Sunday, February 18, 2018

Beware of the Real Russian Threat

More central is Oleg Deripaska, the 50-year-old Russian self-made billionaire; the founder and owner of the Basic Element group of companies, one of the largest diversified industrial groups in Russia; and the president of number of other companies, including United Company Rusal, the second largest aluminum company in the world.

Steele was recruited by British MI6 immediately on graduation from Cambridge, where he was president of the debating society, and became head of its Russian desk.

His colleague, British foreign minister Lord Ahmad, also attributed the NotPetya attack to the Russian government, specifically the Russian military.

This is even more the case since Special Counsel Robert Mueller on February 16, 2018 issued his report, and the Department of Justice announced the indictment of 13 Russians and the Russian Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, for involvement in interfering in the 2016 presidential election and in a conspiracy to disrupt the election.

Equally pertinent is that no allegation is made that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity, along with no allegation that Russian conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.

Congress, including Adam Schiff, can now concentrate on the cyberspace problem, and the Russian activity within it.

One of the characters in the drama is the indefatigable Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, who asserts there is an "Abundance of non-classified information that is evidence on the issue of collusion, and some ... on the issue of obstruction." Schiff also points to evidence in the public domain: one meeting in June 2016 between Trump campaign members and a Russian lawyer.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/beware_of_the_real_russian_threat.html

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