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OK, folks, let's be clear here: US IC "obtained insights into Russian intelligence analysis" is very vague wording....could mean many different things.

Key phrase: "The IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation of the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication."

Translation: it's RUMINT and perhaps just #deza bullshit
Without knowing WHAT this RIS information was and how it was obtained, it's impossible at the UNCLAS level to say much more.

However, the IC clearly thought it was crap, perhaps dangerous crap, and Trump's DNI is now weaponizing it in the service of 2016 Upside-Downism.
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#BREAKING NEWS!!

Bad news

#Switzerland #Bern #UNRWA

#Switzerland is paying again to the (#UNRWA United Nations #Palestinian Relief Fund.
Because the @UN #Palestinian aid agency was criticized for #mismanagement,and #Antisemitism #Switzerland stopped paying in #July. Now it has lifted the payment freeze, but #Switzerland has resumed #payments to #UNRWA at around CHF 25 million (€ 23 million).
the Directorate for Development and Cooperation (#Deza) decided on December 12 to end the payment freeze. In view of the measures initiated and the confirmation by the Secretary General of the United Nations that no #donor #money has been misappropriated,
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Time to unmask* the latest Trump/Kremlin disinformation designed to distract Planet MAGA as Mueller's Hill testimony approaches. The source is one of the leading peddlers of DC #deza BS. Let's unpack his latest NSA-themed screed.

*See what I did there?

thehill.com/opinion/white-…
2/ First, there isn't much new here. The core is SIGINT unmasking in 2016 by members of the Obama admin. Specifically Samantha Power, then the US Ambassador to the UN. FYI, in advance of the Trumpist bullshit tornado: I'm no fan of Amb Power, per below:

nationalinterest.org/commentary/for…
3/ However, I 'm even less a fan of lying about our intel agencies. SIGINT unmasking is a formal procedure (I've been involved many times) where recipients of NSA intel --- which even in TS/SI channels does NOT reveal US Person (USP) identities, no matter what Hannity told you...
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Time for a tweetstorm on the realities of covert action and influence ops in elections. Since Trumpers are now citing the "Everybody does it" line regarding what Russia and its friends did to the USA in 2016 to help put Trump in the WH. So, here's some espionage #realtalk.../1
First, everybody who can, which means all developed countries, does SIGINT, which today means much cyber collection. So, NSA has collected ("hacked" in amateur parlance) emails and whatnot from foreign dignitaries and VIPs. Yes, it's illegal, but, really, everyone does it. /2
Western countries do this for intelligence purposes, ie informing statecraft, broadly. While small bits of SIGINT may be used for narrowly defined covert action, USG/IC does NOT use this intel to broad-brush shift elections and subvert governments, as Russia did in 2016... /3
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So I guess it wasn't Seth Rich who gave the stolen Democratic emails to Wikileaks after all.

Who knew?
Will POTUS-BFF Hannity and all the other sick Trumper fuckwits apologize to the Rich family now (as hey should have years ago)?

observer.com/2017/08/donald…
REMEMBER: As I told you eons ago, pinning the GRU theft of Dem emails on poor, dead Seth Rich was a Russian Intelligence #deza cover story which Hannity picked up.

observer.com/2017/08/russia…
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I've talked before about Russian #disinformation, and how the goal is to exploit existing divisive issues to weaken the enemy. 1 #InformationWarfare #WednesdayWisdom #CambridgeAnalytica #Russie #Putin #deza
Bernie v. Hillary, Benghazi & the "email scandal" were perfect targets. There was already tension & division on those topics, so they were easy to exploit. 2
Russia also targeted #peopleofcolor (specifically black voters) to sow distrust of Hillary & the political process, which helped Trump's campaign. 3
vox.com/2018/2/16/1702…
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Chris Steele is a stand-up guy. Veteran SIS Russia House boss. He nevertheless got fed a whole bunch of #deza. That is CI reality, peeps.
A fair amount of the Steele dossier is Kremlin-fed #deza

observer.com/2017/10/fact-v…
And a good % of the dossier's salacious stuff is pure #provokatsiya

observer.com/2017/11/spy-ci…
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