Tuesday evening, the Washington Post reported that former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page has been under surveillance since last summer for alleged ties to Russia. The Post says a FISA warrant was obtained by the FBI and has been renewed at least once since that time as federal authorities continue to investigate possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia during the 2016 election.
John Schindler, a former analyst for the National Security Agency, is now calling Page a “slimy little traitor” who was a “fully witting agent” of Russian intelligence agencies. But Schindler didn’t reserve his criticism for just Page, firing off a series of tweets in which he says other members of the administration are just as dirty as Page. Take a look:
All the while Page was a fully witting agent of the SVR.
Fuck this slimy little traitor.https://t.co/MJD1QjUct7
— John Schindler (@20committee) April 12, 2017
Reject ideology. Embrace zero-tolerance 4 lies+corruption — esp involving foreign spies. That'll make Washington smile & save our Republic.
— John Schindler (@20committee) April 12, 2017
George Washington was all about counterintelligence. He would have had at least half the Trump WH shot as traitors, without tears or doubts.
— John Schindler (@20committee) April 12, 2017
Consider that several of Trump’s current or former top aides–fired National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, son-in-law Jared Kushner, Attorney General Jeff Sessions–all met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 campaign. Why might close aides to a presidential candidate be meeting with the ambassador of a nation hostile to the national security interests of the United States? To discuss the easing of sanctions on Russia if Trump was elected? Or was it perhaps to plot campaign strategy and the release of information via Wikileaks which was harmful to Hillary Clinton?
Take a look at this graphic from the Post:
That sure is a lot of contact between those close to Trump and various Russian entities. Why in the world would any American be so willing to meet with or do business with such questionable people and entities?
This entire matter started as a few puffs of smoke. It’s quickly reaching inferno stage.
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