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applegrove

(134,094 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:01 PM Jun 30

Well this is terrifying for foreign assets abroad.

“The Trump administration is demanding that American intelligence officials turn over the names of all foreign espionage targets, including suspected spies and potential recruits, to create a master list that some officials fear will be misused or compromise operations…”

It matters that the president is more loyal to foreign enemies than he is to America.

David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T20:53:43.021Z
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-misanthroptimist

(2,119 posts)
1. Man, Russia is getting desperate, aren't they?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:09 PM
Jun 30

Hopefully, Putin will hit the "release all kompromat" button on his way out the door.

chowder66

(12,745 posts)
2. Bullshit. They want to shake them down for money.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:13 PM
Jun 30

One way or another they have come up with a money making scheme.

wnylib

(26,988 posts)
3. With Trump, it's always money, power, or center of attention
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:22 PM
Jun 30

Sometimes one or two of those, sometimes all three.

liberalla

(11,318 posts)
9. Oh, I remember this well... and I'm more angry now than I was then!
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Jul 1

This whole criminal circus has got to STOP!

and STOP it SOON!

yellow dahlia

(7,047 posts)
11. At the time, I remember Sue Gordon talking about the anonymous stars on the wall at the CIA,
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:38 PM
Jul 1

and welling up.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,568 posts)
7. Didn't Trump do something like this last time he was in office and the US lost a lot of assets
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 11:25 PM
Jun 30

and even several US agents?

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