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"Welcome To The Russian Game: It's Embarrassing, It's Dirty, And It Might Be Out of Control"

Miriam Elder, BuzzFeed News, July 25, 2016

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"This is what the Kremlin excels at - call it kompromat, or black PR, or information warfare. (The terms in Russian are many! It's kind of like the 'Inuit have dozens of words for snow' thing, but with the added bonus of being true."
"The DNC hack appears to be just the latest example - but the boldest Russia has tried in some time, if not ever."
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On December 31, 2018, Josh Gerstein at Politico published the article "Suspect's Twitter messages played role in NSA hacking-tools leak probe".

politico.com/story/2018/12/…
"Messages that the former NSA computer security specialist, Hal Martin, sent via Twitter appear to have led to an FBI raid on his Maryland home and to his arrest on charges of retaining a vast trove of classified information there without permission."

politico.com/story/2018/12/…
For reference, Harold T. Martin III was arrested on August 27, 2016 after the Shadow Brokers initiated a hunt within the National Security Agency, where they found 16 years worth of classified information.

nytimes.com/2016/10/20/us/…

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Since @jimsciutto doesn't understand that Christopher Steele was hired in June 2016 and the contract between Fusion GPS and Free Beacon ended before then, and that the first memo was written for June 20, 2016, I will explain it:

Christopher Steele was hired to write the dossier.
The fact that @CNN and @jimsciutto keep saying that Republicans funded the dossier would join with @Comey's idea that Republicans funded the dossier, which is completely incorrect.
You know, it's not the first time @jimsciutto has claimed that parts of the dossier have been verified. This was back in February 2017 though. I wonder who his source is?

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"The DNC had several meetings with representatives of the FBI's Cyber Division and its Washington Field Office, the DOJ's National Security Division, and US Attorney's Offices, and it responded to a variety of requests for cooperation..."
"... but the FBI never requested access to the DNC's computer servers", Eric Walker, the DNC's deputy communications director, told BuzzFeed News in an email.

Quote is from Ali Watkins' BuzzFeed News article from January 4, 2017, "The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers".

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Good morning from the federal courthouse in DC, where alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is set to appear for a plea hearing at 10:30am. On what she was charged with: buzzfeed.com/verabergengrue…
On why Butina has been in jail since her arrest: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

And her second unsuccessful attempt to be released and the gag order entered by the judge: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The story of Maria Butina, by @VeraMBergen: buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
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The Trump Org Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower Moscow - During the presidential campaign, Michael Cohen discussed the matter with a rep of Putin’s press secretary, per two US sources, by @a_cormier_ @JasonLeopold buzzfeednews.com/article/anthon…
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"...representatives of the Trump Organization planned to forge direct financial links with the leader of a hostile nation at the height of the campaign..."

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A second source confirmed the plan.

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ELECTION NIGHT THREAD: This will be my thread for the night, starting with this great story from @katherinemiller, with its hour-by-hour accounting of what is going on tonight and when it's (likely) going to happen. buzzfeednews.com/article/kather…
And ... polls are closed in Kentucky and Indiana.
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Thread/ The media has been an incredible partner in empowering VVA to fight to ensure that veterans and their families are free from foreign influence online. The spotlight that @WSJ's @bkesling and @dnvolz shined on this issue this week was tremendous wsj.com/articles/an-ar…
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NEW: Maria Butina's time in South Dakota has mainly been ignored, but it would become the blueprint for her later efforts in DC and the NRA.

It's there, interacting with average Americans, that she learned what makes US conservatives tick. buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
Former intelligence officers say that like the Russians who traveled to the US for the IRA in 2014, while she was in South Dakota Butina "was getting information on how our society works" on a very local level buzzfeednews.com/article/verabe…
A growing number of people in South Dakota are flabbergasted to find themselves in photos or Facebook friends with an alleged Russian agent.

"I met a Russian spy 3 years before she was outed" - teen who posted a photo with Butina at a Young Republicans summer camp in 2015
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1/ Something I never thought I would ever say, ever: Let’s talk about Steven Seagal.
2/ Putin has wanted Seagal to serve as special US-Russia envoy since 2013. qz.com/1348830/steven…
3/ Being a citizen of the Kremlin, Seagal is, of course, a Trump fan.
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