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Posted on 06/10/2018 9:07:35 AM PDT by jazusamo
To paraphrase Napoleon's "secrets travel fast in Paris," secrets travel fast in D.C., as we learned this week with the indictment of James A. Wolfe, a 30-year veteran staffer of the Senate Intelligence Committee indicted for lying to the FBI about leaking to, among others, his former paramour, Ali Watkins, an NYT reporter.
On December 15th, according to the indictment, the FBI investigators were aware of four specific journalists, "reporters", who participated in the leak material. The FBI likely had more to choose from, but selected those four reporters – with specific intents and purposes – during the interview with Mr. Wolfe. The four reporters are not named, but their activity is outlined enough to make it possible to determine who is who.
From the indictment [Note Male-1 is Carter Page]:
Reporter #1 is likely Manu Raju of CNN.
Reporter #2 is definitely Ali Watkins of New York Times.
Reporter #3 is likely Marianna Sotomayor of NBC[.]
Reporter #4 is likely Brian Ross of ABC[.]Accepting there has been a great deal of work on the leak investigation; and accepting the purpose therein; the Wolfe indictment appears strategic in that it captures four of the largest media outlets within the net. Four mainstream media enterprises are now on notice. With more than six months of investigation, and with the timing of the indictment becoming public, it's likely the FBI leak task-force caught more than just Wolfe. ...
We suspected a sting operation because it was entirely too coincidental how the media were getting false information[.] ...
There is no doubt the operation to catch the DC intelligence leakers is a carefully executed FBI task-force effort.
Lastly, notice the direction of all the stories. Each leak, and the subsequent story...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
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“Marianna Sotomayor of NBC”
What an amazing coincidence!
Getting ahead the old-fashioned way.
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Did Brian Ross trade sex for information?
So, where’s the BC?
Thanks for three of Wolfe’s 4 stooges.
Did they give good helmet?
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