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# Obama State Dept Secretly Distributed Its Own "Dossier" To Undermine Trump, FOIA Docs Reveal

Watchdog group Judicial Watch released 42 pages of heavily redacted State Department documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which reveal that the Obama State Department provided Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) a "dossier of classified information on Russia" in order to undermine President Trump, according to Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

“These documents show the Obama State Department under John Kerry gathered and sent its own dossier of classified information on Russia to Senator Ben Cardin, a political ally in the U.S. Senate, to undermine President Trump,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Judicial Watch will pursue information on who pulled this classified information, who authorized its release, and why was it evidently dumped just days before President Trump’s inauguration.”

The documents show Russian political interference in elections and politics in countries across Europe.

> According to a March 2017 report in the Baltimore Sun: “Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin received classified information about Russia’s involvement in elections when the Obama administration was attempting to disseminate that material widely across the government in order to aid in future investigations, according to a report Wednesday … Obama officials were concerned, according to the report [in The New York Times], that the Trump administration would cover up intelligence once power changed hands.” -Judicial Watch

In March 2017, Former Obama Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Evelyn Farkas, made some stunning admissions during an interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski.

While discussing the mad scramble by the Obama administration to collect and preserve intelligence on alleged Russian election hacking before Obama left office, it appears that Farkas accidentally implicated the Obama White House in the surveillance of Trump’s campaign staff:

> The Trump folks, if they found out how we knew what we knew about the Trump staff dealing with Russians, that they would try to compromise those sources and methods, meaning we would not longer have access to that intelligence. -Evelyn Farkas

Furthermore, Farkas effectively corroborated the March New York Times article which cited “Former American officials” as their anonymous source regarding efforts to leak this surveillance on the Trump team to Democrats across Washington DC.

> I became very worried because not enough was coming out into the open and I knew that there was more. We have very good intelligence on Russia. So then I had talked to some of my former colleagues and I knew they were trying to also get information to the hill.

> That’s why you have the leaking. -Evelyn Farkas

Farkas resigned from the Obama administration in September of 2015 - begging the question as to how she knew so much about what the previous administration and intelligence community was up to.

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A section of the documents obtained by Judicial Watch is titled “Pro-Kremlin NGOs and Think Tanks," refers to "the Russian government funded Caucasus Research Network, which helped to spread anti-EU and NATO reports throughout the region. Also discussed is the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative, which was founded by Natalia Veselnitskaya. The Initiative was reportedly “working to erode support for the Magnitsky Act (which imposes sanctions on … gross human rights violations). The organization screened an anti-Magnitsky film at Washington’s Newseum in June.”

Veselnitskaya infamously obtained a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. through associates of opposition research firm Fusion GPS, wherein she attempted to discuss the Magnitsky act before Trump Jr. shut down the meeting.

> The Magnitsky Act attracted public attention earlier this year when it was reported Veselnitskaya obtained a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. with the purpose of seeking to undermine the act. It was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to repeal the act at least in part because it targeted top Russian officials who had committed human rights violations and were the beneficiaries of a $230-million tax fraud that Magnitsky exposed. -Judicial Watch

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the not so mig… Feb 2, 2018 9:20 AM Permalink

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TahoeBilly2012 the not so mig… Feb 2, 2018 9:24 AM Permalink

Is it just one Jew or a group of Jews who sat in a room and said "Heeeeey I know, let's make everything Trump, everything bad Russia! Yeeeaaa, that's the ticket."

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Looney TahoeBilly2012 Feb 2, 2018 9:27 AM Permalink

John Kerry and his entire Ketchup-family should be subpoenaed to their expensive yacht and thoroughly Tomahawked. ;-)

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J S Bach Looney Feb 2, 2018 9:29 AM Permalink

What's with the bug-eyed "who, me?!" look on all these guilty libs' faces? So telling.

