Intelligence on Russian bounty plot was included in the President's Daily Brief earlier this year, s
Source: cnn
Intelligence on Russian bounty plot was included in the President's Daily Brief earlier this year, source says
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Updated 7:19 PM ET, Mon June 29, 2020
(CNN)The intelligence that assessed there was an effort by a Russian military intelligence unit to pay the Taliban to kill US soldiers was included in one of President Donald Trump's daily briefings on intelligence matters sometime in the spring, according to a US official with direct knowledge of the latest information.
That assessment, the source said, was backed up by "several pieces of information" that supported the view that there was an effort by the Russian intelligence unit -- the GRU -- to pay bounties to kill US soldiers, including interrogation of Taliban detainees and electronic eavesdropping. The source said there was some other information that did not corroborate this view but said, nonetheless, '"This was a big deal. When it's about US troops you go after it 100%, with everything you got."
Trump is not known to fully or regularly read the President's Daily Brief, something that is well-known within the White House.
The information was serious enough the National Security Council staff held a meeting during the spring to discuss "possible response options," including sanctions, if the intelligence developed to the point it was deemed ready to take to the President for any possible action, the official said......................................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/29/politics/russia-bounties-presidential-daily-briefing/index.html
Barbara Starr saying this is meaningful.
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Cha
(295,926 posts)Squatting in the WH.
Chemisse
(30,793 posts)How come HE can't predict it? He makes a fool of himself over and over.
mpcamb
(2,855 posts)Let's do it!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)t-rump didn't know;
t-rump never knew;
t-rump didn't need briefing;
t-rump was never told;
t-rump didn't get the memo;
t-rump never got the briefing papers that mentioned the Russian bounty on our troops;
t-rump doesn't need to know;
t-rump did get briefing but it was not credible;
t-rump did get the memo but it was fake news;
t-rump did not get the information because the IC's said it was not credible;
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Whether he's inept, corrupt, compromised, arrogant, lazy, etc. etc. etc., it just doesn't matter. Pick a reason, he's still unfit.
And by the way: He still hasn't said a SINGLE WORD denouncing Russia over this (or anything else they've been proven to do against us).
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Raven
(13,872 posts)they give him a pop quiz on it? What happened? Did they just let it drop? Why are all these tough military and security people so goddamned afraid of this guy. Are they so afraid of being canned that they would put their jobs above the security of their country and the safety of our troops? What is the matter with these people???
Warpy
(110,913 posts)By the time we get rid of this monster, the US might have to fight to be included in such summits.
I am not kidding about this.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Hell get a pass.
Hell restore diplomacy and smooth things out.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)In government and out. That means you Wall Street and the Ownership Class.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)this asshole never cared about his own kids. Especially when they were young. You believed he would protect yours? Why?
TomCADem
(17,378 posts)...for the election. Perhaps hack the Biden campaign or forge documents to allow Trump's allies in Congress to have pretext to hold hearings.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Trump is a lazy asshole. He can't be bothered to do his work, because he "knows better." He simply refuses to do his job.