If this is a screen shot from VKontakte, the Russian version of Facebook is any indication, yes. Yes he is.
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This guy strikes me as too sketchy to be a real spy, but given what Iāve read and heard about him, it wouldnāt surprise me at all if it turns out heās either (1) a nut job who thinks heās a spy or (2) a fraudster who goes around trying to convince people heās a spy. Either way, he would have showed up on the Ruskieās radar and they would naturally want to take a very close look at him to be sure of whatās what. Then, even if they concluded he was basically harmless, they would still be able to use him for their own political purposes.
Awaiting instructions from Vladimir Putin and chewing benzos to control the anxiety he is experiencing over Putinās threats to reveal everything the Russians learned when they hacked the RNC back in 2016.
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One way or another he is. But for one side or both?
The criminal stooge is a Trump-Putin prop.
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A pawn, or a fully-aware participant?
Iām leaning toward the latter. Given all we know about the guy, the former is just a little too convenient. A patsy, a fall-guy, an innocent victim of a larger geo-political game?
Nahā¦
The hypothesis that āheās been inserted there intentionally to create an asset for trade against Butinaā is not only believable but highly likely. Considering who all the players are, itās an easy conclusion to reach.
The tell already happened. It didnāt even take 3 days. HIs ālawyerā in Russia already suggested he could be traded.
The thing about trading spycraft assets though, is the valuation. A āregular citizenā arrested for āspyingā will get support from our diplomatic corps, and not much esle.
You donāt hear about those people getting traded for actual known or exposed assets because it almost never happens.
If a trade actually does come to the table, it will mean heās either a) actually a āspyā with real value to our intel community, or b) has been planted there to provide leverage for a trade.
It wonāt ever be c) because āan innocent US citizen got unfairly arrested and so weāll trade a spy to release themāā¦
Because if we did that, it would lead to much more of the sameā¦ innocent civilians being arrested and used to get actual spies released.
So what do you think? Is he a spy or a plant? I doubt seriously that heās ānone of the aboveāā¦
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Thatās funny. Because Iāve been wondering if heās half-addled dupe/agent like Page.
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You have to wonder how many people read that headline and had the same thought:
āya think?ā (Although if the reader is an actual Trumper, we know that the answer is āno, I donāt.ā)
How does one get all those citizenships?
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I donāt know about this guy but my kids have three passports each and all legit.
I was born to an American father and Australian mother and grew up in both countries. Having registered my birth with both countries, thatās two passports for me. My wife is Canadian, and the kids were born in Canada, so after a fair amount of paperwork, the kids ended up with all three.
My grandfather on my mumās side was Scottish, so my siblings and I could have apparently also gone for a British passport (and all that implied about Euro-mobility until recently) but only my sister pursued that. Still, if youāre careful about documenting things from the start itās actually not unheard ofā¦
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Watching that particular little weasel get whatās coming to him will be a source of personal joy.
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He got the flags all wrongā¦
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I know he was late to this party, but wouldnāt it be cool if Ollie North gets swept up in this mess and finally does some time?
A guy can dream, canāt he?
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In deep shit?
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In Russia, mate check you!
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This Whelen fellow doesnāt seem to have the legit reasons that your family does. Mostly since Whelen doesnāt appear to be married or have any other familial reasons to have them. I get the the Canadian and British ones, those countries have plenty of Russian spies, itās the Ireland one that I find to be the sort of misfit here.
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He probably got frustrated when he couldnāt find the flag he was looking for.
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Paul Whelan is part of a scheme cooked up by Putin & Trump to trade him for Maria Butina before too many secrets are known of Butinaās assignment between Russia and the Trump campaign. Trump knows that if he just freed her he wouldnāt be able to justify her release. But this is just another phony stunt being played on the American people.
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I havenāt lived there since the mid-80s, but at that time I was told an Irish passport was an Open Sesame in much of the world.
FWIW.
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