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MelissaB

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Fri Mar 10, 2017, 01:34 PM Mar 2017

The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation

The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation

Washington (CNN)Somewhere in the halls of the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, a closely held number of FBI agents face the daunting task of determining how the Russian government sought to manipulate the US presidential election.

It's a case that's been the subject of endless speculation in Washington and beyond.

But to those tasked with getting to the bottom of the allegations and innuendo, it's just another "standard counterintelligence investigation," as one highly placed US official put it. Add to that the freshly assigned task of determining how a huge cache of what appear to be authentic CIA documents ended up on the WikiLeaks website.

Welcome to the super-secret world of the Counterintelligence Division, home to the spy catchers of the FBI.

More: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/counterintelligence-division-fbi-spy-catchers/index.html

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The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation (Original Post) MelissaB Mar 2017 OP
The FBI could turn out to be heros in this conspiracy after all C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #1

C_U_L8R

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1. The FBI could turn out to be heros in this conspiracy after all
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 01:39 PM
Mar 2017

but I'll believe it when the orange frog marching begins

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