I’ve just published a long piece on Carter Page at Nuclear Diner. I think I won’t publish it here, because it’s mainly a resource piece. I know some Juicers are interested in this sort of thing, though. Here’s the intro:
The story of Donald Trump’s Russia connections has so many players and connections that it’s hard to to follow it in any cogent way, let alone connect all the dots. A great many dots still seem to be missing.
What I often find illuminating is to look carefully at details. In my scientific career, I found that the most enlightening path might start with a small piece of information seemingly out of place. I’ve been collecting information about the various players. Putting that information in chronological order seems most helpful to me.
In the service of telling a story, news reporters do not follow chronology. They jump back and forth in time to bring together details they believe help to make the story. I’ve had to spend a lot of time unraveling news articles. This post es a resource rather than conclusions.
Carter Page is one of those odd, out of place characters. Or so it seems to me. One can argue that with Trump’s connections to Breitbart and Infowars, an oddball like Page is fully expected. Page is typical of some of Trump’s predelictions: his connections with Russia are financial and ideological, he is outside the foreign-policy establishment, and he seems a little looney. The currents that brought him into Trump’s orbit may show something about how other people arrived there. And Page himself may have been a significant player.
I’ve distilled material down to a chronology, Page’s contacts, and interviews with him. Because I have been following news about him for a while, I’m including my posts. I also include questions that remain unanswered.
japa21
Not sure if the last two words go far enough to encapsulate either Page or Trump.
Feebog
Based on his interviews with Chris Hayes and Anderson Cooper he is hiding a hell of a lot.
hovercraft
@japa21:
Like most of the people around the Shitgibbon he is an idiot. Malcom Nance and some of the other IC veterans who’ve been talking about the Russia business called him a “walker”, ( someone none of them know who just walks in and offers his services), and given how dumb he is, he could have done this not even understanding that he’s a Russian asset. It seems to me that he is the epitome of what Brennon referred to as people who are unwittingly compromised, though given his stupidity I don’t know of how much use he’d be to Russia. Either that or he’s the most brilliant actor.
HinTN
@Feebog: And smirking when he does it.
rk
If you’ve ever heard Carter Page speak the only conclusion you can reach is that the man is an idiot.
Another Scott
Thanks for the pointer. That guy had no business being anywhere close to the Executive Branch!
I tried skimming his thesis. I gave up after a while, but the choice of topic seems a little weird to me (but probably isn’t a reflection of how his life turned out)…
Cheers,
Scott.
Gin & Tonic
@hovercraft: Nance may give good TV, but he has no relevant Russia experience. I wish he wasn’t on MSNBC all the time.
J R in WV
Interesting piece. I’m not sure why you didn’t post it here, it’s information,, which is what most of us are about. That and photos, and kittehs, and gardens, and travel…wait, whut? That’s all info, isn’t it?
Thanks, Carol !! Good work, and hard to put together so well.
Bill Arnold
Thank you for this. Wish there were such a material for all of the Trump-associated rogue’s gallery. The video links are especially helpful for building a mental-model of him.