The media idea that American spy agencies are in the dark about what was said in the Trump/Putin sit-down a week ago is laughable to those who know about the capabilities of the intelligence agencies….
Weather it was the exact talking in the room , or what was sent back home to Russia, or what was said in Russia?
The people at the NSA most probably know in general or verbatim that information…
The NSA either would have gathered the info itself….
Or got the info from a third countries intel operation….
I do NOT believe if people in the community say they don’t know….They don’t know….
They will need to protect sources and methods….
And THAT could even include them lying to lawmakers…..
And making sure that the President does NOT know everything they know…..
Since Trump does not trust or support them…But does support and trust the Russian President….Someone they deal an adversary….
President Donald Trump’s insistence on holding a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin hobbled U.S. intelligence agencies that would usually get an intimate look at such a sit-down, but American spies still have extraordinary capabilities to piece together what was discussed.
That’s in large part due to the existence of a top-secret U.S. collection service that specializes in tapping adversaries’ communications on the fly, including those of Putin’s entourage at last week’s summit in Helsinki.
Privately, sources familiar with U.S. intelligence capabilities expressed confidence that the so-called Special Collection Service scooped up not only Putin’s readout of the two-hour meeting, but what the Kremlin’s top spymasters really think about it — and how they’re spinning it to their foreign counterparts.
That means the National Security Agency and CIA are at less of a strategic disadvantage than U.S. intelligence officials have acknowledged publicly. But because they likely are missing the one critical piece of intelligence they need the most — a word-by-word account of what Trump and Putin said during the meeting — those officials appear to be flying somewhat blind when it comes to fulfilling their most important mission of helping U.S. policymakers figure out what comes next.
This is a very odd post.
If Trump and Putin talked privately in a room, (with just interpreters) it is very likely that only they know what was really said. It would be a pretty bad precedent to start demanding interpreters testify as to these matters, minus something determined extremely compelling to national security. Trump should never have spoken to Putin (or Kim) alone and members of his Administration should have pushed back even harder.
Whomever the President is at any given time and however lousy they may be, the concept that they are to be kept in the dark by others in the government is a dangerous one.
I agree on NOT compelling the interperters to appear before lawmakers …
My point with the post is that I believe there ARE those in the American intel community who DO KNOW what was discussed ……
If NOT?
They wouldn’t be worth much as spy agencies
Secret Service was almost certainly in the room too (I hope). Subpoena them as well?
I know you dislike Trump, but you often come out in favor of things that you would never support if it were anyone else. That’s not any sort of way to demonstrate consistency.
You seem to be suggesting that people in the government have Trump’s phone’s bugged or are listening to him without him knowing about it.;
That is both ridiculous and precisely the sort of thing he wants his supporters to believe about the American government.
Both guys body guards most certainly where NOT in the room….
I’m guessing any doors where guarded …
I do NOT say here that Trump was bugged by the NSA or CIA….
I DO say the agencies have means to obtain information
I also think they would be stupid to NOT KNOW what Trump is doing in meeting the Russian President….
This would have apply for Bush, Obna and Clinton….
But then WE wouldn’t have been that those President’s would be overnight America on a silver plater to a Russia ex-KGB officer would we?
And CG?
Some where?
That interperter HAS TO file a report….
No, there wouldn’t be anything where she has to speak to the substance of what was said in a private meeting.
I am sure she has an expense account at the State Department for meals, etc.
I don’t know this
But the way the government works….
The protocol way things work with interactions with a foreign leader?
I’d bet there IS a report somewhere….
I know the government HAS a rule that any contact with a known Russian asset requires a contact report forwarded to the CIA
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that American voters believe 51% to 35% “that the Russian government has compromising information about President Trump.”
However, Republicans don’t believe by 70% to 18% that there is compromising information — the only listed party, gender, education, age or racial group which does not believe it….
Politicalwire…
I may have in haste misread your post (or it was changed.)
I thought you said you wanted to compel the interpreter to appear before Congress.
You got it right the first time
I type Not
The damn phone didn’t print it….