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Trump’s Targeting of Intelligence Agencies Gains a Harder Edge
NYT via MSN ^ | May 25, 2019 | Michael S. Schmidt & Julian E. Barnes

Posted on 05/25/2019 1:50:48 PM PDT by libstripper

WASHINGTON — President Trump tried somewhat clumsily last year to revoke the security clearance of the former C.I.A. director who played a role in opening the Russia investigation. He then wanted to release classified documents to prove he was the target of a “witch hunt.”

Both attempts petered out, hampered by aides who slow-rolled the president and Justice Department officials who fought Mr. Trump, warning he was jeopardizing national security.

But this week, Attorney General William P. Barr engineered a new approach. At Mr. Barr’s urging, Mr. Trump granted him new authorities to examine the start of the Russia investigation, demonstrating a new level of sophistication for an old line of attack. Unlike Mr. Trump’s hollow threats and name-calling, Mr. Barr’s examination of how the intelligence community investigated the Trump campaign could offer a more effective blueprint for the president to take aim at his perceived political enemies.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agencies; barr; cia; fakenews; investigation; msn; nyt; nytimes
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Looks like Barr is really going for blood and bone and are the "intelligence community," the DemonShits, and the NYT ever screaming. Please read the article, but note all the outright lies in it.
1 posted on 05/25/2019 1:50:48 PM PDT by libstripper
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Didn’t these agencies target The President?


2 posted on 05/25/2019 1:53:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: libstripper

I am glad to see Barr is determined and effective.


3 posted on 05/25/2019 1:54:03 PM PDT by Innovative
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Crush seditionists...hang traitors. Hopefully, appropriate Justice will be experienced.


4 posted on 05/25/2019 1:57:19 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: libstripper

I wonder if Michael and Julian are going to be fitted for orange jumpsuits. I believe bribing agents to leak information is not covered by Freedom of the Press.


5 posted on 05/25/2019 1:58:34 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a doorw)
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"...for the president to take aim at his perceived political enemies..."

Oh really? Then, by the "logic" of the NYT would I be a "perceived" arsonist after burning down their corporate headquarters?

6 posted on 05/25/2019 2:02:51 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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Mr. Barr’s examination of how the intelligence community investigated the Trump campaign could offer a more effective blueprint for the president to take aim at his perceived political enemies.

Perceived political enemies? That exposes the article's bias right there.

Barr will no doubt be finding out more about unauthorized leaks to the NYT through his investigation. I can't wait to see that information published.

7 posted on 05/25/2019 2:04:56 PM PDT by Starboard
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“Jeopardizing national security”

They mis-spelled exposing felonious conduct on the part of federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

I seem to recall SCOTUS ruling that publishing the “Pentagon Papers” was totally cool, so what’s the problem?


8 posted on 05/25/2019 2:05:10 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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...by the “logic” of the NYT would I be a “perceived” arsonist after burning down their corporate headquarters?
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Depends on your political, citizen and victim status. On one side of the scale, you might “seem to have” or “be alleged to have” done something.

On the other side, you would definitely be a domestic terrorist.


9 posted on 05/25/2019 2:07:41 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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President Trump tried somewhat clumsily last year to revoke the security clearance of the former C.I.A. director who played a role in opening the Russia investigation

Clumsily? How did "actually revoking with the stroke of a pen" after careful deliberation turn into "tried" and "clumsily?" For shame, NYT!

Brennan "played a role in an investigation" that should have had some there" there, even as a counter-intelligence operation, but it didn't. Then, when Rosenstein named a Special Counsel, the requirement was for evidence of a crime. But nobody had one. What he will claim on that score is a wholly inadequate "obstruction" charge. It's likely Rosenstein will feel some real sting there.

Such a thing shouldn't have happened for any American citizen, but with the obvious added reason of investigating a competing presidential political campaign, the question of, "Was it a coup?" veritably screams with evidence of "Yes!".

10 posted on 05/25/2019 2:09:44 PM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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The only “harder edge” I want to hear about, when talking about all these commie scum, is the sound a guillotine makes when it hits the block...


11 posted on 05/25/2019 2:15:20 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: McGavin999

These two are taking bits and pieces and totally speculating. In other words, they really know sh**.


12 posted on 05/25/2019 2:16:46 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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“...for the president to take aim at his perceived political enemies.”

The Democrat talking point du jour.

Trump taking action against “political enemies” rather than persons who potentially broke the law.


13 posted on 05/25/2019 2:28:55 PM PDT by traderrob6
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The article is worse than communist propaganda. I’d say straight out nazism.


14 posted on 05/25/2019 2:34:05 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: Innovative

Not one minute in jail yet.
Not one indictment.
Wait and see.


15 posted on 05/25/2019 2:36:11 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: libstripper
New York Times on another SMEAR campaign. What else is new? Will never believe them again!!! David Brock and his smear nonprofits, and all the smear entities and publications, are listed in Sharyl Attkisson ‘s book, THE SMEAR. Excellent read!!!! 👵🏻❤️💝🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
16 posted on 05/25/2019 2:42:04 PM PDT by CAGOPgramma (In God we still trust!!)
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The Times ignores the fact the on the collusion issue our President has been put through the fire and has come out as white as the snow.

On obstruction, his purity depends on who is defining "obstruction", but most of the country is going to look at this and say there can be no obstruction if there was no collusion.

And the coming storm will make that issue fade into insignificance compared to the very real crimes about to be exposed.

17 posted on 05/25/2019 2:44:24 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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Schmidt & Barnes wrote this in bed together. First with crayons, then poop and finally with a pencil


18 posted on 05/25/2019 2:52:37 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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19 posted on 05/25/2019 2:54:09 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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“Trump’s Targeting of Intelligence Agencies” should give CNN and MSNBC a flood of additional material to discuss so that they can continue to bore their few remaining viewers to the point of causing an even further collapse in their ratings.

The Mueller Report and then the Democrats’ post-Mueller efforts to deny the findings of the Mueller Report are not interesting topics to the average viewer, especially when viewers must stare at people like Jerrold Nadler for long periods of time and listen to their inane comments.

So, certainly listening to intricate discussions about FBI and intelligence issues will further drive CNN and MSNBC viewers away. Good: the weaker the liberal propaganda networks become, the better for Republicans.


20 posted on 05/25/2019 2:57:26 PM PDT by humbleexpert
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