
Clinton’s link to Putin is the underreported ‘dossier’ bombshell

By Marc A. Thiessen
October 31
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The news that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid for research used in the discredited Trump-Russia “dossier” is a bombshell. But even more shocking — and overlooked — is the revelation that the firm the Clinton campaign hired to compile that dossier, Fusion GPS, is the same firm that has been accused in recent congressional testimony of launching a smear campaign in Washington against Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian lawyer who was tortured and killed in a Russian prison in 2009 after uncovering a $230 million tax theft by 23 Kremlin-linked companies and individuals close to President Vladimir Putin.

Which raises the question no one seems to be asking: Why was Hillary Clinton using an opposition research company with Putin-linked clients to dig up dirt on Donald Trump?

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Earlier this year, Browder filed a complaint with the Justice Department accusing Fusion GPS and others involved in the anti-Magnitsky campaign of unlawfully lobbying on behalf of Russian interests in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. In a letter to the department, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote, “The issue is of particular concern to the Committee given that when Fusion GPS reportedly was acting as an unregistered agent of Russian interests, it appears to have been simultaneously overseeing the creation of the unsubstantiated dossier of allegations of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians.”

Here’s the bottom line: We have congressional testimony, under oath, that Clinton hired the same firm to smear Trump that Putin reportedly used to smear Magnitsky. Moreover, we also know that the Fusion GPS dossier relied on senior Russian government officials for much of the dirt it compiled, including “a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure” and a “former top level intelligence officer still active in the Kremlin.” Together, those are bombshell revelations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/clintons-link-to-putin-is-the-un...

The author concludes that while nonevof this clears Trump of collusion but between him and the Clinton Creature there’s more dirt on her than him.

Does anyone else wonder if Bozos isn’t trying to play both ends against the Mueller?

EDIT: added ‘s’ to conclude and the word ‘that’

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WP has lost its little collective mind

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Submitted by k9disc on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 3:40pm

Bezos and the Uber Wealthy Are All About Tarnishing the Image

of government.

Slinging shit all over can't hurt. It makes the inevitable transition to a "managed democracy" far more likely. As long as it makes government look bad it's good for business.

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Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 3:45pm

That never occurred to me. Something else

@k9disc
to think about.

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Submitted by GreatLakeSailor on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 4:12pm

Not sure what smear campaign to which this refers...

...Fusion GPS, is the same firm that has been accused in recent congressional testimony of launching a smear campaign in Washington against Sergei Magnitsky.

But the sleeze bag/liar/conman British-American financier Bill Browder pushed "The Magnitsky Act" through a compliant (bought) US congress to settle a score. Look up "censored movie the magnitsky act behind the scenes" for all the dirt.

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Submitted by native on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 4:15pm

I would be wary of anything

written for the WaPo, and by that particular writer. Marc A. Thiessen's neocon credentials are longstanding, and David Browder is anything but an objective source of information. Beyond that, the entire Magnitsky affair seems a very complicated and controversial thing to unravel.

It's all too easy for anti-Clinton or anti-Trump charges to bleed over into Russophobia generally. That is something best avoided I think.

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native

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 5:02pm

I AM wary of what they write. That’s why I

@native
ask you guys what you think it all means.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by Linda Wood on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 4:18pm

ZeroHedge

had an article about the CIA's control of media like the Washington Post last year:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-20/cia-washington-post-and-russia-...

ZeroHedge
Dec 20, 2016
Submitted by Carey Wedler via TheAntiMedia.org

… But the outlet’s behind-the-scenes relationship with the CIA is nothing new. In 2013, a conflict of interest arose shortly after Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, purchased the newspaper. As the Nation reported at the time:

“[Jeff Bezos] recently secured a $600 million contract from the CIA. That’s at least twice what Bezos paid for the Post this year. Bezos recently disclosed that the company’s Web-services business is building a ‘private cloud’ for the CIA to use for its data needs.”

As this occurred, a petition calling on the Washington Post to disclose its new ties to the CIA when reporting on the agency garnered 30,000 signatures. According to the RootsforAction petition:

“The Post often does reporting on CIA activities. The coverage should include full disclosure that the owner of the Washington Post is also the main owner of Amazon — and Amazon is now gaining huge profits directly from the CIA.”

… In its most recent article on the CIA’s claims of a Russian hack, the Post made no mention of its ties to the CIA. But while this connection calls into serious question the validity of a newspaper that claims to be a purveyor of “great journalism,” the connections are not enough to prove nefarious collaboration.

