Could it be because Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump are working on their own private intelligence service? We know they were. Trump admires the way Putin handles Russia. Maybe he'd like some pointers.Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is demanding the Trump administration explain why it let Russia's top spy into the country, where he reportedly met with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Schumer sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats asking why Sergey Naryshkin, the director of Russia's foreign intelligence service, was allowed to enter the United States despite sanctions that block his travel.
The Hill
Not just a meeting. An attempted secret meeting.The visit, Schumer noted, came shortly before the Trump administration announced it was delaying implementation of new sanctions against Russia, despite the legislation calling for the sanctions passing through Congress with an overwhelming majority.
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"While the U.S. frequently interacts with foreign governments, a U.S. meeting with the chief of the SVR a little more than a year after our Intelligence Community unanimously concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election raises a number important questions," Schumer wrote.
Even now we have to depend on the Russian government for information.The Russian embassy tweeted earlier this week that Naryshkin had been in the United States "for consultations with ... counterparts on the struggle against terrorism." CNN reported that Naryshkin met with Pompeo.
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Timothy Barrett, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, did not confirm to CNN that Naryshkin met with Pompeo, but did assert that "any interaction with foreign intelligence agencies would have been conducted in accordance with US law and in consultation with appropriate departments and agencies."
If the Trump cabal isn't working with the Russians against US interests, they sure have a funny way of showing it.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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