Summary

Former Kazakh intelligence chief Alnur Mussayev alleges that the KGB recruited Donald Trump in 1987 under the codename “Krasnov.”

In a Facebook post, Mussayev claimed that the KGB targeted Western businessmen and that Trump’s file is now privately controlled by a Putin associate.

Though unverified, the claims fuel speculation about Trump’s ties to Russia, which he has denied.

Concerns about Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin persist, with former officials like Anthony Scaramucci suggesting an unexplained “hold” on him but offering no further details.

  • @electricyarn@lemmy.world
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    844 months ago

    It does seem odd that the intelligence community seems to have been totally compromised. You’d think the cia, who has done quite a few coups themselves would have seen this coming and done something about it.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      404 months ago

      To be fair the CIA and FBI, like all other law enforcement, has spent literal decades training their agents to view US citizens as “the enemy.”

    • @Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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      264 months ago

      They have simply have no way to wrap their heads around the idea of doing anything about it. The CIA was created as a weapon for the government to point at their enemies. They don’t know how to respond when that government is the enemy.