Unfortunately, however, history reveals actual collusion between the CIA and news outlets, including the Washington Post.

In 1977, Carl Bernstein, a former Post journalist, wrote about the CIA’s efforts to infiltrate the news media, often with the assistance of top management at the papers. In total, Bernstein reported, over 400 journalists were involved:

“Journalists provided a full range of clandestine services—from simple intelligence gathering to serving as go?betweens with spies in Communist countries. Reporters shared their notebooks with the CIA. Editors shared their staffs. Some of the journalists were Pulitzer Prize winners, distinguished reporters who considered themselves ambassadors without?portfolio for their country…In many instances, CIA documents show, journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.”

Though Bernstein failed to name the Post as an offender in his article, according to Tim Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the CIA worked directly with the Washington Post, among many other outlets. In his comprehensive history of the CIA, Legacy of Ashes, Weiner wrote of the CIA’s first official chief, Allen Dulles:

“Dulles kept in close touch with the men who ran the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the nation’s leading weekly magazines. He could pick up the phone and edit a breaking story, make sure an irritating foreign correspondent was yanked from the field, or hire the services of men such as Time’s Berlin bureau chief and Newsweek’s man in Tokyo.”
He continued:

“It was second nature for Dulles to plant stories in the press. American newsrooms were dominated by veterans of the government’s wartime propaganda branch, the Office of War Information.”

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 5:00pm

I’m glad you posted this. Thank you.

@Linda Wood @Linda Wood
I always figured the CIA was meddling in ALL our media from Kennedy on. But not to this extent.

Again, what is Bozos doing? Is this cover for something? Or what? Just to make them look ‘honest’?

They’re not bashing the Clinton Creature for nothing. (This is the part that bothers me).

EDIT: fir/for

had an article about the CIA's control of media like the Washington Post last year: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-20/cia-washington-post-and-russia-... ZeroHedge Dec 20, 2016 Submitted by Carey Wedler via TheAntiMedia.org … But the outlet’s behind-the-scenes relationship with the CIA is nothing new. In 2013, a conflict of interest arose shortly after Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, purchased the newspaper. As the Nation reported at the time: “[Jeff Bezos] recently secured a $600 million contract from the CIA. That’s at least twice what Bezos paid for the Post this year. Bezos recently disclosed that the company’s Web-services business is building a ‘private cloud’ for the CIA to use for its data needs.” As this occurred, a petition calling on the Washington Post to disclose its new ties to the CIA when reporting on the agency garnered 30,000 signatures. According to the RootsforAction petition: “The Post often does reporting on CIA activities. The coverage should include full disclosure that the owner of the Washington Post is also the main owner of Amazon — and Amazon is now gaining huge profits directly from the CIA.” … In its most recent article on the CIA’s claims of a Russian hack, the Post made no mention of its ties to the CIA. But while this connection calls into serious question the validity of a newspaper that claims to be a purveyor of “great journalism,” the connections are not enough to prove nefarious collaboration. Unfortunately, however, history reveals actual collusion between the CIA and news outlets, including the Washington Post. In 1977, Carl Bernstein, a former Post journalist, wrote about the CIA’s efforts to infiltrate the news media, often with the assistance of top management at the papers. In total, Bernstein reported, over 400 journalists were involved: “Journalists provided a full range of clandestine services—from simple intelligence gathering to serving as go?betweens with spies in Communist countries. Reporters shared their notebooks with the CIA. Editors shared their staffs. Some of the journalists were Pulitzer Prize winners, distinguished reporters who considered themselves ambassadors without?portfolio for their country…In many instances, CIA documents show, journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.” Though Bernstein failed to name the Post as an offender in his article, according to Tim Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the CIA worked directly with the Washington Post, among many other outlets. In his comprehensive history of the CIA, Legacy of Ashes, Weiner wrote of the CIA’s first official chief, Allen Dulles: “Dulles kept in close touch with the men who ran the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the nation’s leading weekly magazines. He could pick up the phone and edit a breaking story, make sure an irritating foreign correspondent was yanked from the field, or hire the services of men such as Time’s Berlin bureau chief and Newsweek’s man in Tokyo.” He continued: “It was second nature for Dulles to plant stories in the press. American newsrooms were dominated by veterans of the government’s wartime propaganda branch, the Office of War Information.”

