{"id":18827,"date":"2016-04-09T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T18:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/?p=18827"},"modified":"2016-04-09T11:11:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T18:11:34","slug":"was-the-panama-papers-leak-a-russian-intelligence-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/2016\/04\/09\/was-the-panama-papers-leak-a-russian-intelligence-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the Panama Papers \u201cLeak\u201d a Russian Intelligence Operation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael Krieger | Liberty Blitzkrieg<br \/>\nApr 8, 2016<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ylwml4\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ylwml4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/top-secret-bag.jpg\" alt=\"Top Secret Document\" width=\"360\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18828\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning, I read an absolutely fascinating theory put forth by Clifford G. Gaddy at the Brookings Institution. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what he wrote in the piece, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blogs\/order-from-chaos\/posts\/2016\/04\/07-panama-papers-putin-gaddy?cid=00900015020089101US0001-040801\">Are the Russians actually behind the Panama Papers?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The \u201cPanama Papers\u201d \u2014 does this strike anyone else as a very fishy story? It\u2019s like something out of a cheap spy movie.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Most reports, no matter where, feature Russian President Vladimir Putin as the headliner. But that might obscure a much bigger and more twisted story.<\/p>\n<p><b>THE DOG THAT DIDN&#8217;T BARK<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Despite the headlines, there is no evidence of Putin\u2019s direct involvement \u2014 not in any company involved in the leak, much less in criminal activity, theft, tax evasion, or money laundering. There are documents showing that some of his \u201cfriends\u201d have moved \u201cup to two billion dollars\u201d through these Panama-based shell companies. <\/p>\n<p>But nothing in the Panama Papers reveals anything new about Putin. It is in fact far less of a story than has been alleged for a long time. For over 10 years, there have been suspicions that Putin has a vast personal fortune, claimed at first to be $20 billion, then $40, $70, even $100\u2026 And now all they find is \u201cmaybe\u201d a couple of billion belonging to a friend?<\/p>\n<p><i>This is the dog that didn\u2019t bark.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I completely agree with this conclusion. Putin probably does have a huge fortune stashed away somewhere, but this \u201cleak\u201d doesn\u2019t reveal anything about it. In fact, the Panama Papers will have absolutely zero impact on Putin\u2019s political power at home, while making Western efforts to trash him look manufactured and clownish. Net-net Putin wins from the release of the Panama Papers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ylwml4\">FULL REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael Krieger | Liberty Blitzkrieg Apr 8, 2016 http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Ylwml4 Earlier this morning, I read an absolutely fascinating theory put forth by Clifford G. Gaddy at the Brookings Institution.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[11,39,12],"tags":[7356,1906,7354,7355,7357,2221],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18827"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18827"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18834,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18827\/revisions\/18834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radio.rumormillnews.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}