'It's like nothing we have come across before': UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump administra

[icymist]

‘It’s like nothing we have come across before’: UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump administration’s requests for help with counter-impeachment inquiry

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The attorney general is focusing on the theory, aired on far-right conspiracy sites, and raised by Trump and Giuliani, that Ukraine framed Vladimir Putin over the US election in a complex triple-cross operation by impersonating Russian hackers.

Trump and Barr have also been asking other foreign governments for help in investigating the FBI, CIA and Mueller investigators. The US president has called on the Australian prime minister Scott Morrison for assistance, while the attorney general has been on similar missions to the UK and Italy.

And the information being requested has left allies astonished. One British official with knowledge of Barr’s wish list presented to London commented that “it is like nothing we have come across before, they are basically asking, in quite robust terms, for help in doing a hatchet job on their own intelligence services”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-latest-russia-mueller-ukraine-zelensky-a9181641.html?fbclid=IwAR0oUdTb0xyPauqX-tjJWsicm6cx7S2H3kQmwT_4SCfHm3U-2F_aLPCF6s4

[treestar]

1. They are so disgusting

It appears the U.K. is refusing and telling us instead.

[GoCubsGo]

2. I suspect that others will follow suit.

I doubt the UK the only country they approached. It's 2016 all over again. Thank goodness they're still willing to warn us.

It's beyond me how these motherfuckers are still walking around free. Eddie Slovik got the firing squad for much less than what we've been seeing them openly doing in front of our own eyes.

[dchill]

3. I agree. Good point about Eddie Slovik.

[Bluepinky]

4. There are so many of them entrenched in many key positions in our government.

All we can count on now is that there are enough good people left to bring them down. It has to be done slowly and methodically. The Russian mob has infiltrated our government. It’s actually more unbelievable that Russia has been so successful in taking over our country. Could Faux News have ties to Russia, seeing how they are so supportive of Trump and his band of criminals?

[Arkansas Granny]

5. How patriotic of them. They're willing to throw anyone to the wolves to stay in power.