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This Russia nonsense is exactly why intelligence agents shouldn’t be talking to the press
Canada Free Press ^ | 01/15/17 | Dan Calabrese

Posted on 01/16/2017 11:30:45 AM PST by Sean_Anthony

We're going back and forth trying to parse details no one understands or can verify. The media are in way over their heads on this one.

Does it seem unusual to you that the press is now trying to determine what’s true and what’s false in intelligence dossiers, originated by foreign operatives, for which no one can be sure of the identities of the original sources, let alone their credibility?

That’s not because no such dossiers existed before Donald Trump came along. Far from it. Intelligence operatives - whether state-sponsored of independent and working on behalf of political players (or others) - have been compiling such dossiers on public figures since such things were possible. Anyone who has ever covered politics - myself included - has probably been approached at some point by some character claiming to have the explosive goods on this, that or the other guy.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: intelligenceagents; media; russia

1 posted on 01/16/2017 11:30:45 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

WHO leaked to CNN!


2 posted on 01/16/2017 11:33:02 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Sean_Anthony

So with all these dictator controlled countries crying out for us not to vote for Trump, would the subversive press claim world leaders “hacked” the election if Killary had won?


3 posted on 01/16/2017 11:35:00 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Everything about this is very easy to understand.

The content of the narrative is false and meaningless. It’s the trajectory of the narrative that tells us what’s going on:

They don’t like Trump and will lie about anything to harm his agenda.


4 posted on 01/16/2017 11:36:02 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

In the current context, I don’t think it’s even worth engaging in discussion about Russia, or about any hacking, anywhere by anyone.

This is all political garbage being thrown at Trump


5 posted on 01/16/2017 11:37:53 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: TexasGator

Whoever did should be held accountable. Whether it was Brennan, or whoever.


6 posted on 01/16/2017 11:39:23 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Sean_Anthony

The Russians are coming, The Russians are coming.


7 posted on 01/16/2017 11:44:38 AM PST by FreedBird (T)
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To: Sean_Anthony
This Russia nonsense is exactly why intelligence agents shouldn’t be talking to the press

Oh, I disagree. It is exactly why they should be talking to the press. We would never have known that so much of the intelligence service lacks the B.S. detector of a high-school gossip queen. It's like Dan Rather has taken over the place - you have to consider that these are some pretty serious allegations, if true.

Now we know why they missed the fall of the Shah, the collapse of the Soviet Union and found Sadam's nuclear weapons factories.

8 posted on 01/16/2017 11:48:32 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Sean_Anthony

Hey, Dan this was never a real story. Don’t waste your time and ours bsing about fake news!

Dan, wake up and smell the ruins in the CIA and NSA dueto fake news. There never was any any to this fake news.


9 posted on 01/16/2017 11:58:29 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: reasonisfaith
Amen!

In the current context, I don’t think it’s even worth engaging in discussion about Russia, or about any hacking, anywhere by anyone.

This is all political garbage being thrown at Trump

10 posted on 01/16/2017 11:59:25 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!)
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To: Sean_Anthony; All

Who cares? This dopey story has been on the Maytag spin cycle for weeks. The election is over and these morons are trying to un-ring the bell. I don’t even know why anyone here wants to perpetuate this soap opera.


11 posted on 01/16/2017 12:03:12 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Sean_Anthony
A narrative that is not 100% truth is a lie, whether it is called gossip, or disinformation, or white-wash, or publicity, or fake news: it is still a lie, and our "news"papers, documentary movies, TV broadcasts, internet blogs, and podcasts are filled with falsehood as principle and product of today's journalism.

And we love it so much that it now never owns a pair of pants (or panties) to hide our sin, let alone put them on (a la Sam Clemens/Mark Twain). Children of the Devil, we are.

"Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would
love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither
came I of myself, but he sent me.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot
hear my word.
Ye are of
your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he
is a liar, and the father of it.
And because I tell
you the truth, ye believe me not.
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth,
why do ye not believe me?
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear

them not, because ye are not of God" (John 8:42-47 AV).

A nation of scheming, credulous, hypocrittical Pharisees. Lying even when the truth would serve an evil purpose better.

This is exactly why we need to keep the electoral college, and not rely on a mobocracy to execute justice, carried out with the urgency of Judge Lynch.

12 posted on 01/16/2017 12:08:52 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Russia

Russia

Russia

13 posted on 01/16/2017 12:19:06 PM PST by lacrew
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To: Sean_Anthony

Laz has the answer... I’ll be back with a link.


14 posted on 01/16/2017 12:55:28 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama should NOT be allowed to take Air Force One to Dubia...the 'flight home' is just that - home.)
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To: Sean_Anthony; TexasGator; WKUHilltopper; reasonisfaith; FreedBird; AndyJackson; Grampa Dave; ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3514480/posts

The Russians found ways to convince Donna Brazille, among other significant players, to talk disparagingly in emails about their donors and constituants.
........What a smart bunch, those Russians!

The Russians realized, once the email server in Hillary’s basement was hacked, that it would be easy to get her to pass Classified information through it.
........Those Russians! Will they never stop???

The Russians discovered that Hillary was receptive to removing Classified markings from documents, making her further complicit in a slew of Federal felonies.
........The Russians... are they GODS?

The Russians, when the email scandal broke, put pressure on Hillary Clinton to delete 33,000 emails to make her look more guilty.
........Sly, sly, sly Russians.

The Russians urged Hillary Clinton to refer to half of America as “a basket of deplorables”, forever damaging her chances in the General Election.
........How amazing are those Russians?
More at link...


15 posted on 01/16/2017 1:04:01 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama should NOT be allowed to take Air Force One to Dubia...the 'flight home' is just that - home.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Any intelligence employee who talks to any member of the press for any reason should be immediately fired.
All information exchanges, if any at all, should take place at the executive level.


16 posted on 01/16/2017 1:14:43 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: GOPJ

I also like the way the Russians went down-ticket and gave the House and Senate majorities to Republicans.

That was really nice.


17 posted on 01/16/2017 1:31:47 PM PST by Liz
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To: Liz
I also like the way the Russians went down-ticket and gave the House and Senate majorities to Republicans.

LOL - yep, those Russians - really amazing...

18 posted on 01/16/2017 9:10:05 PM PST by GOPJ ("Reporters honored MLK by spreading hate & lies. News at 11." - Freeper FreedomGuru)
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