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26 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
1. My Lede: Suspected Soviet/Russian mole DCIA reported to have sought to silence witness who linked #45 to Moscow.

Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-ass… via @YahooNews
2. "It was a campaign spearheaded by Pompeo that bent important legal strictures, potentially jeopardized the Justice Department’s work toward prosecuting Assange, and risked a damaging episode in the United Kingdom, the United States’ closest ally."
3. IMO this is just getting rid of a witness who threatened to expose Putin's masterpiece. Not a big deal and totally unsurprising.
4. Pondering Pompeo's recruitment, as 1st in his West Point class he had pick of any job but chose to guard the wire near Czechoslovakia. IMO that strongly suggests he was recruited while at the academy. It would be easy for Koch to put the hooks in him and let KGB reel him in.

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"A conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to join together to attempt to accomplish some unlawful purpose.
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