Poll of the Day > Report: Jared Kushner Asked Kislyak for Use of Russian Communications Facilities

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Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.59cbb812ce91

Report: Jared Kushner Asked Kislyak for Use of Russian Communications Facilities

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/kushner-kislyak-flynn-trump/528402

Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to President Trump and his son-in-law, suggested to Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak that he be allowed to use Russian diplomatic facilities to communicate securely with Moscow, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

The request reportedly came in a meeting in Trump Tower at the beginning of December that included Kushner, Kislyak, and former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn. It came to the attention of American officials through intercepts of Russian communications in which Kislyak relayed the request to his superiors in Moscow; the officials who spoke to the Post specified that they were not monitoring either the meeting or the communications of the Americans who were present.

"For employee-security rules, the U.S intelligence community treats visiting a foreign embassy like visiting a foreign country. Many of the most significant examples of U.S. espionage all occurred through foreign embassies," said Susan Hennessy, a Brookings fellow and a former attorney in the National Security Agency’s office of general counsel. "Like Flynn, there's the possibility that Kushner put himself in a position to be compromised, because the Russians knew he tried to set up a secret channel."

The report in the Post could not immediately be independently confirmed and goes beyond reporting in other outlets. It stems from an anonymous letter the paper received in mid-December. Intelligence officials, the paper said, subsequently confirmed Kushner’s desire to establish a secret channel so that the Trump team could conduct politically sensitive communications.

National-security officials expressed surprise at Kushner’s reported move, which would circumvent the federal government’s established methods for communicating with foreign powers, including Russia.

Thanks to The Atlantic for respecting 80/80
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inb4erik starts bitching about how this is a huge deal when it really isn't even a deal at all

inb4zeus starts going on a tirade against erik even though both of them are demonstrably stupid
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More smoke without fire.

Mind you, I believe there probably is fire. And this smoke is closer to the white house than any before. It's still not a fire yet.

SushiSquid posted...

More smoke without fire.

Mind you, I believe there probably is fire.

(thinking emoji)
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But Hillary

I heard that Kennedy wanted a direct line to the Kremlin back in the 60's. Like wow, I never knew Kennedy had such deep ties with Russia. Really makes you think how he was definitely a Russian puppet guys.
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Smarkil posted...

I heard that Kennedy wanted a direct line to the Kremlin back in the 60's. Like wow, I never knew Kennedy had such deep ties with Russia. Really makes you think how he was definitely a Russian puppet guys.

He got one

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hotline-established-between-washington-and-moscow

One key difference being that Kushner wanted to set up these communication lines in Russia and did not go through American intelligence agencies to pursue it
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Now Russia knows how to make Subway subs
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282.58 Ruble.

282.58 Ruble 0.3048 meter longggggg

Lokarin posted...

Now Russia knows how to make Subway subs

But can you get a 5 dollar not-quite-a-foot long
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