Another Trump / Russia connection - this time via Blackwater's Eric Prince

[Kber]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.b835ddf3d0a9

(Isn't Prince Betsy DeVos's brother or brother in law or something).

Anyway:

Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel

The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi­mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.

more at link

[malaise]

1. Off to the greatest page for thee

Rec

[L. Coyote]

16. Eric Prince is the likely recipient of all the traffic from Trump's secret Russian server which

flowed to DeVos' server. Erik Prince runs Trump's private army and who knows what dark ops also.

[malaise]

18. Yep

The word is 'coup'.

[Raster]

2. The Black Prince is Betsy's brother... Supposedly Prince was part of the full-court press...

...to convince Comey to open his fucking mouth about the HRC emails on Weiner's laptop... that is, Prince in concert with Ghouliani.

[stuffmatters]

28. Prince menacing Comey to sabotage HC cannot be examined enough.

[Lebam in LA]

3. Is anyone NOT connected to Putin/Russia?

[SunSeeker]

23. Sounds like Trump made a Putin connection a job requirement for his staff.

[gratuitous]

4. Erik is indeed Betsy DeVos' brother

Isn't that cozy?

[malaise]

19. Looks like Bush and Cheney's mercenaries

want it all for themselves.

Lock them the fuck UP!

[kentuck]

5. Wow!

I wonder if that is true? That sounds like buddies conspiring to do something? Why not meet thru normal channels?

[Kber]

8. That was my question.

I mean, DT was 9 days away from being president - why the need for a back channel at that point, unless you were communicating stuff that you might not want to go through the normal state department process?

[L. Coyote]

17. Because it is illegal for a private citizen to conduct such contacts.

[pbmus]

6. Another day...

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[Kber]

9. LOL!

I think those would make excellent stocking stuffers!

[L. Coyote]

31. Perfect for a sales booth at a trump rally. I'm passing this around.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

7. O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

[jmg257]

10. Apparently the UAE and trump were hoping to

Separate Russia from Iran and Syria.

The Trump administration and the UAE appear to share a similar preoccupation with Iran. Current and former officials said that Trump advisers were focused throughout the transition period on exploring ways to get Moscow to break ranks with Tehran.

[Achilleaze]

11. republican-russian treasonous slime everywhere

republicans have sold out America. They should just pack up and move to freakin Siberia, where they belong.

[Blue_Roses]

14. Good grief

How far does this go?

[DesertRat]

15. Yes, Eric Prince is Betsy DeVos' brother. nt

[MelissaB]

20. Note: This happened the day after the Steele dossier went public.

Coincidence, I'm sure.

[Kber]

21. Wow. I missed that.

[spanone]

22. another koinkadink!!!!!

[BadgerMom]

24. K & R

[red dog 1]

25. K&R

[ananda]

26. Wow, this is heavy.

A real smoking gun, imo.

[Jonny Appleseed]

27. Hold on, hold on, I can spin this like Spicey; watch:

"It just proves he didn't ALREADY have back channels"

[Kber]

34. You have missed your calling!

That's brilliant in a twisted way!

[videohead5]

29. The Server

Was the first thing that popped into my mind.

The FBI’s counterintelligence team, which is also looking into Russia’s suspected hacking of Democratic National Committee servers and the email account of her campaign chairman, is investigating why a computer server owned by Alfa Bank repeatedly looked up a computer server owned by the Trump Organization in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Eighty percent of the attempts to look up that Trump computer server were performed by Alfa Bank — 2,820 in total — with almost all of the rest being conducted by Spectrum Health, a medical facility chain for which Dick DeVos, the husband of Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, serves as chairman of the board.

[malaise]

30. Oh My

It's getting very hot

[warmfeet]

32. The stink of corruption

is becoming quite overwhelming. Time for some bleach and lots of sunlight.

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[malaise]

33. Chris Hayes discussing now

[Kber]

35. Well, good.

'cause this seems a bit, um, fishy.