Прослушка Пейджа

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Washington Post сообщает про ордер FISA, полученный ФБР на прослушку Картера Пейджа в качестве российского агента.

The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page’s communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the officials. <...> The government’s application for the surveillance order targeting Page included a lengthy declaration that laid out investigators’ basis for believing that Page was an agent of the Russian government and knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow, officials said. <...> Since the 90-day warrant was first issued, it has been renewed more than once by the FISA court, the officials said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html

Для самого Пейджа сведения о том, что его прослушивали - не новость. Он жаловался на это месяц назад в странном письме в Конгресс: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3515599/2017-03-08-Letter-to-Intel-Comm-Re-TT-Surveil.pdf

Главные вопросы про Пейджа:

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Сирийский вопрос

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В интервью Fox News Трамп впервые позволил себе высказаться критически по отношению к Путину, по вопросу поддержки Асада в Сирии.

And frankly, Putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. And I think it's very bad for Russia. I think it's very bad for mankind. It's very bad for this world. <...> This is an animal. And I really think that there's going to be a lot of pressure on Russia to make sure that peace happens, because, frankly, if Russia didn't go in and back this animal, you wouldn't have a problem right now. He was going to be overthrown. I thought he was gone. He had another week. I mean he was finished. He had nothing, nothing. And then Russia came in and saved him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/12/president-trumps-throughly-confusing-fox-business-interview-annotated/

Казалось бы, Путину предоставляется возможность попытаться обменять поддержку Асада на снятие санкций или другие выгоды, но это пошло бы поперек всех его принципов.

Что касается Трампа, многие задаются вопросом, озвученным Vanity Fair: Can Trump bomb his way out of the Russian mess?

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