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TeamDepends J S Bach Feb 2, 2018 9:30 AM Permalink

General Jack D. Ripper: Your Commie has no regard for human life, not even his own. And for this reason, men, I want to impress upon you the need for extreme watchfulness. The enemy may come individually, or he may come in strength. He may even come in the uniform of our own troops. But however he comes, we must stop him. We must not allow him to gain entrance to this base. Now, I'm going to give you THREE SIMPLE rules: First, trust NO one, whatever his uniform or rank, unless he is known to you personally; Second, anyone or anything that approaches within 200 yards of the perimeter is to be FIRED UPON; Third, if in doubt, shoot first then ask questions afterward. I would sooner accept a few casualties through accidents rather losing the entire base and its personnel through carelessness. Any variation of these rules must come from me personally. Any variation on these rules must come from me personally. Now, men, in conclusion, I would like to say that, in the two years it has been my privilege to be your commanding officer, I have always expected the best from you, and you have never given me anything less than that. Today, the nation is counting on us. We're not going to let them down. Good luck to you all.

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GUS100CORRINA TeamDepends Feb 2, 2018 9:32 AM Permalink

Obama State Dept Secretly Distributed Its Own "Dossier" To Undermine Trump, FOIA Docs Reveal

Anyone listen to the DAN BONGINO SHOW lately? If NOT, you should listen to this information as time permits. He discusses this subject in depth. To be honest, I am sure that Dan Bongino has had an impact on the discourse now taking place.

Below is the URL for his latest two shows. This GUY, who is a former Secret Service and NYPD law enforcement professional, really understands and can explain what we are seeing in this current FBI/DOJ corruption case.

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Stan522 GUS100CORRINA Feb 2, 2018 9:40 AM Permalink

<--- the media will never admit the obama admin used the DOJ, FBI and the IRS against it's ENEMIES

<--- the media will have no choice but admit it and begin reporting truthfully

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Joe Davola Stan522 Feb 2, 2018 9:48 AM Permalink

Weren't members of the outgoing administration brazenly discussing this in the open a year ago? Don't see any of them under indictment/plea bargains, or did I miss something?

This must be how politics and government are run, but if the team in power draws electoral maps that favor themselves there's hell to pay!

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MagicHandPuppet Joe Davola Feb 2, 2018 9:53 AM Permalink

Evelyn "CRAZY EYES" Farkas

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Agent P MagicHandPuppet Feb 2, 2018 10:17 AM Permalink

Evelyn Farkas! What a rotten name! There she stood, between us and the alley. Evelyn Farkas staring out at us with her yellow eyes. She had yellow eyes! SO HELP ME GOD, YELLOW EYES!!

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Billy the Poet Agent P Feb 2, 2018 10:25 AM Permalink

You beat me to it, Black Bart.

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IH8OBAMA Billy the Poet Feb 2, 2018 10:41 AM Permalink

When is even one of these bastards going to be prosecuted and serve jail time?

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StanleyTheManly Agent P Feb 2, 2018 10:52 AM Permalink

And then she laughed her evil laugh... hahahahahaha...hahahahahaha.

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Billy the Poet MagicHandPuppet Feb 2, 2018 10:20 AM Permalink

Evelyn Farkas had yellow eyes. So help me God, yellow eyes.

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STP MagicHandPuppet Feb 2, 2018 10:55 AM Permalink

Change the last name from Farkas to FuckUs and it would be better fit.

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Stan522 Joe Davola Feb 2, 2018 9:55 AM Permalink

If there are no indictments deep into the obama admin including that FUCK Koskinen who still heads up the IRS then this charade is just for show and there is no Justice, only Just Us....

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HowdyDoody Joe Davola Feb 2, 2018 10:01 AM Permalink

Geez, yet another 'sign in to scribd before download' link. Here it is without that BS.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/JW-v-State-Card…

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Handful of Dust HowdyDoody Feb 2, 2018 10:28 AM Permalink

Revoke their passports, arrest them, and after a "speedy trial"....execute them.

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nightshiftsucks GUS100CORRINA Feb 2, 2018 9:47 AM Permalink

Yep he's a patriot.I've been following him for years.

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Occident Mortal TeamDepends Feb 2, 2018 9:38 AM Permalink

You have to remember there are different types of intelligence.

There is stuff that is collected using secretive and borderline illegal methods that cannot be used in court, cannot be released to the public and very few people even know that the ability to collect it exists. This kind of intel is “dark”.

Then there is smoking gun evidence, the kind of intel that can be presented to a courtroom and can be openly discussed in a public forum. This kind of intel is “white”.

