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The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared

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posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 03:45 PM
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Welcome to an unsolved mystery. We have not heard about this until now, but in the background, the mystery has been unraveling for the past two years, and is, as of yet, unresolved.

There was, at one point, a highly classified binder that came as a result of the operation “Crossfire Hurricane.” That operation was about Russian involvement into our elections and how they were able to hack and infiltrate our networks, and manipulate. Around a dozen Russian intel agents were indicted as a result of this operation. The content was of the highest classification, and when it was shown to the members of the Congress, they had to go to the Langley CIA headquarters to view them there.

The binder of classified information was ten inches thick, and had raw intelligence from all the intel the US, and our NATO allies, have collected on the Russian activities, their methods and their sources.

The binder is still missing. The authorities have been looking for it for two years now, and have interviewed numerous people. The last time the binder was seen was in the final two days of the Trump presidency, and has since disappeared.

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This article is very long. Please read it if you’re going to comment, and keep your comments on topic. Information this detailed deserves the time it takes. And it deserves thoughtful and intelligent replies. I would estimate it’s about 15-16 pages long.

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A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Its disappearance, which has not been previously reported, was so concerning that intelligence officials briefed Senate Intelligence Committee leaders last year about the missing materials and the government’s efforts to retrieve them, the sources said.

In the two-plus years since Trump left office, the missing intelligence does not appear to have been found.

From the article, we further find out that the Trump admin was scrambling to declassify this binder and release it to the right-wing media. They went through multiple attempts and revisions, but there was too much classified data, and it kept being recalled in for further redactions.

In the meantime, while the redactions were happening, Trump allowed a copy to be made and gave it to his friend, the journalist John Solomon. Solomon’s staff came to the White House and took a copy in a paper bag. The WH lawyers had a coronary when they found out, and the Secret Service had to go and retrieve the documents the next morning, in a Whole Foods grocery bag.

Further, we learn that Mark Meadows was in charge of keeping this binder safe. He gave it to his aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, and asked her to keep it safe. She put it in a safe. When Mark asked her to retrieve it at one point, she brought it from the safe, and Mark complained that she should have kept it in her desk drawer.


“My desk drawer, Mark, is not where classified documents belong. It was in the safe. You have nothing to worry about,” Hutchinson writes that she responded.

She further claims when she was interviewed, that the last time the original, unredacted version of the binder was seen is on the last evening of the presidency, when she saw Mark Meadows carrying it under his arm, leaving the White House, and getting into a limo.

Mark Meadows denies ever taking it off White House grounds.


As for the unredacted version of the binder, Hutchinson writes in her book that she saw Meadows get into his limo the night of January 19 with the “original Crossfire Hurricane binder tucked under his arm.”

“What the hell is Mark doing with the unredacted Crossfire Hurricane binder?” Hutchinson recalled asking herself as Meadows drove away.

When she looked in Meadows’ safe for the last time before she left the White House, Hutchinson said it was gone.

“I don't think that would have been something that he would have destroyed,” Hutchinson told the January 6 committee. “It was not returned anywhere, and it never left our office to go internally anywhere. It stayed in our safe, in the office safe most of the time.”

While there are redacted, unclassified pages from this report in circulation, the original unredacted and still highly classified binder is gone. In February and March, the FBI released hundreds of the redacted pages (links are in the article), and the media, and the people, have had access to it.

But what happened with the still classified, ten-inch-thick binder, of some of our highest secrets? Does Mark still have it, did he give it Trump? Did he burn it? Is someone else holding it for them? Have our adversaries also gotten access to it by now? Why was it taken off grounds — how was it going to be used?

It is clear from the article that President Trump was absolutely obsessed with this binder. It is not unreasonable to suggest he wanted to keep it for himself after his presidency, however, the binder was not found during the Mar-a-Lago search last year.

The hunt continues.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 03:49 PM
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The plot thickens....



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:00 PM
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a reply to: Mahogani

Disappeared under Trumps watch, yet Putin would have never invaded Ukraine under Trumps watch.

Seems like an oxymoron.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:09 PM
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a reply to: Mahogani


Please read it if you’re going to comment, and keep your comments on topic. 


Why would i read a rag like CNN?

Why do you?

Arent we against propaganda?



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:11 PM
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a reply to: Mahogani

The FBI couldn't find it during their Mar-A-Largo raid, so they're now panicking.

