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U.S. expels 35 Russian diplomats, closes two compounds: official
Reuters ^ | Dec. 29, 2016 | (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Yara Bayoumy)

Posted on 12/29/2016 11:20:11 AM PST by HarleyLady27

The United States on Thursday expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment by Russia against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the Russian diplomats would be given 72 hours to leave the United States. Access to the two compounds will be denied to all Russian officials as of noon on Friday, the official added.

"These actions were taken to respond to Russian harassment of American diplomats and actions by the diplomats that we have assessed to be not consistent with diplomatic practice," the official told Reuters.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Russia
KEYWORDS: america; compounds; diplomats; fakenews; foreign; governments; maryland; newyork; obama; russia; russian; trump
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To: Covenantor

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They should get the LBJ treatment.

The Marine One crew let LBJ find his own way out of the chopper, and tossed his bags out on the ground.
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141 posted on 12/29/2016 12:35:42 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

This is confusing as all get-out. What was the reason? “Election hacking” so-called, or harassment of diplomats? Two reasons equals no reason if you ask me. AKA any excuse will do.


142 posted on 12/29/2016 12:36:34 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: HarleyLady27

leaked emails of Democratic Party operatives that became part of the media coverage in the campaign


So is Obama going to suspend the media?


143 posted on 12/29/2016 12:36:52 PM PST by samtheman (I wish Trump would read FR.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Obama won’t start a war. The entire international community knows he’s just throwing a temper tantrum, and in less than a month he will be irrelevant.


144 posted on 12/29/2016 12:38:59 PM PST by keats5 (The media is a self-licking lollipop.)
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To: NorthMountain
The world has gone mad. KGB were evil from beginning to end.

Oh, I know. I was being a little snide there. But what I'm saying is, Putin has been playing games like this waaaaay longer than Obama. And if Obama is trying to tweak Putin into doing something that Obama can use to delay the inauguration, I'm hoping Putin sees right through it.

145 posted on 12/29/2016 12:40:00 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

...and you know what else President Trump has done, he had the RATS come out and try to deny that the State of Georgia was hacked by the someone in the DHL IP address...and other States had the same problem...

This has been put in print, now lets see how the RATS get out of this one...


146 posted on 12/29/2016 12:40:05 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

But we have seen no proof from the Obama administration that the Russians did anything.


147 posted on 12/29/2016 12:42:09 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (EEe)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
Wondering if the Mossad and whatever the KGB morphed into (still pros at the game) will be doing a joint press release of whatever dirt they have on Obama, the day after Trump's inauguration.

Mighty fine popcorn-fodder, were they to do it.

148 posted on 12/29/2016 12:43:46 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: rovenstinez

So long as he keeps his mits off the nuclear box thingee.


149 posted on 12/29/2016 12:45:13 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: silverleaf
There are as many Russian "beatings" of US Diplomats as there are Russian "hackings" of the 2016 Presidential Election.

"James Blonde" was an incompetent yet important Obama inspired operation to reduce the credibility of alleged Russian FSB cooperation with US Law Enforcement in giving advance warning about the Tsarnaev brothers in Boston, by corrupting the FSB agents involved with Tsarnaev surveillance and records.

Coverup.

150 posted on 12/29/2016 12:45:40 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: grey_whiskers; All

TWEET from the Russian Embassy, UK:

President Obama expels 35 diplomats in Cold War deja vu. As everybody, incl people, will be glad to see the last of this hapless Adm.

09 PM - 29 Dec 2016
https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/814564127230271489

WITH A PICTURE OF A LAME DUCK!!!


151 posted on 12/29/2016 12:47:13 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: HarleyLady27
Why stop there? Throw the entire U.N. out.
152 posted on 12/29/2016 12:48:59 PM PST by jarofants (Everyone Loves Barry!!! (Sarc))
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To: kabar

If I were Putin...I wouldn’t expel them.

they’d be a “guests” at the Kremlin...


153 posted on 12/29/2016 12:49:11 PM PST by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: tcrlaf

THANK YOU so much for posting this I saw it but did NOT know how to post it, this IS to FUNNY!!!!


154 posted on 12/29/2016 12:50:39 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: HarleyLady27
Putin knows all this is very temporary.


155 posted on 12/29/2016 12:51:58 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: HarleyLady27

Give a spoiled child the reins to do this and all the rest of the dirty tricks he’s done... and you have a child who has no business with that kind of power.

I still look at congress and get so angry at the so called adults in that bunch of cowards who have failed to protect our United States from this lunatic!!

obama is up to no good and being holidays when no one is looking, he can start an attack on us with what all he’s doing.. and we don’t even know what else he has up his sleeve. In 20 days, he can still create havoc. I hope the other countries can plainly see we have this child in control for just a little longer, and take pity on the United States. *sarcasm alert*


156 posted on 12/29/2016 12:52:11 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: HarleyLady27

The Liberal Messiah’s temper tantrum continues.


157 posted on 12/29/2016 12:53:13 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

They can’t prove it, there is nothing to prove it with...

The RATS are trying to prove the Russians did this by bypassing what happened in the State of Georgia during the election:

The Georgia Secretary of State is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security after an unsuccessful breach to the department’s firewall.

Secretary of State Brian Kemp talked exclusively with Channel 2 investigative reporter Aaron Diamant on Thursday, saying he was “mad as hell” after what he called a massive cyberattack on the agency’s network Nov. 15, traced back to a United States Department of Homeland Security IP address.

“It’s outrageous to think about our own federal government is doing this to us,” Kemp told Diamant.

Kemp’s office maintains Georgia’s voter registration and elections data, plus corporate and professional license records.

Kemp told Diamant that the network’s firewall held up and there was no breech. But after the agency’s security vendor sounded the alarm, Kemp fired off a terse letter Thursday to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.

“We’re demanding answers to some of these questions, you know? Are they doing this to other states? Was it authorized or not? Who ordered this? Why is it being done and why weren’t we notified?” Kemp said.

By trying to blame the Russians hacking the elections, they are putting blame on someone else instead of themselves....a RAT trick, but Russia just called them on it and nailed Barky’s coffin shut!!!


158 posted on 12/29/2016 12:55:18 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: ZOOKER
It's that legacy thing - if he can't be famous, he'll be infamous

True, but he'll be lucky to stay out of the stocks when Trump gets in... Now THAT would be a legacy. Just dreamin.... :)

159 posted on 12/29/2016 12:55:36 PM PST by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Jackass needs to be arrested today for treason!


160 posted on 12/29/2016 12:56:03 PM PST by nclaurel
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