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This is an excellent podcast which takes you behind the scenes about CIA dirty tricks.Maria Butina was a Russian who was trying to get American type gun rights in Russia, who was in the U.S. talking to the NRA when the CIA arrested her saying she was working as an undeclared foreign agent. Now, it's not unusual for people to be visiting the U.S on business without knowing they need to declare themselves as working as a foreign agent, and what normally happens is that someone will tell them that they need to fill out some forms. But in this case, the CIA arrested Maria Butina and put her in a notoriously bad prison where they tortured her by repeatedly doing full body strip and cavity searches. They also bankrupted her family when she had to use expensive lawyers to defend herself.Broken,
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This is an excellent podcast which takes you behind the scenes about CIA dirty tricks.
Maria Butina was a Russian who was trying to get American type gun rights in Russia, who was in the U.S. talking to the NRA when the CIA arrested her saying she was working as an undeclared foreign agent. Now, it's not unusual for people to be visiting the U.S on business without knowing they need to declare themselves as working as a foreign agent, and what normally happens is that someone will tell them that they need to fill out some forms. But in this case, the CIA arrested Maria Butina and put her in a notoriously bad prison where they tortured her by repeatedly doing full body strip and cavity searches. They also bankrupted her family when she had to use expensive lawyers to defend herself.
Broken, she finally confessed to conspiring to work in the U.S. without declaring she was foreign agent, and now the CIA have a patsy they are tying tie her up with the failing Mueller investigation.
After the Maria Butina discussion it's gets really good again at 56 minutes. Joshua Schulte was involved with Vault 7 leak and has been put in prison where he is being tortured and denied his medicines.
Imagine if Russia was doing this to American citizens - but the MSM says nothing about the above human rights violations?
https://sputniknews.com/radio_loud_and_clear/201812141070669842-us-medias-false-coverage-of-maria-butina/
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