Ep 124 The Kremlin Spy & Russiagate feat Aaron Maté

Guest: Aaron Maté. We talk about the latest Russiagate “bombshell” story that revealed the identity and Washington, DC area location of a Kremlin spy, Oleg Smolenkov, and claimed that he provided intelligence proving that Vladimir Putin ordered an election influence operation favoring Donald Trump. Also we discuss the machinations of former CIA DirectorJohn Brennan, the Barr and Durham investigation of the investigators and the political ramifications of Russiagate overall.

Recorded on September 15, 2019. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

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[rahaparvaz]

Hello would you please kindly cover this issue, "The Trump administration is finalizing plans to open one of the world’s last pristine wilderness regions, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to oil and fracked gas drilling. Trump is pushing the drilling at a time when climate change is permanently altering the Arctic and devastating local communities. The plan calls for the creation of landing strips, drill pads, pipeline supports, a seawater treatment plant" many

[kosmosfaber]

There had already been Russian military personel in Crimea and no, it wasn't an annexation. A legally binding referendum was held from a population that is historically attached (culturally, linguistically, emotionally, geographically) to Russia with an oberwhelmingly outcome of > 90% to join the Russian Federation.

[so]

Would be great if you could interview Scott Ritter. His article in Consortium News seems to really fill in some potentially important missing pieces in the origins of Russiagate.