Jared Kushner and Russian ambassador discussed setting up a secret communications channel

The Washington Post is reporting that Jared Kushner proposed but seemingly failed to set up a secret channel so the Trump administration could have secure communications with the Russians without being detected. Oops.

Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports.

Ambassador Sergei Kislyak reported to his superiors in Moscow that Kushner, then President-elect Trump’s son-in-law and confidant, made the proposal during a meeting on Dec. 1 or 2 at Trump Tower, according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials. Kislyak said Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications.

The meeting also was attended by Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser.

The meeting itself—though not the line of discussion—was previously disclosed by the White House, though not until March.

But here's the kicker: Kislyak was reportedly "taken aback" by the proposition of a U.S. administration using communications lines at a Russian embassy. In other words, this was so off the wall, reckless, and unusual that Kislyak—Kislyak!—was thrown by it.

Kushner, trying to find ways to disguise Trump & Co.’s communications’ with the Kremlin, manages to get outed by surveillance of Kislyak. Before this report surfaced, just imagine how compromised Kushner and Flynn both were based on that December conversation.

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