Trump Aide Partnered With Firm Run by Man With Alleged KGB Ties

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, partnered this year with a controversial technology company co-run by a man once convicted of trying to sell stolen biotech material to the Russian KGB espionage agency.

Subu Kota, who pleaded guilty in 1996 to selling the material to an FBI agent posing as a Russian spy, is one of two board directors at the company, Boston-based Brainwave Science. During years of federal court proceedings, prosecutors presented evidence they said showed that between 1985 and 1990 Kota met repeatedly with a KGB agent and was part of a spy ring that made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling U.S. missile defense technology to Russian spies. Kota denied being part of a spy ring, reached a plea agreement in the biotech case and admitted to selling a sketch of a military helicopter to his co-defendant, who was later convicted of being a KGB operative.

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Brainwave is seeking to develop a market for its innovative -– but broadly disputed -- technology called “brain fingerprinting” which tries to assess an interrogation subject’s honesty through a brain scan. Flynn was brought onto the company’s board of advisers to help sell the product to defense and law enforcement agencies, Brainwave President Krishna Ika said in an interview.

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Flynn has met with Brainwave officials at least 10 times, according to Ika, and signed a collaboration agreement to help drum up new business with U.S. agencies. Flynn also agreed to train any national security or law enforcement agency that purchased Brainwave products at Flynn Intel Group headquarters, Ika said. Flynn’s company, based in the Washington suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, promised to provide “world-class training services led by qualified security professionals with experience in intelligence and investigation,” Brainwave’s website says.

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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-23/trump-aide-partnered-with-firm-run-by-man-with-alleged-kgb-ties

[itsrobert]

1. Doesn't matter

He could be wearing these KGB ties and none of his supporters would care.

[Mc Mike]

3. Is that part of a new dRumpf clothing line, from the "Presidential Collection"? nt.

[Achilleaze]

2. Republicans & Evil Empire Russians are thicker than thieves

as they partner to take down America and democracy with lies and skullduggery.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Are we ever going to hit bottom?

There was this one story that Reagan used to tell that I found endearing....

Yes, Reagan. I assure you that my DU credentials are in good order, so bear with me.

Anyway, you can find it at The Pony in the Dung Heap, Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt and You:

Next the psychiatrist treated the optimist. Trying to dampen his out look, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with horse manure. But instead of wrinkling his nose in disgust, the optimist emitted just the yelp of delight the psychiatrist had been hoping to hear from his brother, the pessimist. Then he clambered to the top of the pile, dropped to his knees, and began gleefully digging out scoop after scoop with his bare hands. “What do you think you’re doing?” the psychiatrist asked, just as baffled by the optimist as he had been by the pessimist. “With all this manure,” the little boy replied, beaming, “there must be a pony in here somewhere!”

Watching ***** and his staffers and his appointments, I keep thinking "there must be a pony in here somewhere."

Where's the pony?

[yellowcanine]

5. Repubs would be talking impeachment if this were Obama's National Security advisor.

Gowdy et al would be frothing and spitting.

[BainsBane]

6. It's called the FSB

Which is the successor to the KGB.

[hughee99]

7. Brainwave Science? I remember that company. A few months ago, there was a story about

a state department guy and an FBI guy and a possible "quid-pro-quo". Turns out the FBI guy is now on the advisory board of Brainwave Science.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f86d304f0d8a4d54974f05e86d8fda78/fbi-records-effort-reduce-clinton-email-classification