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Leakers Beware
Thomaswictor.com ^ | 02/16/2017 | Thomas Wictor

Posted on 02/17/2017 1:41:18 PM PST by Archon of the East

President Trump has defeated Democrats in the intelligence community (IC) who were leaking classified information to the press. Such leaks have been a problem for many presidents, but Trump is the first who took a proactive approach and set up a sting operation that identified the leakers. It’s highly illegal to leak classified information. It’s also illegal to PUBLISH this information, but Trump is too smart to try and prosecute reporters.

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No idea what to think about this but at least gives you warm feeling.
1 posted on 02/17/2017 1:41:18 PM PST by Archon of the East
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To: Archon of the East

links do not work


2 posted on 02/17/2017 1:42:40 PM PST by dforest
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To: Archon of the East

working an intel op on something like this is SO simple.

You just narrow down the source of the leak by giving different groups a story or variation on a story, or just the person or group you MOST suspect is leaking intel and when the story gets out, BAM!

I think the fake news National Guard roundup of illegal aliens was such an op, and I’m looking forward to seeing President Obeyme’s or the progressive GOP caucus member thrown out on his or her ass and/or prosecuted as an example to others.


3 posted on 02/17/2017 1:44:19 PM PST by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America)
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To: normbal

Kind of what I said in another thread, I think President Trump is Playing this and pulling the strings


4 posted on 02/17/2017 1:45:35 PM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: dforest

Its been having problems up and down since I read it yesterday. I was hoping he had it resolved. sorry the link is correct though when its working


5 posted on 02/17/2017 1:47:30 PM PST by Archon of the East
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To: Archon of the East
Perhaps leakers could be lumped into the Patriot Act and perps can repopulate Gitmo? Of course..., we on this website could be lumped in when the Dims resume power (hopefully not in my lifetime!)
6 posted on 02/17/2017 1:48:01 PM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: eyeamok

Musical chairs and someone will be caught standing when the tune abruptly ends.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 1:48:23 PM PST by ptsal
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To: Archon of the East
Re>It’s also illegal to PUBLISH this information, but Trump is too smart to try and prosecute reporters.

He said the would prosecute the leaks. I think he should send them to prison and sent a strong non nonsense message about OUR LAWS!

8 posted on 02/17/2017 1:50:27 PM PST by IC Ken
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To: Archon of the East

Here ya go.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/reports-national-guard-fake-memo-ploy-smoke-leaker/


9 posted on 02/17/2017 1:50:28 PM PST by conservativepoet
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To: Archon of the East

Timeline of the leakers being identified:

December 10th, 2015: Retired US Army General Michael T. Flynn attended a conference and banquet in Moscow to celebrate the 10th anniversary of TV news channel RT. It’s claimed that Flynn—a frequent RT paid commentator—was seated next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the concluding banquet. In reality an empty chair separated the men.

Late January of 2016 – General Michael Flynn began unofficially advising Donald Trump on foreign policy.
August 17, 2016 – As the Republican nominee, Donald Trump received his first classified briefing by the IC. The briefing was prepared by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper. Retired US Army General Michael Flynn sat in.
September 29, 2016 – Time magazine published classified information that the IC briefed Donald Trump that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The source for this claim is an unidentified intelligence official.
October 7, 2016 – The Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence officially accused the Russian government of hacking of the DNC “to interfere with the US election process.”
October 31, 2016 – Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wrote a letter to FBI Director James Comey, claiming that Comey had “explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government — a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States.”
November 15, 2016 – Donald Trump received his first presidential daily briefing (PDB). He was given highly classified information by members of the IC. Immediately the IC told the press that Trump demanded security clearances for his children. Trump denied the claim. General Michael Flynn sat in on the PDB.
November 18, 2016 – Trump chose General Michael Flynn as his National Security Adviser. A former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Flynn is trained in espionage.
December 9, 2016 – The IC told the press that Trump receives only one PDB per week, at his request. Initially the press did not report that Vice President Elect Mike Pence received the six other presidential daily briefings. Pence is very experienced in foreign policy, having brought multiple Israeli defense contractors to Indiana when he was governor.
The press also did not report the context for Trump receiving one PDB per week: Trump delegates responsibilities. Mike Pence will serve as the president’s surrogate in the foreign policy realm, freeing up Trump to concentrate on domestic policy.
Late December, 2016 – The FBI opened an investigation into the claims that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 US presidential election.
January 10, 2017 – The press began to write about a 35-page dossier put together by an alleged British former spy. The dossier claimed that Russia was attempting to blackmail Donald Trump through the use of sex tapes. Trump denied the allegation.
January 11, 2017 – Trump described his first sting. In order to identify the people leaking classified information to the press, Trump did not tell his staff that the IC was about to brief him. After the briefing, the news was leaked to the press. Trump was therefore able to identify the leakers. He warned them that this behavior is illegal.
January 11, 2017 – DNI James Clapper spoke to Trump by telephone about the leaks. Clapper issued a statement that the leaks are “extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security.”
January 23, 2017 – Having LISTENED TO THE TAPES, the FBI cleared General Michael Flynn of any wrongdoing in his conversations with Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. Flynn did not violate the Logan Act by attempting to influence US foreign policy.
February 2, 2017 – The IC leaked what it said were details of conversations between President Trump, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Both Australia and Mexico denied media reports that the calls were acrimonious and that Trump made threats, was rude, and behaved badly.
February 8, 2017 – In an interview with the Washington Post, General Michael Flynn categorically denied having discussed sanctions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Thus we see that the Washington Post had been given classified information by the IC and wanted to get Flynn on record so that they could spring what they thought was a brilliant trap.
February 9, 2017 – The New York Times and the Washington Post published articles claiming that General Michael Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December of 2016. The articles were very confusing and contradictory. From the Washington Post.

