Former UK Ambassador Craig Murray says he knows Russians weren't involved in leaking DNC and Podesta emails because he met with American sources on behalf of Wikileaks in September, implying one was at the DNC and the other was from the US intelligence community.
AP investigative reporter recaps and explores
What did these leakers learn that made them willing to risk their lives to expose Clinton and Podesta?
In discussing Seth Rich, Murray says
“But people do die over this sort of stuff. There were billions of dollars – literally billions of dollars – behind Hillary Clinton’s election campaign and those people have lost their money.
“You have also to remember that there’s a big financial interest – particularly in the armaments industry – in a bad American relationship with Russia and the worse the relationship with Russia is the larger contracts the armaments industry can expect especially in the most high-tech high-profit side of fighter jets and missiles and that kind of thing.
“And Trump has actually already indicated he’s looking to make savings on the defense budget particularly in things like fighter [jet] projects. So, there are people standing to lose billions of dollars and anybody who thinks in that situation bad things don’t happen to people is very naïve.”>
FBI Anon said to follow the money and that Clintons were sometimes paid with people. Murray is suggesting their biggest donors would be willing to kill to protect their interests. Then he emphasizes Podesta is a Saudi government lobbyist:
"John Podesta was a paid lobbyist for the Saudi government,” Murray noted. “If the American security services were not watching the communications of the Saudi government’s paid lobbyist in Washington, then the American security services would not be doing their job.”>
Is it not logical to suspect the leakers were motivated to face these extreme risks because of child trafficking?
If so, then I think Murray just told us to focus on
- Defense contractors
- Especially those selling aircraft and missiles
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isthisreality ago
Raytheon.
ghost_marauder ago
Not to be too much of a party pooper, but Raytheon has a rather diverse portfolio. If their contracts for missiles were to evaporate (which they're not, they just got $225 Million contract to extend patriot missiles) they would still have a large selection of Intellectual Property to sell off, or products in other fields to push. Honestly, out of all of the Defense Sector, they're one of the most stable in time of peace.
NAVAIR though, that's a company who is soul dependent on selling weapons.
Catsfive ago
To whom, though? Their contracts for missiles just evaporated, and it's not like the Military is going to say, "OK, Lockheed, now you make the Patriots." Just saying, tho, not trying to sound like a know-it-all. Good comment. Ultimately, they all depend on war.
ghost_marauder ago
Raytheon is more than missiles. They recruit programmers like mad because they're into cyber defense. They work in therm-optics. Honestly, I'm fairly sure that if you can think of a weapon, a command style (like satellite to ground unit relay), or even a good number of civilian technologies; Raytheon has had their fingers into it.
And yes. They can sell off the designs for the patriot missile to Lockheed, the contracts with the plants, even the assembly plants. It's a normal business deal. This type of thing actually happens more than you would think.
Catsfive ago
OK. That's very interesting. I see it your way a bit better, now. I'm not as experienced in the business-side of military tech, so, that's some good info. Thanks!