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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStephanie Miller just announced latest bombshell, source Der Spiegel.
If I heard correctly, two Russian spies were just arrested in Germany, and they had Pete Hegseths phone number on their device(s).

kentuck
(113,652 posts)Is there a link?
ariadne0614
(1,963 posts)Free Speech TV.
Yes from Der Spiegel International, available to read in english, no paywall.
Bernardo de La Paz
(55,128 posts)NJCher
(39,937 posts)Is april 27.
Bernardo de La Paz
(55,128 posts)The April 27th link was not in the thread when I posted.
Celerity
(49,630 posts)The poster of the Der Spiegel link has now switched to pushing a Twitter-based-off-of article/post.
So far this whole thing seems a bit sus atm, at least given the lack of rock solid receipts posted in this thread, at least as of now. I need to need verifiable evidence.
ariadne0614
(1,963 posts)Response to ariadne0614 (Reply #50)
Celerity This message was self-deleted by its author.
Chasstev365
(5,398 posts)eppur_se_muova
(38,969 posts)ariadne0614
(1,963 posts)I wonder why Der Spiegel bothered to report it.
wnylib
(25,250 posts)becoming inner circle advisors to the leader of the nation that they are spying on.
bronxiteforever
(10,395 posts)look like. In other words, are there calls of duration to the number and return calls. Absent that information, it means nothing except Russian spies are trolling us.
BoRaGard
(5,217 posts)stanky GOP
Silent Type
(9,154 posts)Walleye
(39,852 posts)With that information, they have everything they need. Personal phone numbers, friends relatives everything. Im sure he was told that was a bad idea and he did it anyway. He must be on Putins side. its time we start calling out these guys for the traitors that they are
Grins
(8,321 posts)So they could call Pete?
haele
(14,160 posts)And read his Signal texts direct form a mirroring program that might be able to spoof his personal phone's password.
Doesn't matter if the signal to his phone is encrypted if his phone has been compromised.
not fooled
(6,256 posts)...Now that Trump is back in power and Witkoff is his point man, their ties to the Russian Mafia are of particular interest because, as I showed in House of Trump, House of Putin, the Russian Mafia is very different from the Mafia we have seen in films like The Godfather, where it is always at war with the FBI.
In Russia, the Mafia has long been a de facto state actor serving the Russian Federation in much the same way that American intelligence services serve the United States, and many of the people connected to Trump had strong ties to the Russian FSB, the state security service that is the successor to the feared KGB.
Moreover, as I wrote in The New Republic, over the past three decades, at least 13 people with known or alleged links to Russian mobsters or oligarchs have owned, lived in, and even run criminal activities out of Trump Tower and other Trump properties. Many used his apartments and casinos to launder untold millions in dirty money. Others provided Trump with lucrative branding deals that required no investment on his part.
Yeah, this is who the maggots subjected the USA to for executive leadership. A bunch of mobsters.

Sneederbunk
(16,109 posts)Chasstev365
(5,398 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(55,128 posts)NJCher
(39,937 posts)Says April 27. Get up to speed.
Bernardo de La Paz
(55,128 posts)In your haste to twit my nose you blew right past the obviousness.
Further simple inspection would have revealed to you that the April 27th link was not in the thread when I posted.
Chasstev365
(5,398 posts)markie
(23,340 posts)
Grins
(8,321 posts)Why would two Russians have the drunks phone numbers? Going to call him? For what purpose?
If you were Russian intelligence would you give something that sensitive to a couple schmucks in Germany??
BigmanPigman
(52,951 posts)



dchill
(42,213 posts)SSJVegeta
(457 posts)chowder66
(10,479 posts)A rumor that several users circulated online in March 2025 claimed U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth once owned the Russian email address phegseth@mail.ru. The Russian technology company VK owns (archived) the Mail.ru email-provider website. (The domain name extension .ru pertains to Russia.)
This rumor involved several pieces of data, all broken down in this article, including the latest chapter of rumors about Trump's association with Russian interests, the Mail.ru email address, information and passwords provided in past data breaches, a Princeton University email address matching Hegseth's first initial and last name, and the details of a Mail.ru user agreement.
As of this writing, we were unable to locate enough evidence to conclusively link the Russian email address to the defense secretary. The Ukrainian publication Kyiv Post also extensively reported the facts of this matter.
snip.....the article dives into it deeper into the article.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/investigating-rumor-claiming-pete-hegseth-233100698.html
FakeNoose
(37,242 posts)... he'll say he was doing "investigative journalism" while working for Faux Noise. Yeah right ... that's the ticket.
Figarosmom
(5,433 posts)I'm surprised Gabby and Kash's phone numbers aren't there.
dchill
(42,213 posts)You don't know how badly I want to be wrong!
NJCher
(39,937 posts)Sat.
wiggs
(8,223 posts)sop
(13,958 posts)This will be ignored.
Mike 03
(18,427 posts)republianmushroom
(19,701 posts)MuchBetterThanThis
(63 posts)We all are salivating to find a kill shot for the enemies, but we cant get like them..
Lets not kneejerk when we get information that we WANT to hear and see.
Makes us look desperate and as ignorant as they are.
Skittles
(163,850 posts)yeah OK

orangecrush
(24,406 posts)And thanks for your concern.
niyad
(123,527 posts)orangecrush
(24,406 posts)Sorry, my mistake.
Traildogbob
(11,073 posts)Thing she played this AM was Louisiana Senator Fog Horn Leg Horn Kennedy emphatically saying Garcia is NOT coming home, Never will be in American again. Knowing he is innocent. I want to slap that accent outta his face.
These assholes are so damn drenched in Power, and thick in arrogance, knowing no one can stop them for anything.
taxi
(2,187 posts)SheltieLover
(67,249 posts)
yardwork
(66,457 posts)John Farmer
(294 posts)What self-respecting spy would NOT have Pete Hegseths phone number on their device(s)?
moniss
(7,189 posts)number to call to get themselves released.
LetMyPeopleVote
(162,429 posts)
Skittles
(163,850 posts)just more incompetence
Mountainguy
(1,772 posts)Hegseth uses his private number for highly sensitive communication, and that number is basically on a billboard for anyone that wants it.