Thread by @arapaho415

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman BINGO.
1/ Psy-Group links to John Hannah who is an Arcanum leader:
Nov 18, 2018:
"'Mueller’s team has been looking into the communications and political dealings of John Hannah, the former Cheney adviser who later worked on Trump’s State Department transition team.' (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman 2/ ...This includes interactions w/Lebanese-American businessman & fixer George Nader, who brokered meetings between foreign dignitaries and team Trump, and Joel Zamel, a self-proclaimed social media guru with deep ties to Israeli intelligence.” (more...)
politicalwire.com/2018/11/16/top…

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman 3/ Here's @Agenthades1 link to archived Arcanum brochure, where John Hannah is listed as leader: (more...)

https://twitter.com/Agenthades1/status/1088664768380993536

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman 4/ Link to Nov 16, 2018 article by @ErinBanco @woodruffbets referenced in
tweets #1/#2 in this <thread>:
"Mueller’s investigators have examined an array of operatives w/ties to Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, Israel🇮🇱, & the UAE🇦🇪—including John Hannah... (con't)
thedailybeast.com/top-cheney-aid…

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets 5/ ...Dick Cheney’s former nat'l security adviser."
"in the days leading up to Trump’s inauguration," Michael Flynn, George Nader & Joel Zamel "met w/a top Saudi🇸🇦 general to discuss plans to undermine and overthrow the government of Iran🇮🇷."
Oct 25, 2018:
thedailybeast.com/saudi-spy-met-…

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets 6/ "Steve Bannon was involved as well in conversations on Iran regime change during those two days in January [2017], according to the communications."
Bannon update Jan 25, 2019, "Roger Stone indictment day"😃: h/t @traciemac_Bmore (more...)

https://twitter.com/JoshuaGreen/status/1088769858249154560

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 7/ Back to Psy-Group/Zamel/John Hannah (TDB, Oct 25, 2018):
"it appears Zamel remained close to the Trump team throughout the election and into the transition. Part of the reason? He had an easy in. He had been introduced to Nader... (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 8/ ...closely connected with the Trump campaign, years earlier by John Hannah, a former aide to Dick Cheney now working as a senior counselor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a right-leaning think tank known for its anti-Iran work. (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 9/ ...Hannah is listed as a member of the advisory council of Wikistrat, one of Zamel’s companies, on the firm’s website. (Other members of that board, including former CIA chief Michael Hayden, say their involvement with Wikistrat is informal and at arms length.)" more...

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 10/ "Details of the January 2017 meeting reviewed by The Daily Beast show how Zamel—already a familiar face in Trumpworld for his audacious plan to use social media influence campaigns to help beat Hillary Clinton—had ambitions beyond Trump’s election. (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 11/ According to communications reviewed by The Daily Beast, Zamel flew to New York to help pitch the Iran🇮🇷 idea to Assiri and Trump's team, delivering a bound presentation full of tactics to undercut the country’s government." (more...)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 12/ "In his first public address after taking office, Flynn said the U.S. was 'officially putting Iran🇮🇷 on notice' after it carried out a missile test and attack on a Saudi warship by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen🇾🇪. (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 13/ Since then, the Trump administration has pulled out of the 🇮🇷nuclear deal and levied snapback sanctions on the country."
The meetings in New York were part of a flurry of visits from influential foreigners to Trump Tower. (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore 14/ Weeks before, Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed reportedly discussed Iran🇮🇷 policy at Trump Tower w/ Bannon, Flynn, and Jared Kushner."
"The @nytimes reported earlier this year that Nader worked w/ Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy to urge the White House... (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 15/ … to take an aggressive stance against the two countries. (Nader also helped orchestrate the meeting between Blackwater founder and Trump ally Erik Prince and Moscow moneyman Kirill Dmitriev.)" (more...)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 16/ 📌 Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
Leaked "emails reveal what appears to be a close relationship between Otaiba🇦🇪 and members of [FDD] the pro-Israel think tank, which is funded by businessman SheldonAdelson… (con't)
Jun 3, 2017:
middleeasteye.net/news/leaked-em…

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 17/ …an ally of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu🇮🇱 and a major donor to US conservative and Republican Party Causes."
"last Aug [2016], Hannah [FDD's senior counsellor] sent Otaiba🇦🇪 an article claiming the UAE and FDD were both behind an attempted military coup in Turkey🇹🇷 (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 18/ "'Honored that we're in your company,' Hannah writes to Otaiba🇦🇪. One month before the attempted coup Hannah set out the case for a military takeover of Turkey🇹🇷 in an article in Foreignpolicy.com." (more...)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 19/ So while Erdoğan🇹🇷 blames Gulen for Jul 15, 2016 attempted coup, looks like FDD (Cheney neo-cons) were the one supporting overthrow of Erdoğan🇹🇷.🤔
(more...)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 20/ "In another email, Mark Dubowitz [FDD's CEO] sends Otaiba🇦🇪 a list of companies that invest in both Iran🇮🇷 and the UAE🇦🇪, in an apparent attempt to encourage the Emirati government to apply pressure on those companies to make a choice." (more...)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 21/ Shortly after 2017 the Qatar🇶🇦 diplomatic crisis, which occurred "between 5-6 June 2017, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, the UAE🇦🇪, Yemen🇾🇪, Egypt🇪🇬, the Maldives🇲🇻, and Bahrain🇧🇭 all separately announced that they were cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar🇶🇦" (more...)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–19_Q…

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 22/ "The emails also detail a multi-page proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting between FDD and UAE government officials that is scheduled for 11-14 June."
"The agenda includes an extensive discussion between the two sides on Qatar🇶🇦. (con't)

@PortlusGlam @Agenthades1 @WendySiegelman @ErinBanco @woodruffbets @traciemac_Bmore @nytimes 23/ …They are scheduled to discuss, for example, 'Al Jazeera as an instrument of regional instability'. Media network Al Jazeera is based in Qatar🇶🇦 and is state-funded."
Depending on replies to this <thread>, may repost tweets on Psy-Group and Michael Flynn. (ending for now...)