30 pointsby amelius5 hours ago7 comments
  • carschno2 hours ago
    “What was odd, the source said, was that the money in the account—hundreds of millions of dollars—had come from a bank in Azerbaijan. Most importantly, Kushner appeared to have transferred significant amounts of money from the Dubai account to other individuals, including a warlord, a mercenary, and a one-time hit man,” Cole wrote.
  • specproc2 hours ago
    The original Vanity Fair piece is worth a read.

    https://archive.li/XRZg9

  • jacquesm5 hours ago
    Cue the tariffs. Technically it was a Russian hacker that did the spying, the AIVD was along for the ride. What's more interesting is what they found on there, which is probably only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the kind of leverage the Russians seem to have over Trump & Co.
  • mg7946132 hours ago
    Yes, yes we did.

    We have to, because the USA clearly has shown it is no-one's ally.

    They are fistdeep everywhere, so don't complain about other fingers.

    And as long as it seems America has been infiltrated to the highest level by Russia, then we also don't even have a choice in doing so.

  • MiroslavPokorny4 hours ago
    All powers spy on each other, including supposedly friendly ones. I would have thought this was a well known thing.
  • verdverm3 hours ago
    This title seems inaccurate, given other reporting, that it was the Russians who hacked the phone and the Dutch got a copy of the contents from a Russian spy paid enough
    • exceptione2 hours ago

        > that it was the Russians who hacked the phone and the Dutch got a copy of the contents 
      
      The Russian spy gave access to the GROe server, where a copy of the contents lived. Later on, in the beginning of 2018, the MIVD got direct access to the phone.
  • pseingatl5 hours ago
    Well, someone's got to.