Mueller indictment of alleged Russian spies puts Americans in Russia at risk

Thomas Lifson:
Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 officers of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, was purely for domestic propaganda purposes. The case was never intended to come to trial because it was presumed by Mueller that Russia would never extradite its own intelligence officers, and thus no holes would be poked in the purported evidence by defense counsel. Thus, the accusations in the indictment would be taken as dispositive by the mainstream media, and the theory that Russia was behind Donald Trump’s victory would gain support with an official imprimatur.
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In his second round of indictments purely for show, Mueller tried to avoid the danger of a defense being mounted by making the indictments criminal and naming defendants that are real individuals who would face prison if convicted.

Of course, anybody with half a brain would see that once the United States legitimizes criminal indictments of foreign intelligence officers in this way, other nations would apply the same logic to our own intelligence operations. And the former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul (an Obama appointee) tweeted:

TASS-- an official agency of the Russian government-- has stated that the Russian authorities are seeking to arrest several US government officials in connection with alleged Browder money laundering scheme to help Clinton campaign. Sorry, but that is a very serious accusation.
Replying to @McFaul
Your personal concern is completely justified, and for the rest of us the possibility that a POTUS might even listen to such talk is alarming. However, I'd back off the public 911 until you really have the facts. When you do address the issue again, it shd be with a full brief.
9:22 PM - 17 Jul 2018
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So now the libs are worried that Trump might extradict the people accused by Russia.  Do you get the impression that Muller and the Democrats are not smart chess players who anticipate the next move by an adversary?  We have already seen Mueller's indictments of some of the Russian companies embarrass him, and this will only add to his embarrassment.

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