Ледины и Гингрич

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Интересная парочка, которую я пока не упоминал - Майкл и Барбара Ледины, друзья генерала Флинна. Майкл - ветеран республиканских трюков, включая рейгановский скандал Иран-Контра, одновременно заклятый враг Ирана и соавтор Флинна по книжке “The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies”, выпущенной в июле 2016.

Барбара Ледин работает в штате сенатора Чака Грассли, основного игрока в деле выставлениям палок в колеса расследования ФБР. Она же познакомила Флинна с Коэн-Ватником, который, находясь в Белом доме, сыграл важную роль в попытках пустить под откос расследование Рашагейта в Конгрессе.

According to a third person familiar with the matter, the real story is that Cohen-Watnick actually met Flynn much later, in 2016, at a coffee arranged by Michael Ledeen’s wife Barbara, who Cohen-Watnick knows from growing up outside of Washington. Ledeen is a friend of Flynn’s and co-authored the book Field of Fight with him. Barbara introduced him to Cohen-Watnick; the couple connected the young officer with Flynn, and the two kept in touch over the course of the year.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/ezra-cohen-watnick/534615/



Благодаря расследованию Guardian стало известно о том, что, подобно Питеру Смиту, Барбара Ледин пыталась во время избирательной кампании связаться с российскими хакерами для получения взломанной электронной почты Хиллари Клинтон. Посредничество оказывал Ньют Гингрич.

According to the FBI notes, Ledeen wanted to pursue her own investigation in 2015 into whether or not Clinton’s emails had been compromised but could not finance the work.
She sought out the help of an unnamed defense contractor and also turned to Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House, for help. According to the FBI notes, Gingrich “wanted to speak to others about the project” and asked Judicial Watch, the conservative activist group, for financial assistance.
Judicial Watch allegedly turned to another, unnamed, contractor who was familiar with the “deep web and dark web”, according to the FBI files. The parties were concerned about what they would do if they came across any emails that contained classified information. According to the FBI investigation, the project was later halted.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/13/michael-flynn-clinton-email-investigation-russia-dark-web

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