Russian Anti-Sanctions Campaign Turned to California Congressman

[Eliot Rosewater]

Source: The Atlantic

U.S. diplomats were concerned about Russian outreach to House Republican Dana Rohrabacher while on a trip to Moscow last year.

But even at the time, Rohrabacher’s 2016 Moscow trip raised eyebrows among U.S. officials, particularly at the State Department. According to two sources with close knowledge of the events, officials at the Embassy in Moscow expressed doubts about the people they were meeting with and had warned the delegation that FSB presence was constant while the members were in Moscow. During the trip, the group was briefed by the U.S. Ambassador, John Tefft.

Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/russian-anti-sanctions-campaign-turned-to-california-congressman/534102/

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1. Anyone remember when our embassy in Moscow

was bugged during its construction? And it had to be taken apart piece by piece and rebuilt and finally opened 17 years ago in 2000 (after a 15 year hiatus of trying to figure out what to do).

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I still cant get over the love the GOP has for our enemy.

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3. Well since Putin has apparently ditched "Communism" for capitalism

in any public sense, as he has become an oligarch, they apparently see that side of him (not that he was ever a fan of communism). They seem to like "strong men" (as a euphemism).