Russian offering info on Trump bilked U.S. spies out of money - NY Times

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Russian offering info on Trump bilked U.S. spies out of money - NY Times

 

U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian who offered stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump bilked U.S. spies out of $100,000 last year, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing U.S. and European security officials.

 

The money was delivered to a Berlin hotel room in September and was intended as the first instalment of a $1 million reward, according to U.S. officials, the Russian and communications reviewed by the Times, the newspaper reported.

 

The theft of the secret hacking tools was very damaging to the NSA, which was trying to determine exactly what was missing, the Times said.

 

Several U.S. intelligence officials told the paper they said they did not want the Trump information from the Russian, who was suspected of having ties to Russian intelligence and Eastern European cybercriminals.

 

He claimed it would link the president and his associates to Russia, the Times said, citing the officials. But instead of providing the hacking tools, the Russian produced unverified and possibly fabricated material involving Trump and others, including bank records, emails and purported Russian intelligence data, the paper cited the officials as saying.

 

The U.S. intelligence officials halted the deal out of concern it could entangle them in a Russian operation to create discord inside the U.S. government, and potential fallout in Washington from the perception that they were trying to buy compromising material on Trump, the Times reported.

 

The Central Intelligence Agency declined to comment on the negotiations with the Russian seller, the Times said.

 

The NSA, which produced the bulk of the hacking tools that the Americans sought to recover, said only that “all N.S.A. employees have a lifetime obligation to protect classified information,” the Times reported.

 

The CIA did not respond to a request by Reuters for comment, while NSA officials were not available out of regular business hours for comment.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-02-10

[Dap]

Now there's an opportunist/con artist with some mighty lofty goals.

Edited February 10, 2018 by Dap

[anon467367354]

and the NYT's has never lied before have they? What a ridiculous fabrication. Anyone that remotely believes this

trash has got too be an idiot! This is a "Must Read"? 

[Becker]

5 minutes ago, gr8fldanielle said:

and the NYT's has never lied before have they? What a ridiculous fabrication. Anyone that remotely believes this

trash has got too be an idiot! This is a "Must Read"? 

Yes, the NYT is well known for fabricating stories on a regular basis.

Howe wonderfully simplistic it must be to live in the la la land of the man-child supporter where every story that don't fit your narrative is immediately classified as fake and untrue.

I'm afraid the idiot is not the one who believes the NYT but someone you can see in a mirror.

[thaibeachlovers]

Not to forget the "Russian" pranksters that spoofed Schiff when he fell for them offering dirt on Trump. 55555555555555

[Becker]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Not to forget the "Russian" pranksters that spoofed Schiff when he fell for them offering dirt on Trump. 55555555555555

 

And that shouldn't be forgotten because...?

[Slip]

11 minutes ago, Becker said:

 

And that shouldn't be forgotten because...?

Because we should all really quickly LOOK OVER THERE!

[Scott]

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