Thread by somebody who knows what he’s talking about. He walks the reader thru [with some links] how Ted Kennedy & Greg Craig were key players in kickstarting what has become the modern day DC foreign bribery industry:
1) #GregoryCraig was Obama’s White House Counsel. He was recently indicted for crimes relating to his Ukraine work with #PaulManafort. Now is a good time to look at Craig’s career after he helped would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley get off on an insanity plea.
2) After defending Hinckley, #GregoryCraig was Senator Ted #Kennedy‘s top foreign policy, defense, & national security advisor from 1984-88. Kennedy, who not been notably active on these issues before, suddenly made defense & national security his top issues.
3) Since the late 1970s, Senator #Kennedy had courted the Soviet #KGB for favors, via a cutout, former senator John Tunney (D-CA), and an Soviet agent David Karr. Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats wrote about this in her book, The State Within A State. amazon.com/State-Within-R…
6) A translation of the Chebrikov memo about Senator #Kennedy‘s offer to Andropov appears in Paul Kengor’s book, “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism,” pp. 317-320. amazon.com/Crusader-Ronal…
7) #Kennedy‘s proposed Kremlin meeting “will have a strong impact on American and political circles in the USA,” Chebrikov said; “Kennedy believes that in order to influence Americans it would be important to organize…televised interviews with Y.V. Andropov in the USA.”
8) Chebrikov: “The senator [#Kennedy] underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side.” These and other Soviet interviews would “appeal directly to the American people about the peaceful intentions of the USSR. . . .”
9) Chebrikov to Andropov: “Tunney remarked that the senator [#Kennedy] wants to run for president in 1988. At that time, he will be 56 and his personal problems, which could hinder his standing, will be resolved. . . .” #KGB #Collusion
10) #KGB chief Chebrikov to Andropov: “Taken together, Kennedy doe snot discount that during the 1984 campaign, the Democratic party may officially turn to him to lead the fight against the Republicans and elect their candidate president.” #Kennedy #Collusion
11) In 1984, Senator Ted #Kennedy hired lawyer #GregoryCraig, who was not a national security or defense expert, to be his national security and defense advisor. Craig remained so through 1988. Given Craig’s connection to #Manafort & Obama, this is a good time to ask questions.
12) In 1997, #GregoryCraig became Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. This is while the US poured aid into Russia & ignored Russia’s aggressive espionage and while #Putin was making his rise to take over the Russian state. State Dept policy was friendly to Putin.
13) #GregoryCraig supported Obama for president in 2007 and was Obama’s White House general counsel in 2009-2010. In 2012 he was working a #Ukraine account which would involve #Manafort. Mueller indicted Craig earlier this month. Time to find out what he did with Soviets in ’80s.
14) It’s vital to get to the bottom of ALL politicians’ #Collusion with Moscow, regardless of who they are. Mueller’s big fish might not have been Trump at all, but #GregoryCraig, who implemented Ted #Kennedy‘s pro-Soviet defense policies after the 1983 outreach to Andropov.
15) Ted #Kennedy and #GregoryCraig helped build the careers of countless politicians, policymakers, and other influencers who are still active. Any sound counterintelligence professional would see the need to examine these relationships thoroughly.
16) Back to my Forbes piece from January 2017: “limiting the scope of ‘Russian subversion’ to the 2016 campaign is a trap. Trump must raise the ante. He must broaden any investigation to cover all foreign subversion of American politics and policies.”
David Karr, by the way, was a contemporary of fellow Soviet agent I.F. Stone. Both had served Stalin’s NKVD and later the #KGB. Both were agents of influence among American progressives. Unlike #IzzyStone, Karr has few defenders today.
17) What role did #GregoryCraig play, as White House Counsel, in shutting down the FBI’s Operation Ghost Stories against a Russian illegals network in 2010? #ObamaKnew