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I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by Nastarana on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 5:06pm

Maybe

@Amanda Matthews they think or have reason to believe the Clinton Creature is going down--which I will believe when I see it as she seems to have more lives than a bagful of cats--and want to position themselves on the winning side.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 5:18pm

Another question

What was the connection between the DNC and Crowdstrike, a Ukrainian company whose owners were so anti Russian? Were there no American companies that were just as qualified to look into the alleged hack? I don't know, someone such as the FBI? If half of America is willing to believe that Russia hacked its server, then shouldn't they be asking this question?

Another issue that isn't being addressed by the media is the Pakistani Awan family's IT company having access to so many congress member's computers. This seems much more dangerous than any information that the Mueller investigation into Trump's collusion with Russia.
And why was DWS so adamantly trying to protect them?

Maybe I'll ask Rachel if she would start covering this. Nah....

Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 6:07pm

At long last...here are the Facebook ads from Russia

I don't know whether to laugh or cry about the number people who are caught up with the Russian brainwashing that has been going on for over two years now. The PTB must be feeling desperate that so many people are not believing what their mouthpieces from the media are telling us.

The Russian Facebook ads that caused Hillary to lose the election

I do too

remember, she's not a warmonger

isn't this part of campaigning?

who is surprised by this?

no comment

hasn't this been going on for years?

no idea on this

WTF

?

This proves what exactly?

And there you have it. Some of the ads that Russia placed on Facebook to change the course of history in this country. I'm not sure how these ads would have helped me make up my mind on who to vote for, but maybe others are more gullible than I am. How about you?

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 8:48pm

Well until today I hadn’t seen any. But I

@snoopydawg
Don’t use Facebook to schmooze or ‘connect’. I use it to post funny stuff and political propaganda during election season. Posters, memes, etc., so I’ve never paid attention to any ads. Plus it’s the only way I remember birthdays half the time. I’m old and getting scatty.

And out of curiosity, what wasn’t true? If we want to put truth and honesty back in our elections, it looks like maybe Putin should run ‘em.

Speaking of which, did you see my post on the 4 newest members of the rules committee? Perez can’t POSSIBLY think we’re stupid enough to think he’s an honest man, can he? If so, he’s so fucking stupid it’s amazing his body doesn’t forget to breathe.

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I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 10:56pm

This is what I thought too

@Amanda Matthews

Has any other Secretary of State ever used their private foundation for getting millions in donations from foreign leaders after they concluded their business with them? Did the Kissinger, Baker, Albright or Rice spouses go with them and get paid for giving speeches?
Why her supporters don't have a problem with this or see how it looks like pay to play is unfathomable.
As I have often stated, both congress and Obama told her to keep her foundation separate from her duties as SOS which she agreed to do. And they then knew that she wasn't upholding the agreement. But I guess that since this was the Clinton duo, they didn't have to follow their rules.
The other things that were apparently trying to get people to vote for Trump seems to just be the things that have been happening for years, but for some reason one site saw them differently than I did. Go figure...

Yes I saw your essay and I hope that I didn't need to add a snark tag to my comment.

And the only reason I joined Facebook was to sell my photos. I look at it a few times a week to see what my family is doing, rarely comment on. After someone posted another link to an article about the Russian crap, I asked why no one has a problem with Israel interfering with our elections? Heh. Only one person liked my comment.
The stuff my family posts silly stuff or pictures of the kids. I just don't see why people get so caught up with it.

Submitted by native on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 6:45pm

From the perspective of the Deep State,

the ultimate goal is to thoroughly discredit Russia, and kill any movement toward detente. If Clinton must be sacrificed to that end, then she will be... but not until it becomes absolutely necessary. So far at least, Hillary has been playing to the neocon hand perfectly.

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native

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 8:51pm

I bet you’re tight. We gotta put the squelch

@native
to BRICS after all.

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I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 11:04pm

Yep, you are right

Yep. Trump was saying that he wanted better relations with Russia and the PTB had to nip this off after they had talked NATO into threatening Russia and putting troops into countries that surround it. Now they are making noise about Russia and its upcoming war games.
I guess it's the only country that isn't allowed to do that, even in its own country.
Trump has been playing dangerous war games close to being over the DMZ border trying to get North Korea to take the bait.

Amanda, I've been reading that the threat of the BRIC monetary system might be something different than what we think it is. I'll try to find the article on this.
Good grief, who ever knows what the truth is anymore?