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It looks like the CIA Fusion GPS is panicking over being forced to disclose communications as Russiagate was being hatched
2021-07-10
[American Thinker] The writer who calls himself Techno Fog has been following closely the libel lawsuit launched by Alfa Bank's owners against Fusion GPS over its accusations that the bank had engaged in "bribery, extortion, and interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election." Mark Wauck provides context:
Unfounded concerns and rampant conspiracy theory. The Durham report will tell all. The Indictments are coming soon. You'll see !
Anyone might be forgiven for imagining that the Russia Hoax is over and done with. But it's not. And Techno Fog has a very interesting article to remind us of that fact. As you may recall, during the final month or two of the 2016 election campaign, outlandish accusations were leveled against Alfa Bank. The basic idea was that a Russian bank, Alfa Bank, was laundering money on behalf of Donald Trump, money that the Putin regime was paying Trump as their supposed agent. These outlandish accusations came from the Hillary campaign and its oppo research branch — in other words, Fusion GPS (remember?), Glenn Simpson, and shady Clinton campaign lawyers.

The whole story quickly collapsed under the weight of its own absurdity, after a brief flurry of excitement ginned up in the Dem media proxy outlets. Even oppo research stories require some minimal factual content, and this story lacked the bare minimum. Apparently the Clinton campaign thought the whole thing would be water over the dam, but Alfa bank had other ideas. They sued, and Techno Fog brings us up to date:
Related:
Alfa Bank: 2021-07-09 Why is a Fusion GPS attorney risking sanctions?
Alfa Bank: 2020-07-11 Christopher Steele Court Case Exposes Shady New Spygate Dirt
Alfa Bank: 2020-04-29 Christopher Steele Had Undisclosed Meeting With DNC, Clinton Campaign Lawyers
Related:
Techno Fog: 2021-07-09 Why is a Fusion GPS attorney risking sanctions?
Techno Fog: 2020-05-24 Judge Sullivan - ordered to explain his reasons for not granting the DOJ motion to dismiss - has hired a lawyer to apparently do his work for him.
Techno Fog: 2020-05-06 The DOJ has just produced even more documents to Flynn's lawyers.
Posted by:Besoeker

#2  The Director NSA (DIRNSA) Admiral Mike Roger shut down illegal intelligence exploitation (collection against US Citizens) in 2015 and again in 2016 during the Trump Campaign. Owing to the historical conflict between NSA and CIA, my guess is Fusion is a Klingon contract cover organization.

Wiki: Fusion GPS is a commercial research and strategic intelligence firm based in Washington, D.C. The company conducts open-source investigations and provides research and strategic advice for businesses, law firms and investors, as well as for political inquiries, such as opposition research.

You decide.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-10 01:11  

#1  Comment from 'devilman' at the 'meaning in history' link:

devilmanJuly 9, 2021 at 11:57 AM
I've long suspected that Fusion was one of the three contractors who were improperly exploiting the NSA database back when Mike Rodgers shut down the access in 2015.

Very few have covered that aspect of their operation but they fit the bill and had the qualified network within their organization at the time.

The embarrassment of disclosure between Perkins Coie and others would be bad for dozens who are no longer in politics. But if the NSA data for sale scheme holds water, that would be much much worse.

Fortunately, AB isn't backing down! Time will tell.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-10 01:00  

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