The US has vast intel resources, but almost all intel starts off dark and they have to work hard to throw more light on it to find stuff they can use.

Trump is commander in chief, he has all the best intel that there is.

The NSA can and does record any phone call. Trump can ask the NSA a to get him the transcript of any conversation that happened with 10ft of a smartphone from any time and any place in the past 5 years.

This is the kind of dark intel that is used to form strategies. But it can never be used in the open.

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U4 eee aaa Occident Mortal Feb 2, 2018 9:44 AM Permalink

There are different types of intelligence....

....and as we can clearly see government usually operates with none of it

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BlueGreen U4 eee aaa Feb 2, 2018 10:12 AM Permalink

Exactly, all the Intel in the world-literally- doesn't mean shit if you or your AI are stupid.

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new haven stum… TeamDepends Feb 2, 2018 10:41 AM Permalink

"I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids"

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Miner TeamDepends Feb 2, 2018 10:47 AM Permalink

>> He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

-Dr. Strangelove

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waterwitch TeamDepends Feb 2, 2018 10:54 AM Permalink

Precious bodily fluids!

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Anunnaki J S Bach Feb 2, 2018 10:04 AM Permalink

Is she related to Adam Schiff? He is a bug eyed fucker too

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headhunt Looney Feb 2, 2018 10:04 AM Permalink

Kerry has no money of his own, it all came from his wives.

He is a worthless shit-stain on America.

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Pernicious Gol… headhunt Feb 2, 2018 10:54 AM Permalink

McCain the drooling vegetable is in the same club, except he's a carpetbagger, too.

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SoDamnMad Looney Feb 2, 2018 10:57 AM Permalink

Didn't I read Kerry was in Egypt doing some unauthorized negotiations for which there is a federal law against exactly that?

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juicy_bananas TahoeBilly2012 Feb 2, 2018 9:28 AM Permalink

#Barry4Prison

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Stan522 TahoeBilly2012 Feb 2, 2018 9:41 AM Permalink

Get a life...

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MasterControl TahoeBilly2012 Feb 2, 2018 10:09 AM Permalink

Some monkeys call them Jews, most of us who have a clue call them "progressives".

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jin187 TahoeBilly2012 Feb 2, 2018 10:56 AM Permalink

Oh, but I thought the whole thing was a sham, and the Jews control everything, including our puppet president they personally chose for us to "democratically" elect before the first vote was cast. You Nazis need to get your story straight. Unless you really think Trump is some kind of anti-deepshadowbildernati superhero that they just couldn't stop from becoming president. He must be bulletproof too, since if he was really disrupting the scam that much, they'd just have him killed.

Yeah, that must be it. His spray tan is really a thin bulletproof teflon coating that deflect bullets, and Jewish mind control rays.

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Richard Chesler the not so mig… Feb 2, 2018 9:25 AM Permalink

Soweeto is like a disease that won't go away.

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attila404 Feb 2, 2018 9:21 AM Permalink

How does a whore end up Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense?

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I woke up attila404 Feb 2, 2018 9:22 AM Permalink

Affirmative action

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HerrDoktor attila404 Feb 2, 2018 9:29 AM Permalink

Typically, she fucks the assistant Secretary

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Anonymous_Bene… Feb 2, 2018 9:21 AM Permalink

Ben Cardin...has that sleazy jewy look about him. How many of these congress critters share the same inbred gene pool?

Edit: My hunch was correct: The family name was originally "Kardonsky", before it was changed to "Cardin" See wiki page for Ben Cardin.

I'm beginning to wonder, based on the genetics and associations of the most prominent players, whether both sides pushing the Russia Russia Russia narrative happen to be putting on a divide and conquer show as a smokescreen to allow the looting, rape and pillage of the 99% to continue unabated.

