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Dead Drop: March 10

Dead Drop: March 10

PEACE PROCESS(LESS) -  Sources tell The Dead Drop, that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and point man on the topic has yet to take a State Department briefing on the thorny issue of Middle East peace. Kushner was done no favors when Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu figuratively patted him on the head during a White House news conference essentially saying that he has known the lad since he was in short pants. Despite the lack of visible effort on the peace front – our sources hear that the White House wants to host a Middle East summit soon.  Unclear who might attend – or what the agenda would be.

CONSIDER THE SOURCE: If you sought to defend the President’s assertions about alleged wiretaps of Trump Tower – what is the last news outlet you would speak with to make your case?  We suggest it might be “RT” – the Kremlin run propaganda outfit.  But former CIA analyst Larry Johnson granted an interview with RT recently saying that senior people in the ODNI, CIA, NSA should be fired, because, as he understands it “…NSA authorities had been misused and abused with respect to Donald Trump.” Johnson added, “There’s no evidence on the side of Russia meddling in the U.S. election.”  That’s not what the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said – but what do they know?

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