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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: The Durham Annex is out
Date: 07/31/25 11:54 AM
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...the previously classified parts of the Durham report are out. They're interesting.

They contain these gems:

grassley.senate.gov - Declassified durham annex released by chairman grassley

foxnews.com - Soros alleged ties russiagate exposed declassified annex durham report

The credible foreign sources indicating the FBI and the Obama administration would play a role in spreading the salacious Trump–Russia narrative — before the bureau ever launched its probe — were allegedly tied to George Soros' Open Society Foundation, according to an explosive document declassified Thursday morning.

...but this isn't the juicy part.

This is:
"During the first stage of the campaign, due to lack of direct evidence, it was decided to disseminate the necessary information through the FBI-affiliated…technical structures… in particular, the Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect companies, from where the information would then be disseminated through leading U.S. publications," Bernardo reportedly wrote in an email, per the appendix.

That's the information-laundering part of the exercise. The FBI's job was to provide the veneer of legitimacy.

But who approved it?
HRC (Hillary Rodham Clinton) approved Julie’s idea about Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections."

And why would Herself do that?
"This should distract people from her own missing email, especially if the affair goes to the Olympic level," Bernardo continued, per the annex. "The point is making the Russian play a U.S. domestic issue. Say something like a critical infrastructure threat for the election to feel manic since both POTUS and VPOTUS have acknowledge the fact IC would speed up searching for evidence that is regrettably still unavailable."

Yup.
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