BERLIN — After months of secret negotiations, a shadowy Russian bilked American spies out of $100,000 last year, promising to deliver stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons in a deal that he insisted would also include compromising material on President Trump, according to American and European intelligence officials.
The cash, delivered in a suitcase to a Berlin hotel room in September, was intended as the first installment of a $1 million payout, according to American officials, the Russian and communications reviewed by The New York Times. The theft of the secret hacking tools had been devastating to the N.S.A., and the agency was struggling to get a full inventory of what was missing.
Several American intelligence officials said they made clear that they did not want the Trump material from the Russian, who was suspected of having murky ties to Russian intelligence and to Eastern European cybercriminals. He claimed the information would link the president and his associates to Russia. Instead of providing the hacking tools, the Russian produced unverified and possibly fabricated information involving Mr. Trump and others, including bank records, emails and purported Russian intelligence data.
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WNU Editor: Someone leaked this story .... I would love to know who.
More News On U.S. Intelligence Officers Being Bilked $100,000 In A Deal Where They Were To Receive NSA Secrets And Compromising Material On President Trump
U.S. Secretly Negotiated With Russians to Buy Stolen NSA Documents — and the Russians Offered Trump-Related Material, Too -- The Intercept
Russian Offering Info on Trump Bilked U.S. Spies Out of Money: NY Times -- Reuters
US intelligence negotiating return of classified NSA documents -- The Hill
Report: CIA Gave $100k To Russian Offering Dirt On Trump, Including The Sex Video -- Daily Caller
“It’s a Really Weird One”: The inside scoop on the New York Times’ Russian spy story from the guy who reported it. -- Isaac Chotiner, Slate
3 comments:
Well Well, buying back tools you already have, for just a paltry million dollars.
We're doomed.
RussInSoCal,
This and all the rest of this business of the last year or so tells me the opposite of "we're doomed", of course tomorrow always has the last word.
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