Both the "binder" and Nancy Pelosi's laptop are in GOOD HANDS.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:28 PM
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“Missing” for 3 years and now there’s a problem?
Interesting timing LoL

Also from the article.,,

“Just minutes before Joe Biden was inaugurated, Meadows rushed to the Justice Department to hand-deliver a redacted copy for a last review. Years later, the Justice Department has yet to release all of the documents, despite Trump’s declassification order.”
Why hasn’t Biden released the redacted version yet?
edit on 15-12-2023 by Vermilion because: Redacted



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:48 PM
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a reply to: Vermilion

Well clearly because it would instantly destroy the whole safest and most secure election narrative. Which was probably why Trump wanted to declassify it and why it dissapeared the moment it did...



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:49 PM
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a reply to: Mahogani

Cassidy Hutchinson, the Democrat plant and known liar? She is very prevalent in that fake story.
She is the one you are letting your bets against Trump ride on?
The woman who said Trump tried to commandeer the Beast from the back seat and tried to choke a couple of Secret Service agents?

I don’t remember what your previous name was on ATS, but I remember this posting style and it appears you have not changed a bit.
Sensationalistic with very little truth and a lot of bunk.

I am going to try to persuade Grambler to come back on here to set you guys straight over this nonsense, he has done many of his podcasts on the Crossfire Hurricane story and has destroyed the entire premise on every occasion.

If this binder is real and full of information, I would bet it implicates many Democrats and their Democrat dirty work goons.
Thus the sheer panic about finding it.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:54 PM
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a reply to: ElitePlebeian2

Crossfire Hurricane is about Russian interference in the 2016 election.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 04:55 PM
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originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Mahogani


Please read it if you’re going to comment, and keep your comments on topic. 


Why would i read a rag like CNN?

Why do you?

Arent we against propaganda?


What do you recommend we read that isn't just another propaganda machine of another color?



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 05:02 PM
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a reply to: KKLOCO


yet Putin would have never invaded Ukraine under Trumps watch.


What makes you say that?



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 05:08 PM
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Another perfectly timed script. Shakespeare Act1 Scene1 😃



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 05:35 PM
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originally posted by: Vermilion
“Missing” for 3 years and now there’s a problem?
Interesting timing LoL

Also from the article.,,

“Just minutes before Joe Biden was inaugurated, Meadows rushed to the Justice Department to hand-deliver a redacted copy for a last review. Years later, the Justice Department has yet to release all of the documents, despite Trump’s declassification order.”
Why hasn’t Biden released the redacted version yet?


Maybe he reclassified it?



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 05:57 PM
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a reply to: Mahogani

SO another indictment because the first 900,743 didn't work?




posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 06:18 PM
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originally posted by: WeMustCare
a reply to: Mahogani

The FBI couldn't find it during their Mar-A-Largo raid, so they're now panicking.

Both the "binder" and Nancy Pelosi's laptop are in GOOD HANDS.


Yeah, Putin's.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 06:32 PM
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originally posted by: Vermilion
“Missing” for 3 years and now there’s a problem?
Interesting timing LoL

Also from the article.,,

“Just minutes before Joe Biden was inaugurated, Meadows rushed to the Justice Department to hand-deliver a redacted copy for a last review. Years later, the Justice Department has yet to release all of the documents, despite Trump’s declassification order.”
Why hasn’t Biden released the redacted version yet?


Why hasn’t Biden released the redacted version yet? . . . .

Hunter implicated!!? 😀



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 06:48 PM
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originally posted by: Boomer1947

originally posted by: Vermilion
“Missing” for 3 years and now there’s a problem?
Interesting timing LoL

Also from the article.,,

“Just minutes before Joe Biden was inaugurated, Meadows rushed to the Justice Department to hand-deliver a redacted copy for a last review. Years later, the Justice Department has yet to release all of the documents, despite Trump’s declassification order.”
Why hasn’t Biden released the redacted version yet?


Maybe he reclassified it?


Probably did to cover for all of his con artist, corrupt criminal Komrades.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 07:11 PM
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It seems strange such highly clasified material has so little oversight. What ever happened to checks and balances? Chain of command?

Pelosi disappeared from the radar rather quickly; I'd check her garage.



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 07:18 PM
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Is it all making sense now? Are you seeing a bit clearer. The US Government has known this binder was 'missing' since it happened. They know what is in it.

The same Cassidy Hutchinson that said Trump attacked his secret service...right? I mean, it could not be to help the book she released in September could it?

This is dropping because of Hunter. The Trump cases. Joe being absent....It's Friday. Every single outlet is running it so it will be the weekend talking point.

Not about what is in it....not a chance.


edit on Decpm31pmf0000002023-12-15T19:18:49-06:000749 by matafuchs because: (no reason given)



posted on Dec, 15 2023 @ 07:34 PM
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edit on 15-12-2023 by charlest2 because: (no reason given)



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