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Diplomatic Security special agent, who has ties to Dayton area, is found dead in Potomac River
WHIO ^ | 31 August 2017

Posted on 08/31/2017 9:04:01 PM PDT by Lorianne

Kurt Smolek, a Diplomatic Security special agent with the State Department and Dayton Police Academy graduate, was found dead in the Potomac River on Wednesday and the cause is listed as undetermined pending an autopsy.

We're hearing tonight that Smolek, 45, is a 1998 academy graduate and one of his assignments as a special agent was as a member of Condoleezza Rice's security team.

According to DC Metro police, Smolek was last seen Monday, Aug. 28, in the 600 block of Water Street, Southwest, about 10 p.m. A missing persons bulletin described hims as white with graying brown hair, brown eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 190 pounds.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida; US: Ohio; US: Virginia
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To: LS

Dayton ping.


61 posted on 09/01/2017 6:51:05 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: fella
This reminds me of a CIA retiree who took a canoe out on the Potomac.

It that like when Fredo took a boat ride reciting the rosary while Michael waited inside for the gunshot?

62 posted on 09/01/2017 7:10:27 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: thinden
“Diplomatic Security Services of the Department of State... also has jurisdiction over classified communications, such as secure email and other platforms.” Well that little tidbit kind of gets your attention.

Yeah, love how the article deflected to Condoleezza Rice and the Repubilcans without mentioning his later boss.

63 posted on 09/01/2017 7:12:01 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: sphinx

You are so great at deeceelocation! Thanks for the description.


64 posted on 09/01/2017 7:23:09 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

Officially William Colby’s death was an accident.


65 posted on 09/01/2017 7:47:23 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Albion Wilde

Yeah, love how the article deflected to Condoleezza Rice and the Repubilcans without mentioning his later boss.

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Yup. MSM has got a real talent for framing an issue with misdirection.


66 posted on 09/01/2017 7:58:56 AM PDT by thinden
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To: tjd1454

>> people do not just fall into the river <<

Yeah, but as you will probably remember, every year there are Potomoc drownings, especially in the area near Chain Bridge. The victims are mostly fishermen and swimmers who don’t know about the dangerous currents.

But an inebriated agent from Diplomatic Security would also be in extreme peril if he fell into the Potomac anywhere near the rapids — which begin in the Georgetown vicinity, just to the NW of Key Bridge.


67 posted on 09/01/2017 8:24:44 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: ETL

>> I’m not positive he is the same guy. I may have gotten some wrong information <<

What difference, at this point, does it make?

The purpose of this thread is to develop a conspiracy theory by which we can bash Her Highness, Lady Hilary. It’s totally irrelevant that the dead guy worked for Dr. Condoleeza Rice instead of for HRC.


68 posted on 09/01/2017 8:31:03 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: fella

>> This reminds me of a CIA retiree who took a canoe out on the Potomac <<

You mean William Colby?

1. He was not just a mere “retiree” from the CIA. He rose to become head of the whole stinking agency, after decades of service that stretched back to WW2.

2. Unlike Agent Smolek, he was an old man who was years away from active duty.

3. He drowned in Chesapeake Bay, not the Potomoc.

4. He was manning his sailboat, not a canoe.

Bottom Line:

Other than the fact that both men drowned, this case of Agent Smolek doesn’t remind me one bit of the Colby case.


69 posted on 09/01/2017 8:39:24 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Royal Wulff

>> he has ties to Clinton <<

Where do you see that? I didn’t find it in the story.


70 posted on 09/01/2017 8:41:18 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Lorianne

Broward County? Good catch! Getting more interesting by the minute.


71 posted on 09/01/2017 8:43:56 AM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Hawthorn
THE PERILS OF PADDLING THE DEATH OF WILLIAM COLBY PROVES AGAIN THAT CANOEING CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS

Wicomico River

72 posted on 09/01/2017 9:09:40 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Hawthorn

I stand corrected. One year a couple of foreigner (Pakistanis I think, who couldn’t swim) were foolishly climbing on the rock face at Great Falls and were swept away.


73 posted on 09/01/2017 9:45:44 AM PDT by tjd1454
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To: Cementjungle

Not necessarily. A lot of criminals still direct things from prison.


74 posted on 09/01/2017 10:12:50 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne; All

State Department Official Linked to Hillary Clinton Found Dead

http://www.neonnettle.com/news/2652-state-department-official-linked-to-hillary-clinton-found-dead

“As Diplomatic Security Services of the Department of State, Mr. Smolek was tasked with global responsibilities, including the safeguarding of American diplomatic personnel, property, and classified information. DSS also has jurisdiction over classified communications, such as secure email and other platforms used by State Department officials”

“The Department of State website has no official mention of Kurt Smolek, and any searches for information about him prove fruitless.”

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IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THEY ARE TYING THIS GUY TO CLINTON IF THERE IS NO OFFICIL MENTION OF HIM ON THE SOS WEBSITE.


75 posted on 09/01/2017 1:16:42 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne; All

State Department Official Linked to Hillary Clinton Found Dead

Read more at: http://www.neonnettle.com/news/2652-state-department-official-linked-to-hillary-clinton-found-dead
© Neon Nettle
http://www.neonnettle.com/news/2652-state-department-official-linked-to-hillary-clinton-found-dead

THIS ARTICLE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLINTON’S SECURE COMMUNICATIONS WHILE SHE WAS SOS.

“As Diplomatic Security Services of the Department of State, Mr. Smolek was tasked with global responsibilities, including the safeguarding of American diplomatic personnel, property, and classified information. DSS also has jurisdiction over classified communications, such as secure email and other platforms used by State Department officials”


76 posted on 09/01/2017 1:19:20 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I think that's Kurt Campbell next to Hildabeast...


77 posted on 09/01/2017 1:26:53 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
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To: fella

My bad. It was a canoe, just not on the Potomac.

Still, any attempt to equate Director Colby’s death with Agent Smolek’s death is downright silly.


78 posted on 09/01/2017 2:12:00 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Lorianne

>> IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THEY ARE TYING THIS GUY TO CLINTON <<

We want to tie him to Mrs. Clinton — even though he worked not for her but for Condoleeza Rice — because we need to dream up another conspiracy theory for bashing HRH Hilary.

Therefore, no actual “evidence” tying him to Clinton is needed. We’ll just make things up as we go along.


79 posted on 09/01/2017 2:18:19 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Hawthorn

I don’t, I’d like real information.


80 posted on 09/01/2017 6:31:48 PM PDT by Lorianne
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