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To: kidl who wrote (15745)	2/14/2024 4:48:20 PM
From: Thomas M.	2 Recommendations Recommended By Area51 longz Respond to of 15987

The Russian collusion allegations which the FBI investigated were fabricated by John Brennan. Brennan organized a series of people to pretend to be Russians and contact Trump associates. Then Brennan went to the FBI and the media and said "Look at all these Russians who Trump is associating with." This whole Russia story was a treasonous con job. Before 2016 Russia collusion claims, CIA and foreign intelligence agencies illegally targeted 26 Trump associates nypost.com The US Intelligence Community asked foreign spy agencies to surveil 26 associates of Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election, which triggered the allegations that the former president’s campaign had been colluding with Russia. Former CIA Director John Brennan identified and presented the targets to the US’s intelligence-sharing partners in the so-called “Five Eyes” agencies – the intelligence-gathering organizations in the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand The US intelligence community had “identified” the 26 Trump associates “as people to ‘bump,’ or make contact with or manipulate,” one source told the outlet. In spy-speak, “bumping” is when a reason is manufactured to meet with a target of interest in order to develop a relationship that could lead to intelligence. “They were making contacts and bumping Trump people going back to March 2016,” a source told the outlet. “They were sending people around the UK, Australia, Italy — the Mossad in Italy. The MI6 was working at an intelligence school they had set up.” Tom

To: kidl who wrote (15745)	2/16/2024 9:52:27 AM
From: roto	Respond to of 15987

Where is Jakarta’s South China Sea policy heading under Prabowo? Indonesia’s new president may advocate a pragmatic approach but don’t expect radical changes, experts say. rfa.org By Pizaro Gozali Idrus for BenarNews and RFA Staff 2024.02.16 Jakarta, Indonesia Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto greets supporters during a campaign rally in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Jan. 13, 2024. AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara Prabowo Subianto’s foreign and defense policies have come under the spotlight after the former army general and current defense minister claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election this week. Prabowo won almost 60% of the votes, according to several polling agencies drawing attention to his policies amid rising tensions in the South China Sea and China-United States rivalry.