MaddowBlog - Russian agents sought secret US Treasury docs on Clinton backers!!

[Roland99]

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Russian Agents Sought Secret US Treasury Records On Clinton Backers During 2016 Campaign
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/russian-agents-sought-us-treasury-records-on-clinton-backers

US Treasury Department officials used a Gmail back channel with the Russian government as the Kremlin sought sensitive financial information on its enemies in America and across the globe, according to documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News.

The extraordinary unofficial line of communication arose in the final year of the Obama administration — in the midst of what multiple US intelligence agencies have said was a secret campaign by the Kremlin to interfere in the US election. Russian agents ostensibly trying to track ISIS instead pressed their American counterparts for private financial documents on at least two dozen dissidents, academics, private investigators, and American citizens.

Most startlingly, Russia requested sensitive documents on Dirk, Edward, and Daniel Ziff, billionaire investors who had run afoul of the Kremlin. That request was made weeks before a Russian lawyer showed up at Trump Tower offering top campaign aides “dirt” on Hillary Clinton — including her supposed connection to the Ziff brothers.

[vlyons]

1. OK, I read the story, but ---

it doesn't say WHEN (over what time) these communications occurred. Not does it say WHO in Treasury was communicating with Russia. I have come to distrust Buzzfeed and rarely read it. What's your take on this story?

[Roland99]

2. Article hit on it. Looks like a form of fishing expedition

Much like Podesta opened that virus ridden email. Looking for soft/vulnerable spots

[octoberlib]

3. Holy shit! This article. There are a number of whistleblowers. I imagine House Dems will

be investigating this.

[Roland99]

4. I voted for Hillary. I've got a president under non stop investigations

trump was right

[0rganism]

5. whatever docs they were looking for, safe bet they have 'em now

Trumpco has no reason to withhold information from its allies

[PhrankT]

6. Bet the Kremlin was pissed when the Clintons installed their own private server

It has become more apparent why they did just that.
They knew to protect their communications.

They weren't stupid or careless or operating some corrupt side business.
They were protecting their communications from the corrupt workings of Russia's global criminal enterprise.

Having both held the positions in our govt that they did, they damn well knew Putin's mob were out to eliminate everything the Clintons represented.

And that is exactly what we are witnessing present day.

Explains why they used a private server, in their own residence.

Putin will stop at nothing