In my last post, I was looking into a strange email which seemed to mention Tony Podesta owning a "coffee place": https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1560548
I now believe that coffee shop exists, and I think I found it: Art Blu Cafe https://sli.mg/185B9X
Reasons:
- Name - spelling of Cafe is not local italian spelling (Caffe), contains the word art, as Tony Podesta is noted for his art collection (we know him for his perverse art, but the way he's written about is as "art collector" -- https://archive.fo/Mw2Yx))
- Website - note the international signage: https://archive.fo/S9jq9
- Website Pictures - Just 8 pictures on the website, and why is one this? https://sli.mg/lO2bzy - file name is clienti3 (clienti means clients)
- Period of Activity - Take a look at the guestbook: https://archive.fo/bc3ao, active until June of 2015
- Coinciding Events: Tony Podesta filed for divorce in 2014, and discussed the fate of his Venice property https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/46159
- Email - in this email, https://archive.fo/Mta8z (mention of kids, James Alefantis in the sign-off), you can see he mentions driving specifically to San Marco, if you look at the location of this place (https://www.google.com/maps/place/art+blu+caff%C3%A8/@45.432628,12.3302394,20z)))), it's in San Marco
- Surroundings 1 - there is a really strange "Gallery" nearby: http://www.fiorellagallery.com/ (flash takes time to load, and then it is repulsive)
- "Gallery" - more on the Gallery https://archive.fo/uooLL https://sli.mg/VC3SeQ
- Surroundings 2 - and then there's this: https://sli.mg/tObedO (The Pentagram Soc - Coop: an unclaimed business with no website)
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AreWeSure ago
This is not a good piece of reasoning
Plenty of places spell cafe with one f in Italy. I found many within one minute using Google Maps. Here are justom some of the ones in Venice, Itally Impronta Cafe Restaurant Tentazioni Cafe Marechiaro Cafe' Cafe Venezia
They seems to use both cafe and caffe. The map image that you link to shows Caffe. The website uses caff http://www.artblucaffe.com/ While their sign says artblucafe
Jeremy20_9 ago
Thank you for this note. I will update this soon with your insight.
AreWeSure ago
So where is the evidence Podesta owns this place? I don't see any.
Jeremy20_9 ago
The implication of ownership was a overly-conclusive thinking on my part, we have no evidence he owns the place.
All we know for sure, based on the email, is that he's using it as a meeting place with Catherine Chieco, Leslie Dasch, and kids who Chieco has with her, and it is located next to two highly suspicious places.
AreWeSure ago
I don't think we have that. All we have is a coffee place. Somewhere along the route of his ferry.
Right? artblucafe was introduced by you, it's not in the emails. Correct? My guess is Venice is littered with coffee places.
Jeremy20_9 ago
Ergo the title of this post.
Am I permitted to introduce speculation into a highly circumstantial case as a concerned member of the public with no resources other than public info?
Go start your own post explaining what constitutes a good lead and what doesn't.