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Nevermypresident

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Thu Jun 1, 2017, 04:57 PM Jun 2017

Russian diplomats (spies) go missing and then turn up in odd places in middle of nowhere USA [View all]

"Kremlin is waging a quiet effort to map the United States’ telecommunications infrastructure, perhaps preparing for an opportunity to disrupt it" per intelligence officials.

"In the throes of the 2016 campaign, the FBI found itself with an escalating problem: Russian diplomats, whose travel was supposed to be tracked by the State Department, were going missing.
The diplomats, widely assumed to be intelligence operatives, would eventually turn up in odd places, often in middle-of-nowhere USA. One was found on a beach, nowhere near where he was supposed to be. In one particularly bizarre case, relayed by a U.S. intelligence official, another turned up wandering around in the middle of the desert. Interestingly, both seemed to be lingering where underground fiber-optic cables tend to run."

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/russia-spies-espionage-trump-239003

More interesting tidbits in story.....


We were vulnerable before, but now we have Comrade trump (Donnie small hands) welcoming them with opening arms. We have absolutely got to up our cyber and disinformation counter attacks and defenses, after getting rid of all of Putin's American assets/agents in our govnt.

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the hell you say. onethatcares Jun 2017 #1
Please read the article - important furtheradu Jun 2017 #2
Holy crap. tanyev Jun 2017 #3
Every DUer needs to read this article. Chiyo-chichi Jun 2017 #4
Close their consulates and embassy. roamer65 Jun 2017 #5
Question... Chiyo-chichi Jun 2017 #6
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