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Gotta hate Russia, right? Gotta punish anyone who helps Russia, right?
“The Clinton–Kremlin Connection,” from the Weekly Standard, July 31, 2016, by Fred Barnes. A few quotes:
“A
program overseen by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of the
‘reset’ with Russia wound up enhancing Russia's military technology and
funneling millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation, according to a
new report by investigative journalist Peter Schweizer and the
Government Accountability Institute he heads.”
“The
report says both the U.S. Army and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
found that the program, intended to support Russia's version of Silicon
Valley, was exploited to improve Russia's military capability.”
“The
‘innovation city’ of Skolkovo on the outskirts of Moscow was center of
the program. Its stated purpose was ‘identifying areas of cooperation
and pursuing joint projects and actions that strengthen strategic
stability, international security, economic well-being, and the
development of ties between the American and Russian people’."
“Instead,
the FBI warned several American technology companies in 2014 that
Skolkovo ‘may be a means for the Russian government to access our
nation's sensitive or classified research development facilities and
dual-use technologies with military and commercial application.’ Indeed,
it was.”
“Regarding
Hillary and Bill Clinton, the report says: ‘Many of the key figures in
the Skolkovo process – on both the Russian and U.S. sides – had major
financial ties to the Clintons. During the Russian reset, these figures
and entities provided the Clintons with tens of millions of dollars,
including contributions to the Clinton Foundation, paid for speeches by
Bill Clinton, or investments in small start-up companies with deep
Clinton ties’."
OOPS.
The cup runneth over.
The sewer runneth over.
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(The link to this article posted on my blog is here.)
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