From the New York Times.

Why couldn’t the IC tell us if Flynn had broken the law or not? Because everyone had been given a different story.
General Flynn also knew he was being recorded. Therefore we can have no doubt that this was a sting operation coordinated between President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, General Flynn, the FBI, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
February 13, 2017 – The IC told the press that in late January, acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates warned the White House that General Michael Flynn may be vulnerable to Russian blackmail, due to his conversations with Ambassador Kislyak. Yates based her opinion on “a report.” Sally Q. Yates is the first of the disloyal Democrats to be passed false information. She never listened to the actual tapes of Flynn’s conversations.
February 16, 2017 – Donald Trump gave a press conference in which he admitted to the sting. He said that the leaks are real, but the news is fake.
In other words, the ODNI fed the IC false information that the IC then blathered to the press. The ODNI did this in order to restore to President Trump complete control over the IC so that he can stop the “corrosive and damaging” leaks. Trump also said that the conversations with Australia and Mexico were “almost like a test.”
In reality they WERE a test. No transcripts of the conversations were ever produced, and both Australia and Mexico denied the IC’s claims. The leakers have no access to actual information. They were set up. It’s clear that the Trump sting operation involved PATRIOTIC members of the National Security Agency (NSA) and PATRIOTIC members of the ODNI.
It’s also clear that General Michael Flynn helped create the barium test or canary trap. The CIA hates Flynn due to his criticism of their incompetence. After the major leaks began in September of 2016, General Flynn, Trump, Pence, James Comey, and James Clapper hatched a plan to identify the leakers by giving them false information.
Flynn had to be fired so that the leakers and the press would continue their collusion. This means that Trump has even MORE evidence of their criminality, since they didn’t immediately stop. The firing of Flynn made them overconfident and careless.
“One down, more to go!”


10 posted on 02/17/2017 1:52:03 PM PST by Archon of the East
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I keep hearing about the group of 9 leakers who will be prosecuted and sent to prison.... but so far not a single one has been outed or identified as far as I can tell. WTF? I have read of Clapper & Brennan (both of whom I would LOVE to see these two pro-muzzie bastards sent to prison for 20 years for leaking or committing treason & sedition), but as of yet, it seems like no one has been charged or indicted. Also on FOX News, one commentator said that if a Grand Jury was convened, that they would quickly be able to identify the 9 leakers. So when will this happen? When will we see the 9 leakers identified and criminal charges brought against them?


11 posted on 02/17/2017 1:57:56 PM PST by rcrngroup
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All very intriguing. Could be waiting for more or use it for political capital.


12 posted on 02/17/2017 2:03:12 PM PST by Archon of the East
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To: Archon of the East

Who leaked the fact they were setting up a sting?


13 posted on 02/17/2017 2:05:41 PM PST by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: deadrock

Its just how Thomas Wictor reads whats going on.


14 posted on 02/17/2017 2:08:03 PM PST by Archon of the East
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To: conservativepoet

I hate all those new format websites... they lock up my browser bad.


15 posted on 02/17/2017 2:12:00 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: sit-rep

Yeah, same here.


16 posted on 02/17/2017 2:24:36 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: Archon of the East

Put the reporters in jail/prison (gen-pop should do it) until they do reveal the leakers. Simple.


17 posted on 02/17/2017 2:31:46 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Archon of the East

Fascinating.


18 posted on 02/17/2017 2:37:32 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: normbal

Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy) canary program.


19 posted on 02/17/2017 2:48:36 PM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Archon of the East

Warm Feeling.

A perk for senior citizens.


20 posted on 02/17/2017 3:20:07 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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