Schoolyard politics of “if your friend jumped off…..” are haunting the US. Just because one did doesn’t mean it’s right for another to do – PB/TK
Bots push two-year-old story on Obama and Russia all the way to the top of today’s Drudge Report – By Travis Gettys / May 29 2017
A two-year-old report on “Obama’s secret outreach to Russia” hit the top spot on the conservative Drudge Report after hundreds of bot accounts flooded Twitter with links to the article
The report published Dec. 31, 2014, by Bloomberg View outlines the Obama administration’s behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to improve relations with Russia, which were spearheaded by then-Secretary of State John Kerry and included input from several Cabinet-level agencies.
Kerry suggested to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that some U.S. sanctions could be eased if Russia abided by the multinational Misnk agreement and stopped direct support for Ukrainian separatists.
Renewed interest in the story is clearly related to a Washington Post report on Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, asking to set up a secret line of communication between the Trump administration and the Kremlin using Russian diplomatic facilities.
Continue to rawstory.com article: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/bots-push-two-year-old-story-on-obama-and-russia-all-the-way-to-the-top-of-todays-drudge-report/
