Posted on 01/13/2017 6:52:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON — America’s intelligence chiefs sat down with members of Congress behind closed doors on Friday for what they thought would be a straightforward briefing on Russian cyberattacks. What ensued instead was a confrontation Democrats have long sought with James B. Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Why, the House Democrats demanded to know, did Mr. Comey believe it was O.K. to make repeated disclosures during the campaign about the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails but to this day refuse to say if the F.B.I. is investigating links between the Trump campaign and Russia?
His answers did not prove very satisfying. Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the minority leader, grew so frustrated that at one point she chastised Mr. Comey for being “condescending to members.”
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who was chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee when it was hacked, asked why Mr. Comey had never called her about the intrusions, which began in August 2015 and continued over the course of many months. The F.B.I. notified the committee of the original hacking, but reached a low-level tech support contractor and went back and forth with him for months before the leadership of the organization was informed and took steps to halt the intrusion.
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It’s like asking J. Edgar Hoover why he wouldn’t help Henry Wallace cheat.
The issue is never the issue. The issue is the revolution.
Ironic in view of Democrats’ refusal to allow FBI to examine DNC server for hacking vulnerabilities.
Now they complain the FBI refused to do its job.
Their chutzpah is rich, indeed.
A trap to create more anonymous leaks. Six more days of Obamaleaks nonsense.
Was the issue of Hillary’s emails being on a pedophile’s computer brought up???
Yup.
There’s also a fundamental difference between notice of investigating a particular individual’s crimes, and investigation of crimes against an individual.
They have succeeded in discounting what the Democrats and Hillary were caught doing while indicting anyone who may have been the Whistleblower.
It’s like the Republicans going after Deep Throat when Watergate happened.
Democrats are acting like the Nazis did in March 1945.
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is the revolution.”
This.
Hey Democrat dummies: why didn’t Clinton turn over all email? Why did she conduct official business on an illegal server?
Complain about the consequences of investigation all you want. Don’t do the crime and you won’t have these problems.
At the center of all this is the desire to affix blame for Clinton’s loss. It certainly couldn’t be Clinton’s fault.
It sounds like the democrats are furious that the FBI would not corroborate the “ Russian hacking” meme which begs the question, who is “ the intelligence community” that signed off on this report. Other than Brennan and Clapper
H->!’s emails is where the focus needs to centered.
DNC REFUSED TO ALLOW FBI ACCESS TO HACKED SERVER
1-10-17 THE HILL
The FBI requested direct access to the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) hacked computer servers but was denied, Director James Comey told lawmakers on Tuesday.
The bureau made “multiple requests at different levels,” according to Comey, but ultimately struck an agreement with the DNC that a “highly respected private company” would get access and share what it found with investigators.
“We’d always prefer to have access hands-on ourselves if that’s possible,” Comey said, noting that he didn’t know why the DNC rebuffed the FBI’s request. . .
Brennan had the video appear just in time for Benghazi
> Comey said, noting that he didn’t know why the DNC rebuffed the FBI’s request.
The Democrats are engaged in a massive propaganda campaign. Only those who will support the narrative are allowed access.
FBI warned Clinton campaign in Spring, campaign refused to allow FBI to examine email info and logs...
Isikoff article from July 2016:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-hillary-clinton-cyber-attack-000000269.html
Pelosi = PelOSI
Because the voters with the guns were getting agitated... 😀
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