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‼️GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump & known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intel said. This intel was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information. theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents.

📌This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information.

H/T @MarkBurdell1

theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as SIGINT – included Germany, Estonia & Poland.

📌Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada & New Zealand, also relayed material.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌 Dutch and the French spy agency, the General Directorate for External Security or DGSE, were contributors.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌It is understood that GCHQ was at no point carrying out a targeted operation against Trump or his team or proactively seeking info.

📌The alleged conversations were picked up by chance as part of routine surveillance of Russian intelligence assets.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
‼️The Dutch were a secret U.S. ally in war against Russian hackers.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
The Dutch domestic intelligence service AIVD had access to the infamous Russian hacking group Cozy Bear for at least a year starting in mid-2014.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
‼️The Dutch gov’t alerted the US to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after Netherlands-based officials watched the hacking of the DNC & other operations by the Russians, including a 2014 State Department hack.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌📌The DNC hack, revealed by The Washington Post in June 2016, was considered a pivotal event in several actions believed to be undertaken by the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election that year. 
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
Two independent research firms later confirmed that the DNC’s network was compromised by Russian government hackers.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌According to Dutch media, AIVD agents also watched when Russian hackers launched an attack on the State Department in 2014 and compromised unclassified systems at the White House as well as in Congress.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌The NSA had been alerted to the hacks by an unnamed Western intelligence agency. The Western ally had previously hacked not only the Russians’ computers but also surveillance cameras INSIDE THEIR OFFICES!!!!
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌The unnamed Western analysts were monitoring the hackers’ maneuvers inside U.S. networks

***And even collected CCTV footage of those involved.***🤗
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌The ally that alerted the United States may have been the Netherlands.

📌📌The country’s analysts were reportedly also able to track the location of the hackers' offices down to a university building next Moscow’s Red Square.😎
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌The information obtained by Dutch AIVD agents was passed on to the CIA and the NSA at the time, and could have contributed to a subsequent FBI inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
Over several months, different agencies targeting the same RU operatives, began to see a pattern of connections that were flagged to intelligence officials in the US.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌The issue of GCHQ’s role in the FBI’s ongoing investigation into possible cooperation between the Trump campaign and Moscow is highly sensitive.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌Both US and UK intelligence sources acknowledge that GCHQ played an early, prominent role in kickstarting the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, which began in late July 2016.

📌Which is why Trump singled out the UK (AU & Ukraine too) this morning.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
📌One source called the British eavesdropping agency the “principal whistleblower”.

Hence Trump’s ire with the UK.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
‼️PSA‼️

Please block any troll you see bashing/describing the UK as some sort of “Evil Empire” or some variation on that theme.

I am seeing an uptick in this narrative because of the above.
‼️Genesis of the US TrumpRussia Investigation👇🏼
📌The foreign gov’t conveyed this info to the US gov’t on July 26, 2016, a few days after WikiLeaks release of Clinton-related emails.

📌The FBI opened an investigation of the potential coordination between Russia & the Trump campaign a few days later based on the information.
📌Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation
nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/…
📌Exclusive: China Syndrome – Xi and Putin Partnered in U.S. Election Interference
patribotics.blog/2017/11/09/exc…
U.S. Said to Have Tapes of Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Plotting With Co-Conspirators #Rainfall “Decades of receipts” 😎
nytimes.com/2019/03/25/us/…
📌In a congressional report released January 2018, Democrats raised renewed concerns about mounting evidence of Russian interference in at least 19 European nations.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌The report, commissioned by Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) and numbering more than 200 pages, directly criticizes President Trump for failing to respond to the threat.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
📌Other nations in Europe have taken much stronger measures to counter Russian efforts in the region.

‼️“Never before has a president ignored such a clear national security threat,”⚠️

washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
‼️Instead, Trump has granted AG Barr “full and complete authority” to declassify government secrets, issuing a memo that orders U.S. intel agencies to cooperate promptly with Barr’s audit of the investigation into Russia’s election interference in 2016.
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Full link here: washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
‼️Potential Clash Over Secrets Looms Between Justice Dept. and C.I.A.

Buckle up folks!
nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/…
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⛱TGIF⛱

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The IC will continue to faithfully execute its duty to provide timely, apolitical intelligence to the President & policy makers.

In late 2015, GCHQ became of suspicious “interactions” between TeamTrump & Russian agents.
⛱TGIF2⛱

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of W agencies shared further info on contacts between Trump’s inner circle & RUs
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EU countries passed on electronic intelligence – known as SIGINT: FVEY countries: (US, UK, CAN, AU & NZ) + GER, Estonia & Poland
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😎Espionage😎

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