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Cell tower ping puts Cohen in Prague in 2016

Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:47 pm
Posted by bamarep
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:47 pm
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A mobile phone traced to President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen briefly sent signals ricocheting off cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, at the height of the presidential campaign, leaving an electronic record to support claims that Cohen met secretly there with Russian officials, four people with knowledge of the matter say.


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During the same period of late August or early September, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians, one of whom remarked that Cohen was in Prague, two people familiar with the incident said.


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The phone and surveillance data, which have not previously been disclosed, lend new credence to a key part of a former British spy’s dossier of Kremlin intelligence describing purported coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia’s election meddling operation.



His passport says he wasn't there but some electronic gadget says he was.

Deep

State

Doing

Work


Full disclosure, the outlet was one of the ones that received the initial piss dosier so there's that.
This post was edited on 12/27/18 at 12:50 pm
Posted by Bunyan
He/Him
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:48 pm to
This is 100% fake news

It has been debunked
Posted by brian_wilson
Member since Oct 2016
3581 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:50 pm to
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His passport days he wasn't there but some electronic gadget says he was.


a) All he showed was the cover of his passport

b) if you were to travel from one EU country to another, you wouldn't necessarily get a passport stamp.

Posted by upgrayedd
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Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:51 pm to
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four people with knowledge of the matter say.
quote:

two people familiar with the incident said.

Posted by TrueTiger
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Member since Sep 2004
68239 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:52 pm to
So, data can't be faked?
Posted by Nguyener
Kame House
Member since Mar 2013
20603 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:53 pm to
Man this is some psychotic shite.

Hillary Clinton's campaign was literally funded by Saudi Arabia and Obama told the Russians on a hot mic he would have more flexibility for them after his election and he flew money to Iran. He also weaponized the IRS and intelligence community against private citizens and political opponents.

Does anyone give a shite about that? No.

Fine. You are special council investigating Trump.

Why can't we openly investigate Obama and every member of congress as well?
This post was edited on 12/27/18 at 12:54 pm
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99175 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:55 pm to
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His passport says he wasn't there but some electronic gadget says he was.


And he was on an official visit w/ his son to USC to boot.
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
12085 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:55 pm to
I thought it had already been proved he was stateside at the time?

ETA: already answered, he was on visit to usc with his son. I wonder how much investigation is going into finding out how/why the ping hit in Prague. Smells like a setup, will the setup be investigated. Curiouser and curiouser.
This post was edited on 12/27/18 at 12:58 pm
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119031 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:01 pm to
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Both of the newly surfaced foreign electronic intelligence intercepts were shared with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, people familiar with the matter said. Mueller is investigating Russia’s 2016 election interference and whether Trump’s campaign colluded in the scheme. Mueller also is examining whether Trump has obstructed the sweeping inquiry.


Posted by BamaAtl
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Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:02 pm to
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His passport says he wasn't there but some electronic gadget says he was.


EU travel, his passport would not have been stamped if he had come in in another EU country...say Italy, where he says he was around that time.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119031 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:06 pm to
This reads like Russian propaganda.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
78974 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:07 pm to
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four people with knowledge of the matter









Posted by PhDoogan
Member since Sep 2018
14947 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:17 pm to
Again which narrative is the press sticking to: that DJT is a dumbass deranged baffoon or Dr. Evil that can thwart the greatest intelligence force on earth overseen by the annointed emasculate O (thank you autocorrect)
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
64487 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:26 pm to
Technically it puts his cell phone in Prague
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
11582 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:36 pm to
Maybe someone stole his phone
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 1:42 pm to
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four people with knowledge of the matter say.


Oooohh.. those are as good as "inside sources" or "inner circle"
Posted by NC_Tigah
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Member since Sep 2003
124189 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 2:03 pm to
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His passport says he wasn't there
So does the Univ of Southern California, where he and his son were on an official visit at the time.

But if Mueller and the SDNY POSs will just offer him a sweeter deal, I'm sure he'd happily attest he was there in Prague, just pinging away.





This post was edited on 12/27/18 at 2:06 pm
Posted by YumYum Sauce
Arkansas
Member since Nov 2010
8323 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 2:34 pm to
What time will Hillary Bernie Ocasio-Warren be inaugurated tomorrow?
Posted by TigerDoc
Texas
Member since Apr 2004
9911 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 2:57 pm to
Interesting story, but probably won't advance the ball for Mueller any. He'll have subpoenaed the cell phone records and he seized 16 physical phones in the raid (burner phones, Michael. Use the burners...) and I think they were able to image all but one old blackberry. And this all well before the sentencing memo when Mueller told Judge Pauley he'd been very cooperative.
This post was edited on 12/27/18 at 2:59 pm
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
17062 posts
Posted on 12/27/18 at 3:20 pm to
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During the same period of late August or early September, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians, one of whom remarked that Cohen was in Prague, two people familiar with the incident said.


Notice that? Among Russians. No Cohen on the wiretap. No Trump. No Flynn. No Manafort. Just two random Russians making claims over a wide open telephone line they KNEW were being listened to by pretty much every western intel agency out there. Also, the sources didn't tell McClatchy who these Russians were (kinda important). Why not?

This reminds me of the "Kushner back channel" story that came out in early 2017. Remember that? (I believe it was McClatchy that reported that too). They claimed CIA had wiretaps proving Kushner was seeking a back channel with Russians to talk in a secure Russian facility. Only problem is they didn't have Kushner himself on the wiretaps. They had two RUSSIANS discussing it among themselves.

If they had any damning wiretaps of Trump's people and Russians, they would have leaked a long time ago. They leaked Flynn's totally innocuous call with Kislyak, so they would certainly release these.

And, finally, why has Cohen simply not admitted to it? He is out in the press bashing Trump any chance he gets. He has already pleaded guilty to more serious crimes (going to Prague is not a crime). Wouldn't he just fess up by now if it were true? I mean if he wants to hurt Trump this is his chance.
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