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11. I'm curious about the claim that....
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:33 AM
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There is SIGINT that does indeed place him in the Czech Republic at the time Steele says he was there. Cohen denies the visit, but his cell phone signal bounced off Czech towers, and there’s more.


Is there evidence of this beyond what was initially reported about five years ago? Or is this just the same claim originally reported by Gordon and Stone of the McClatchy group of newspapers?

When questioned about their reporting by Erik Wemple, Gordon and Stone stated:

We quoted a total of five sources. Our sources cited information that signals from a cell phone owned by Cohen were detected in the vicinity of Prague and that, during that time frame, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a Russian remarking that Cohen was in the Czech capital. Our stories, while sensational, provided only hints — or breadcrumbs — suggesting that Cohen may have taken such a trip in late summer 2016. Without Cohen’s acknowledgement that he made such a trip, that he attended a clandestine meeting and without his description of what was discussed, the Cohen allegations appear to hit a dead end. There’s been no indication that Czech intelligence monitored or was aware of such a meeting, so it’s difficult to see how Special Counsel Robert Mueller could have proved this allegation even with an admission by Mr. Cohen.


Erik Wemple asked Gordon if the reporting team ever knew what was the phone number attached to those alleged cellphone pings. He declined to comment.

Does Unredacted contain any new information other than what was originally reported?

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. BoRaGard Yesterday #1
Thanks for the lead on the book, mainer. C0RI0LANUS Yesterday #2
I fully agree about Cohen. D23MIURG23 Yesterday #3
Cohen is furious with TSF. Yet he still refuses that he was in the Czech Republic when the allegorical oracle Yesterday #15
No it doesn't. It means Cohen is still hiding things. mainer Yesterday #17
Cohen's been to prison, for Gawd's sake-- in solitary confinement, no less. Wouldn't he have allegorical oracle Yesterday #21
Not if his cell phone was pinging off of a cell tower in Czech Republic during the time he was supossedly there. D23MIURG23 21 hrs ago #24
K&R SheltieLover Yesterday #4
Yeah, that's what I'm after: Feeling even more hopeless. Paladin Yesterday #5
Oh SURE! I want to feel more hopeless! LymphocyteLover Yesterday #6
The FBI is corrupted toward rightwingers and is likely to get even more so LymphocyteLover Yesterday #7
When was the last Democratic FBI director? dlk Yesterday #8
Clarence Kelley was a republican SouthBayDem Yesterday #9
You are correct. dlk Yesterday #10
I'm curious about the claim that.... reACTIONary Yesterday #11
Yes mainer Yesterday #12
That's interesting... reACTIONary Yesterday #13
He describes how he sources info through a long career in intelligence mainer Yesterday #16
SIGINT, HUMINT, and a fair amount of... reACTIONary Yesterday #18
Here is what he wrote: mainer Yesterday #19
Recall seeing a McClatchy reporter on MSNBC, I think, reporting something to that effect. Then it allegorical oracle Yesterday #22
Thanks! That is what I wanted to know.... reACTIONary Yesterday #23
Thx for this. I've secretly (and ashamedly) believed at least some of Steele's report was allegorical oracle Yesterday #14
K&R UTUSN Yesterday #20
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I have been paying attention to the stories about McGonigle. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #26
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