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Trump conducts his own sting operation to ensnare intelligence briefers
DailyMail.com ^ | 14:14 EST, 11 January 2017 | UPDATED: 14:21 EST, 11 January 2017 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co | Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s Political Editor For Dailymail.com In New York

Posted on 01/11/2017 3:59:38 PM PST by COBOL2Java

President-elect Donald Trump, after growing suspicious that intelligence officials were leaking news about their classified briefings with him, says he conducted a sting operation to try to prove top spies were behind the leaks.

Trump revealed the extraordinary scheme to try to entrap the senior spies in a furious press conference where he suggested the intelligence community had been behind salacious and totally unproven allegations against him.

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‘Nobody knew – not even Rhoda, my executive assistant for years. She didn’t know – I didn’t tell her. Nobody knew,’ Trump continued.

Having set the trap, Trump says the word leaked anyway.

‘The meeting was held. They left, and immediately the word got out that I had a meeting. So, I don’t want that. It’s very unfair to the country. It’s very unfair to our country what’s happening,’ he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: trumpintelsting; trumpsmear
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To: RAldrich

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21 posted on 01/11/2017 4:25:39 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: COBOL2Java

I sure hope there will be a major purge come the 20th.


22 posted on 01/11/2017 4:29:51 PM PST by Salman
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To: Organic Panic

“Fire them all. Clear the benches.”

Oh don’t fear, they are all at the end. And their staff around them as well. I don’t think it stops there. I think the entire U.S. Intelligence apparatus is in for a down-to-the-studs rebuild.


23 posted on 01/11/2017 4:34:28 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: stars & stripes forever

Polyphemus: “Nobody has blinded me!”


24 posted on 01/11/2017 4:38:18 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: COBOL2Java

That was amazing! There were so many incredible moments and revelations that he shared with us at his press conference today! I was spellbound!


25 posted on 01/11/2017 4:47:12 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: COBOL2Java

This isn’t particularly hard to do, and has long been done in intelligence circles. When there is a briefing, make sure the participants each get a slightly different briefing document.

Leakers and plagiarists rarely are smart enough to paraphrase. And if there is nothing grammatically wrong in the different briefs, they likely won’t compare copies.

Importantly, this isn’t just a “gotcha”. Once a leaker has been identified, you task a competing intelligence group to catch him, or one of his staff, in the act. When they do, the cuffs go on right there.

Intelligence organizations have their own rules about leaking, and some of them can be particularly brutal. None are going to talk about that, however.


26 posted on 01/11/2017 4:54:07 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: COBOL2Java

DEMOCRATS ARE EVIL!!!!!


27 posted on 01/11/2017 4:58:57 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SkyPilot

CRAPPER is a DUMB....REALLY DUMB person......he doesn’t know the time of DAY!!


28 posted on 01/11/2017 5:00:30 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

... Polyphemus: “Nobody has blinded me!” ...

Nice.


29 posted on 01/11/2017 5:07:49 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: COBOL2Java

I think these three turds are about to discover the truth of the old saying that if you shoot at the king you’d better kill him.

And it will be so delicious to watch.


30 posted on 01/11/2017 5:13:51 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: COBOL2Java

There is an old saying;

3 people can keep a secret as long as 2 of them are dead.


31 posted on 01/11/2017 5:14:47 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: COBOL2Java

Those are 3 fugly umduckers!


32 posted on 01/11/2017 5:23:23 PM PST by W. (A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...)
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To: Salman

A MAJOR purge is needed. I hope Trump has the fortitude to do it
we are being destroyed from within!!!!!!!


33 posted on 01/11/2017 5:25:49 PM PST by bantam
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To: COBOL2Java

Those guys look like a casting call for a “Lord of the Rings” sequel.


34 posted on 01/11/2017 5:33:57 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Freedom Trumps Fascism)
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To: COBOL2Java

I have read that anyone can be listened to by the government at any time using their smartphone. Maybe they are tapping into his phone.


35 posted on 01/11/2017 5:53:57 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: stars & stripes forever

4chan bump for later.....


36 posted on 01/11/2017 6:54:29 PM PST by indthkr
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