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This part is confusing. The story doesn't confirm he had emails, only that he was seeking them, that he talked to hackers he thought were Russian who said they had emails and that he approached the British cybersecurity guy, Tait, to authenticate emails but he declined.

The entire story is a bunch of Insinuations, guesses, and maybes.

It appears as if they are just trying to establish that somebody from the Trump team was, indeed attempting to get e-mails from the Russians. I am guessing the point is to prove collusion with Russians, and hopefully, later on connect that collusion to the Russian government.

Seems like a mighty large stretch, since the guy never plainly said he was in contact with Flynn, but merely hinted at it in order to raise money. Honestly? I think the guy was trying to appear more connected than he really was by dropping names in an effort to raise money.

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Posted by TigerDoc

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Posted on 7/1/17 at 10:44 am to DawgsLife

That was kind of plausible with the WSJ stories alone. Tait's account, though, says this (link in my post on page 2):

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Although it wasn’t initially clear to me how independent Smith’s operation was from Flynn or the Trump campaign, it was immediately apparent that Smith was both well connected within the top echelons of the campaign and he seemed to know both Lt. Gen. Flynn and his son well. Smith routinely talked about the goings on at the top of the Trump team, offering deep insights into the bizarre world at the top of the Trump campaign. Smith told of Flynn’s deep dislike of DNI Clapper, whom Flynn blamed for his dismissal by President Obama. Smith told of Flynn’s moves to position himself to become CIA Director under Trump, but also that Flynn had been persuaded that the Senate confirmation process would be prohibitively difficult. He would instead therefore become National Security Advisor should Trump win the election, Smith said. He also told of a deep sense of angst even among Trump loyalists in the campaign, saying “Trump often just repeats whatever he’s heard from the last person who spoke to him,” and expressing the view that this was especially dangerous when Trump was away.

I'm no espionage expert, but from some secondary sources I've read, the Russian government uses "cut-outs" to provide layers of nonaccountibility. It does make the connections harder to prove.

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