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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStephanie Miller just announced latest bombshell, source Der Spiegel.
If I heard correctly, two Russian spies were just arrested in Germany, and they had Pete Hegseths phone number on their device(s).
kentuck
(115,042 posts)Is there a link?
ariadne0614
(2,087 posts)Free Speech TV.
Yes from Der Spiegel International, available to read in english, no paywall.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)NJCher
(42,311 posts)Is april 27.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)The April 27th link was not in the thread when I posted.
Celerity
(53,548 posts)The poster of the Der Spiegel link has now switched to pushing a Twitter-based-off-of article/post.
So far this whole thing seems a bit sus atm, at least given the lack of rock solid receipts posted in this thread, at least as of now. I need to need verifiable evidence.
ariadne0614
(2,087 posts)Response to ariadne0614 (Reply #50)
Celerity This message was self-deleted by its author.
Chasstev365
(7,014 posts)eppur_se_muova
(40,864 posts)ariadne0614
(2,087 posts)I wonder why Der Spiegel bothered to report it.
wnylib
(25,355 posts)becoming inner circle advisors to the leader of the nation that they are spying on.
bronxiteforever
(11,062 posts)look like. In other words, are there calls of duration to the number and return calls. Absent that information, it means nothing except Russian spies are trolling us.
BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)stanky GOP
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)Walleye
(43,698 posts)With that information, they have everything they need. Personal phone numbers, friends relatives everything. Im sure he was told that was a bad idea and he did it anyway. He must be on Putins side. its time we start calling out these guys for the traitors that they are
Grins
(9,214 posts)So they could call Pete?
haele
(15,030 posts)And read his Signal texts direct form a mirroring program that might be able to spoof his personal phone's password.
Doesn't matter if the signal to his phone is encrypted if his phone has been compromised.
not fooled
(6,590 posts)...Now that Trump is back in power and Witkoff is his point man, their ties to the Russian Mafia are of particular interest because, as I showed in House of Trump, House of Putin, the Russian Mafia is very different from the Mafia we have seen in films like The Godfather, where it is always at war with the FBI.
In Russia, the Mafia has long been a de facto state actor serving the Russian Federation in much the same way that American intelligence services serve the United States, and many of the people connected to Trump had strong ties to the Russian FSB, the state security service that is the successor to the feared KGB.
Moreover, as I wrote in The New Republic, over the past three decades, at least 13 people with known or alleged links to Russian mobsters or oligarchs have owned, lived in, and even run criminal activities out of Trump Tower and other Trump properties. Many used his apartments and casinos to launder untold millions in dirty money. Others provided Trump with lucrative branding deals that required no investment on his part.
Yeah, this is who the maggots subjected the USA to for executive leadership. A bunch of mobsters.
Sneederbunk
(17,202 posts)Chasstev365
(7,014 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)NJCher
(42,311 posts)Says April 27. Get up to speed.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)In your haste to twit my nose you blew right past the obviousness.
Further simple inspection would have revealed to you that the April 27th link was not in the thread when I posted.
Chasstev365
(7,014 posts)markie
(23,811 posts)Grins
(9,214 posts)Why would two Russians have the drunks phone numbers? Going to call him? For what purpose?
If you were Russian intelligence would you give something that sensitive to a couple schmucks in Germany??
BigmanPigman
(54,533 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)SSJVegeta
(2,240 posts)chowder66
(11,760 posts)A rumor that several users circulated online in March 2025 claimed U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth once owned the Russian email address phegseth@mail.ru. The Russian technology company VK owns (archived) the Mail.ru email-provider website. (The domain name extension .ru pertains to Russia.)
This rumor involved several pieces of data, all broken down in this article, including the latest chapter of rumors about Trump's association with Russian interests, the Mail.ru email address, information and passwords provided in past data breaches, a Princeton University email address matching Hegseth's first initial and last name, and the details of a Mail.ru user agreement.
As of this writing, we were unable to locate enough evidence to conclusively link the Russian email address to the defense secretary. The Ukrainian publication Kyiv Post also extensively reported the facts of this matter.
snip.....the article dives into it deeper into the article.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/investigating-rumor-claiming-pete-hegseth-233100698.html
FakeNoose
(39,999 posts)... he'll say he was doing "investigative journalism" while working for Faux Noise. Yeah right ... that's the ticket.
Figarosmom
(9,642 posts)I'm surprised Gabby and Kash's phone numbers aren't there.
dchill
(42,660 posts)You don't know how badly I want to be wrong!
NJCher
(42,311 posts)Sat.
wiggs
(8,654 posts)sop
(17,280 posts)This will be ignored.
Mike 03
(18,690 posts)republianmushroom
(22,122 posts)MuchBetterThanThis
(78 posts)We all are salivating to find a kill shot for the enemies, but we cant get like them..
Lets not kneejerk when we get information that we WANT to hear and see.
Makes us look desperate and as ignorant as they are.
Skittles
(169,244 posts)yeah OK
orangecrush
(28,077 posts)orangecrush
(28,077 posts)And thanks for your concern.
niyad
(129,333 posts)orangecrush
(28,077 posts)Sorry, my mistake.
Traildogbob
(12,445 posts)Thing she played this AM was Louisiana Senator Fog Horn Leg Horn Kennedy emphatically saying Garcia is NOT coming home, Never will be in American again. Knowing he is innocent. I want to slap that accent outta his face.
These assholes are so damn drenched in Power, and thick in arrogance, knowing no one can stop them for anything.
taxi
(2,672 posts)SheltieLover
(76,123 posts)yardwork
(68,884 posts)John Farmer
(368 posts)What self-respecting spy would NOT have Pete Hegseths phone number on their device(s)?
moniss
(8,604 posts)number to call to get themselves released.
LetMyPeopleVote
(174,270 posts)
Skittles
(169,244 posts)just more incompetence
Mountainguy
(2,145 posts)Hegseth uses his private number for highly sensitive communication, and that number is basically on a billboard for anyone that wants it.