today has been pretty crazy.
lol at kelly getting stuck in quicksand.
lol at kelly getting stuck in quicksand.
Putin's Stasi spy ID pass found in Germany
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Vladimir Putin was 33 when he received this Stasi ID card
A Stasi ID pass used by Vladimir Putin when he was a Soviet spy in former East Germany has been found in the Stasi secret police archive in Dresden.
The Russian president has expressed pride in his record as a communist KGB officer in Dresden in the 1980s.
His Stasi pass was found during research into the close co-operation between the KGB and Stasi.
Mr Putin, then a KGB major, got it in 1985. It got him into Stasi facilities, but he may not have spied for them.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Stasi Records Agency (BStU) said that Mr Putin "received the pass so that he could carry out his KGB work in co-operation with the Stasi".
Stasi was actually the nickname for East German Ministry of State Security (MfS) agents. It was notorious for its meticulous surveillance of ordinary citizens, many of whom were pressed into spying on each other.
"Current research gives no indication that Vladimir Putin worked for the MfS," the BStU statement said.
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The stamps are proof of Mr Putin's years co-operating with the Stasi in Dresden
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Mr Putin signed himself "Wladimir Putin" using German spelling
Mr Putin, born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), was posted to East Germany in 1985, aged 33. His two daughters were born during that posting. He is now 66.
Mr Putin was a KGB officer in Dresden up to and including December 1989, when the communist East German regime collapsed amid mass pro-democracy protests.
His Stasi pass was renewed every three months, as shown by the stamps on it. It is not clear why he left the pass in the Stasi files in Dresden.
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This building was the KGB's headquarters in Dresden during the Cold War
He witnessed protesters occupying the Dresden Stasi headquarters, while communist security forces came close to opening fire on them, on 5 December 1989.
Jubilant East Berliners had already breached the Berlin Wall in November.
Mr Putin was fluent in German at the time and has said he personally calmed the Dresden crowd when they surrounded the KGB building there, warning them that it was Soviet territory.
During his KGB service in Dresden Mr Putin was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In 1989 he was awarded a bronze medal by communist East Germany - officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR) - "for faithful service to the National People's Army", the Kremlin website says.
After returning to Russia, Mr Putin rose to become head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) - main successor to the KGB. He became Russian president in 2000.
In June 2017 Mr Putin revealed that his work in the KGB had involved "illegal intelligence-gathering". Speaking on Russian state TV, he said KGB spies were people with "special qualities, special convictions and a special type of character".
A once top secret agreement between the KGB and Stasi, seen by the BBC, shows that the KGB had 30 liaison officers in East Germany who worked directly alongside the Stasi.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shrugged off the emergence of Mr Putin's old Stasi card. "The KGB and the Stasi were partner intelligence agencies so you probably can't rule out an exchange of such identity cards," he said.
YESHis crossing his arms is the ultimate tell. Looked like he corrected himself, like someone had been coaching him.
WTF!!!!!
they were putting on a show , especially schumer, he probably called within the hour apologizing and asking what he could give up to make things right. they dont do any of this big talk when it countsGoddamn brehs... How you let Pelosi & a Schumer punk you out
I didn't know they had in them like that
Pelosi wasn’t finished my god. Don’t ever take your foot off his neck, ever.
Pelosi is a goddamn savage no wonder people hate her
On point. Gillebrand is sick of my whiney ass right now, I email her about 4 times every 2 weeks, some of them are a couple of sentences, some of them are diatribes like on here when I am really over it. Wouldn’t be surprised if I wasn’t on a list. When the Kavanaugh shyt was popping, I was calling every single day. I have brought up my guy Al at least 10 times in my emails, as well. Somewhere along the way, even the Dem lawmakers, ALL lawmakers get hogh on the hog and forget that they work for us. I don’t care if my emails go to a spam folders, I’m still gonna put my thoughts to record.If they take action worthy of criticism, that's exactly what they get FROM ME. I stay in touch with my Senators and Reps (on federal and local level), ANYTIME I see them voting for or supporting legislation I dont agree with they will hear about it. I suggest you all do the same unless you're just okay with having a Democrat rep in the seat but he/she doesnt support legislation that benefits you.
This guy is a REAL AMERICANOn point. Gillebrand is sick of my whiney ass right now, I email her about 4 times every 2 weeks, some of them are a couple of sentences, some of them are diatribes like on here when I am really over it. Wouldn’t be surprised if I wasn’t on a list. When the Kavanaugh shyt was popping, I was calling every single day. I have brought up my guy Al at least 10 times in my emails, as well. Somewhere along the way, even the Dem lawmakers, ALL lawmakers get hogh on the hog and forget that they work for us. I don’t care if my emails go to a spam folders, I’m still gonna put my thoughts to record.