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Democrats on House Oversight Cmte write to White House asking for docs related to whether National Security Adviser John Bolton reported his previous work with Maria Butina, an alleged Russian spy

NPR previously reported on Bolton's work with her group.

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Reps. Elijah Cummings and Stephen Lynch:

"We request that you produce documents relating to whether Mr.Bolton reported his previous work with this alleged Russian spy on his security clearance forms or other White House vetting materials."

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NPR, March 2018:

"John Bolton's Curious Appearance In A Russian Gun Rights Video...

The Bolton video appears to be another plank in a bridge built by Russia to conservative political organizations inside the United States"

npr.org/2018/03/22/595…
Interesting: The video of John Bolton addressing Maria Butina's Right to Bear Arms group in Russia has been taken down:
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I went to House Intel Cmte Chairman Devin Nunes' district to report on the tightest race of his political life

His opponent Andrew Janz is within single digits in a district Nunes won by 35 pts last cycle. Janz raised $8 mil so far

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One criticism of Nunes has been that he hasn't been responsive to local concerns, while accruing a national profile on natsec issues irrelevant to the farming/ag heavy district he represents in Calif's Central Valley.

So I went to check it out:

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When NPR tried to visit his taxpayer-funded office in the most populated region of Nunes' district, it was closed and unstaffed at 2 p.m. on a weekday.

Phone calls go straight to voicemail. The only other office is more than 45 minutes away by car.

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Two exclusives this morning:

NPR, w/outside data firm, sifted through 3 million Russian troll farm tweets to find out how the Internet Research Agency talked about the NRA and guns from 2015-2018

npr.org/2018/09/21/648…

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Russia's Twitter influence campaign was strongly pro-gun, pro-NRA, and echoed the NRA's views

The analysis shows that 77% of their content was pro-gun, pro-NRA; and 11% was anti

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On every issue from race to healthcare, women's rights to police brutality, gay marriage to global warming, accounts associated with the "Internet Research Agency" amplified controversy by playing up conflict.

Except when it came to guns and the NRA.

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Had an eye-opening interview this week with the CEO of @FireEye, a top cybersecurity firm.

The facts are depressing.

Bottom line is: there's no such thing as a reliable cyberdefense. A dedicated attacker WILL get through eventually.
@FireEye FireEye formed over 300 'Red Teams' where companies/orgs hired them to try and break in. Break in to steal the CEO's email or affect the assembly line.

More the 90% of the time, FireEye was able to do it in five days.

And these are conscientious companies!
@FireEye FireEye's CEO Kevin Mandia says that we are almost entirely blind to what Russia, Iran and other state actors are doing on information operations. He estimates that we are tracking perhaps 3-5% of their activities.
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John Bolton is now Trump's national security adviser.

Bolton headed a super PAC that paid big bucks for the services of Cambridge Analytica & Bolton recorded a video for Martina Butina's Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013

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Heads up! Trump's national security advisor Bolton is intimately linked to the Russian spy who just pleaded guilty.

His super PAC paid big bucks to Cambridge Analytica

Here's his video for the Kremlin spy Martina Butina & her Russian gun rights group

Dems on the House Oversight Committee & Subcom on National Security wanted details re: national security adviser John Bolton's security clearance after it was revealed that he worked with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina.

Now they are in the majority!

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John Bolton is now Trump's national security adviser.

Bolton heads a super PAC that paid big bucks for the services of Cambridge Analytica

Bolton recorded a video used by the Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013.

Part 1 of 2
John Bolton is now Trump's national security adviser.

Bolton heads a super PAC that paid big bucks for the services of Cambridge Analytica

Bolton also recorded a video used by the Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013.

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Trump’s National Security Adviser, John Bolton, made a guest appearance at a 2013 round-table organized by The Right to Bear Arms in Russia, a group headed by Maria Butina (the Russian operative who was just arrested) and Alexander Torshin.

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🏵Darkleaks🏵

The (Trump) Flynn Counter-intel probe likely started circa 2/22/15:

(b/4 Dossier)

‘Darkleaks’ Black Market Anonymously Selling Secrets for Bitcoins.

Anyone can now Sell Secrets for Bitcoins Anonymously on DarkLeaks underground Black Market.

Flynn: “R we ready?”
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45 Secret: He’s really a Russian oligarch

Uncle Jr. Ghouliani is very bad at giving Trump & his cultists ammunition to combat Mueller in the court of public opinion.

Giuliani’s glaring reversals, which only serve to highlight 45’s dishonesty & possible liability
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Clapper, McRaven, Brennan, Hayden & other’s are warning us in this dark and dangerous time that we're under threat at *home*.

That's a warning we must heed.

They have dedicated their lives defending our nation against all enemies foriegn & DOMESTIC!
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Butina was recently moved from federal facility in D.C. to jail in Alexandria where Paul Manafort is currently being held.
Life comes at you fast!
Butina also worked with the @OUTDChannel to develop a television show highlighting Putin’s “love of the outdoors” that would feature Putin himself. The Outdoor Channel and the @NRA call themselves “strategic partners”:
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-128th Day at Trump Golf Club
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-Congratulates Putin Ahead of Mtg
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Day 498 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama. #fakenews #TrumpLies
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#BREAKING Trump’s lead lawyer is out. John Dowd Resigns in Special Counsel Probe. This comes days after Fox News conspiracy theorist Joe diGenova joined legal team. (Dershowitz would complete the TV team, no?) nyti.ms/2GebgG9 #Mueller #RussiaInvestigation #TrumpRussia
Seems clear where Trump's now headed. He hired diGenova to FoxNewsify his defense. It may work on those already awash in toxic Fox propaganda. But it won't work on Mueller. He'll have to be fired+/Trumpists will manufacture some crisis to end Russia probe. WHERE RU GOP CONGRESS??
UGH John Bolton was seen at the WH today. Is another Fox News blowhard propagandist about to get hired by Trump…to replace McMaster as National Security Adviser?? @ColinKahl is right. We're all gonna die.

What is GOP Congress waiting for? Are they complicit w/ Russia too??
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