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JoseyWalesTheOutlaw Anonymous_Bene… Feb 2, 2018 9:24 AM Permalink

If it is from Maryland then it is fuking useless

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44magnum Anonymous_Bene… Feb 2, 2018 9:36 AM Permalink

If you haven't all ready recommended reading

The International Jew

By Henry Ford

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Endgame Napoleon 44magnum Feb 2, 2018 10:28 AM Permalink

Jews cannot help it that they are a worldwide minority, one of the only true minority groups. Christian and non-Christian Blacks dominate whole continents, as do Christian Hispanics, Buddhist and Confucianist Asians, Hindu Indians, Muslim Arabs and Persians and Christian whites. Jews just dominate a pea-sized country called Israel, which is constantly under seige by hostile neighbors. They are not internationalist, but nationalistic, in the context of Israel. Even here in the USA, where Jews are a 1% minority, there are still some nationalistic, pro-USA Jews. Jews—more than most groups—do at least have a rational reason to fear over-zealous nationalism, i.e. the Holocaust that likely had something to do with being a minority in all countries except Israel. Nationalism that is rational, and not overboard, is necessary for national survival. This is as true for the USA as for any other nation. Many Jews actually know that.

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Betrayed Anonymous_Bene… Feb 2, 2018 9:48 AM Permalink

Bingo.

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onewayticket2 Feb 2, 2018 9:21 AM Permalink

We are shocked!

Best,

Lois Lerner and John Koskinen, IRS

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Endgame Napoleon onewayticket2 Feb 2, 2018 10:02 AM Permalink

Some of us are only shocked at how deaf highly paid elites are. They cannot hear the thunderous sound of millions of rally goers who voted for Trump, mainly for one reason: an end to mass-scale, welfare-assisted, wage-cutting, illegal immigration.

It was not due to Russia anything.

Additinally, voters know that the US government has also tried, on occasion, to influence foreign elections, dropping leaflets into Muslim countries using government planes, and having zero effect on changing these entrenched, religion-infused, dictatorial governments. The CIA did manage to install and/or oust a few unsuccessful dictators—one in Latin America and one in Iran.

This issue of underhanded, sneaky Russian FB ads is NOT what is undermining democracy across Europe and in our own Republic, no more than the US government’s attempts to influence elections in the ME by dropping pamphlets was the issue undermining democracy in Muslim countries.

The issue that is rotting faith in democracy is elected officials (Swampers) who serve the business interests of the global elite that lines their pockets at the expense of an underemployed nation that has seen 40 years of falling wages and 94% new job growth since 2005, consisting of temporary, part time, high turnover and 1099-contract gigs.

Illegal aliens do not have to care. They—like many American parents—get generous, pay-per-birth welfare that covers their major household bills (groceries, rent), when they have sex and reproduce after illegal border crossings. They work part time, staying below the earned-income limit for the monthly welfare programs in traceable earnings, and they stay below the cut off for newly-doubled child tax credits that were already sitting at $6,444 before doubled in the RepubliCON tax-welfare plan.

Many non-welfare-eligible citizens who must live on earned-only income, with rent soaking up more than half of their monthly income, have to care, when competing with an unending deluge of citizens and immigrants with monthly welfare and tax welfare that enables them to work for less.

That is the main reason why so many independents and cross-over voters opted for Trump. We voted for him, hoping against hope that that his anti-globalist, ant-illegal-immigration rants were real and not just a campaign tactic to win office.

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BlueGreen Endgame Napoleon Feb 2, 2018 10:23 AM Permalink

And to put forth the one last effort needed for a clear conscience before it gets violent, who knows maybe they'll have some enlightened self interest if things are shifted enough.

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NickyGall Feb 2, 2018 9:22 AM Permalink

Here is an explanation showing how the U.S. government fights Russian propaganda with their own version of “the truth”:

https://viableopposition.blogspot.ca/2017/10/the-cost-of-promoting-american-agenda.html

This version of “the truth” will cost American taxpayers nearly $700 million in fiscal 2018.

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bh2 Feb 2, 2018 9:23 AM Permalink

"We have very good intelligence on Russia."

Seriously? Relying on sources like Chris Steele and DNC hit squads?

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shovelhead bh2 Feb 2, 2018 9:43 AM Permalink

But.. but... we have pissing hookers...

Really...Honest.

Cross our hearts and hope to die.

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onewayticket2 bh2 Feb 2, 2018 9:45 AM Permalink

bingo. Circular argument + GroupThink + Arrogance = obama admin

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djcando bh2 Feb 2, 2018 9:53 AM Permalink

"We have very good intelligence on Russia - they tell us exactly what we want to hear"

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