Donald Trump Kept His Own Senior Aides in the Dark About the CIA Director’s Secret Moscow Mission Everyone Can’t Stop Asking About
The rare trip came as reports said Ratcliffe warned Moscow against targeting a NATO member, while the White House called the visit routine.
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Cargo plane for a 'routine' visit? Top White House officials were kept in dark about CIA chief's Russia trip
A report has claimed that senior White House officials had no idea about CIA Director John Ratcliffe's surprise visit to Russia this week, where he warned the Kremlin against targeting a NATO member, seeking to test the alliance.
Is Russia Really Plotting To Test NATO’s Resolve? - LewRockwell
It’s actually NATO that might soon test Russia’s resolve. Politico cited unnamed officials to report that CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s unannounced trip to Russia was primarily meant to warn it against testing NATO’s resolve through unspecified kinetic actions against the Baltic States. This follows Russia’s CIA analogue warning in late May that their country is ready to retaliate against Latvia if it allows Ukraine to use its territory for launchi…
Donald Trump Kept His Own Senior Aides in the Dark About the CIA Director’s Secret Moscow Mission Everyone Can’t Stop Asking About
The US publication The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday, 27 August, that some of the senior-most White House aides to US President Donald Trump were kept in the dark about this Tuesday’s diplomatic mission to Moscow by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe. This interaction with the Russians was considered so sensitive that most White House officials had received no advance notice. President Donald J. Trump …
It has been reported that US President Donald Trump did not inform some senior White House officials before the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director's visit to Russia a few days ago. CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow on Tuesday, flying from Latvia. However, news that an unmarked American C-17 military cargo plane entered Russia that day quickly led to global speculation about the visit. Read more This section …
Did CIA director really go to Russia to ‘Warn against escalation’?
By Drago BosnicGlobal Research, August 28, 202628 August 2016 On August 25, CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Russia on a United States Air Force C-17 “Globemaster III” heavy-lift transport plane. He reportedly met his Russian intelligence counterparts, without immediately disclosing the nature of the visit. Sources vary in their interpretations, but it would seem that either President Vladimir Putin refused to meet Ratcliffe or such a meeting…
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