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“The Moscow informant was instrumental to the C.I.A.’s most explosive conclusion about Russia’s interference campaign: that Putin ordered and orchestrated it himself.” nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
“The Moscow informant was instrumental to the C.I.A.’s most explosive conclusion about Russia’s interference campaign: that Putin ordered and orchestrated it himself.” nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
“As the American government’s best insight into the thinking of and orders from Mr. Putin, the source was also key to the C.I.A.’s assessment that he affirmatively favored Donald J. Trump’s election and personally ordered the hacking of the DNC.”
“The move brought to an end the career of one of the C.I.A.’s most important sources. It also effectively blinded American intell officials to the view from inside Russia as they sought clues about Kremlin interference in the 2018 midterm elections and next year’s pres. contest.”
“Trump was first briefed on the intelligence about Russian interference, including material from the prized informant, two weeks before his inauguration.”
“James R. Clapper Jr. said he had no knowledge of the decision to conduct an extraction. But, he said, there was little doubt that revelations about the extraction “is going to make recruiting assets in Russia even more difficult than it already is.”
