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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 29

    This piece from @woodruffbets, on comms between Dmitri Simes, Alexander Torshin, and Mariia Butina, RE meeting w/Hank Greenberg is really fascinating.https://www.thedailybeast.com/maria-butina-private-messages-reveal-accused-russian-spys-true-ties-to-dc-wise-man …

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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 29

        Remember that Jared Kushner spoke with Simes the day after the election, ostensibly to get Sergey Kislyak's contact information.https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/jared-kushner-statement-russia-2016-election/index.html …

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 29

        The punchline of @woodruffbets' piece, however, is that Torshin seems to be the one who balked at ties w/Greenberg (at least in his sure-to-be-surveilled-insecure-comms-w/Butina), in part bc Greenberg attracts scandal.pic.twitter.com/dvaJCVcIv0

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 29

        One of the most fascinating aspects of the Butina saga (one that may present interesting questions in her prosecution) is the unclear line between Torshin working for himself and working for RU interests.

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      2. Jan‏ @keisjan Aug 29
        Replying to @emptywheel @woodruffbets

        Who’s the boss?

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      3. John Elliott‏ @Velcroski Aug 29
        Replying to @keisjan @emptywheel @woodruffbets

        Yes, who is the “boss” in the Torshin/Butina messages?

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      4. Don Van Atta‏ @OldSovetolog Aug 29
        Replying to @Velcroski @keisjan and

        Torshin was appointed Deputy Chair and State Secretary of the Central Bank of Russia on 1/21/15, so I assume he meant CBR chair Elvira Nabiullina. @woodruffbets has said the “boss” is a feminine noun, so I assume it is “khoziaika.”

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 29
        Replying to @OldSovetolog @Velcroski and

        That's not what it is, actually (I asked, will let her share). But yeah, it sounds like it'd be Nabiullina.

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      6. Don Van Atta‏ @OldSovetolog Aug 29
        Replying to @emptywheel @Velcroski and

        In his place, I’d probably have said “nachal’stvo,” a collective neuter noun. But I’m not a native speaker and it’s been a while since I worked full-time in a Russian-speaking bureaucracy.

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      1. Betsy Woodruff‏Verified account @woodruffbets Aug 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        thanks :)

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      1. Life Coach Killer‏ @GuadalahonkyToo Aug 29
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        Morning Twitter, Can you identify all three individuals here? Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort, & ________? CEO/Center for the National Interest - Dimitri Simes, fmr Nixon advisor, Moscow-born. CNP also boasts of fmr NRA Pres. David Keene as board member, seen w/ Maria Butina.pic.twitter.com/J6SNoe9q9f

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      1. Dennis vd Oost‏ @Dennis_vdo Aug 29
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        @grantstern @patrickLSimpson

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