Posted on 02/18/2017 5:07:32 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
...It was also secretive even by traditional standards: Although Comey was photographed leaving the meeting, committee members wouldn’t admit that he’d been there. And it seemed as though the briefing was urgent, with senators delaying their departure during a weekend recess to hear what Comey had to say.
The Senate Intel Committee considers all manner of intelligence matters so in theory the briefing could have been about anything. Most recently, though, the Committee’s been in the news because it’s leading the congressional investigation into Russian interference in last year’s presidential campaign. Three days ago, after Mike Flynn resigned, Mitch McConnell said he thought it was “highly likely” that the Committee would include Flynn’s interactions with the Russian ambassador as part of its broader inquiry. And now suddenly Comey’s on the Hill, amid unusual secrecy, addressing them in what seems to have been an especially important briefing.
Still, we need more than that to suspect that the briefing was about Flynn, Russia, and/or Trump campaign advisors’ “constant communications” with Russian officials during the campaign. Which … is where Marco Rubio comes in:
"I am now very confident Senate Intel Comm I serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of #Putin interference and influence"
The word “now” strongly suggests that something that just came to light has convinced him and the rest of the Committee to treat the Russia matter even more gravely than they had before. The word “bipartisan” is significant too, as Democrats were of course already gung ho to investigate. Rubio seems to be suggesting that whatever Comey told them was so serious that Republicans would be eager to get to the bottom of it too.
Has part or all of Comey’s information leaked to the media, with stories already in the works about the mysterious allegations? It didn’t occur to me at the time that there was anything more to Trump’s tweet yesterday about the media as “enemies of the people” than the president being in one of his peevish moods, but David Frum had some interesting speculation about the possible cause of that peevishness:
"Decoded: one or more of NYT, CNN or NBCNews has a very very damaging story in the pipeline …"
That’s just a theory, but if something big is about to drop, the papers may well have already contacted the White House for comment about it, alerting Trump that it’s coming and ticking him off. Could be that Frum’s wrong, of course, or it could be that he’s right but the big scoop has nothing to do with what Comey told the Intelligence Committee. We’ll probably know this week.
Update: Lo and behold, here’s Reuters with a new story this afternoon claiming that Comey’s FBI is running no fewer than three separate investigations into Russian hacking during the campaign. “This counterintelligence inquiry includes but is not limited to examination of financial transactions by Russian individuals and companies who are believed to have links to Trump associates. The transactions under scrutiny involve investments by Russians in overseas entities that appear to have been undertaken through middlemen and front companies, two people briefed on the probe said.”
although those brothers worked on the house side of intellignece...
Bipartisan means our enemy, these days.
Now that I would believe. Comey told them what info the brother got and they all felt like they just got their pants pulled off
It was also secretive even by traditional standards: Although Comey was photographed leaving the meeting, committee members wouldn’t admit that he’d been there
If this took down McCain, it would be addition by subtraction for us.
Perhaps this is wishful thinking:
Comey announced that the entire Russia affair is a counter-espionage operation.
This was very well planned.
We all know that this is how Washington operates. We can’t allow this. So, let’s take them out early ...
Fake investigation leads to leaks leads to fake news.
The President called it : The leaks are real. The news is fake.
Prayers for all.
“Decoded: one or more of NYT, CNN or NBCNews has committed a very serious crime …”
Fixed that for ya.
Oh, and the honorable senators, those distinguished gentlemen, have broken the law and can no longer be trusted with secrets.
“FISA court warrants; Comey delivered the news.”
OK i`ll bite, what news?
That would make me a happy guy.
Yes, this seems to indicate that it hurts the Democrats, since they are not leaking. Fascinating.
Interesting. Lots of moving parts to pull that off - but possible.
Maybe they have all been hacked and Comey was there to tell them?
Here’s some deliverables for your investigation, Mr. Comey:
I will have more flexibility after the election, will you relay that? - Zero to Medeved
Of course, Vlad, I have just the guy in Canada to deliver you 20% of America’s Uranium - HRC
Since the senators were mum, it may be that Comey was delivering the news that FISA warrants had been issued for Sessions to execute at will.
Oh man that would be the best ever take down.
Maybe or maybe not. It could be so many things, but for those who wish for impeachment, they are seriously misjudging the mood of the country. The snap Trump rally today in Florida is a small measure of enthusiasm and devotion he enjoys from millions who had no voice before. Any serious attempt to impeach and remove Trump could result in a lot of the perpetrators decorating lampposts.
The big, red, shiny bow for DJT on Presidents’ Day.
2007 Chevy Presidents’ Day sale ad:
http://adland.tv/commercials/chevy-presidents-day-sale-2007-30-usa
I’m a Ford guy, but I loved that commercial.
Something to which I assign not the highest or a low credence rating:
A brief portion of the Flynn/Russian telephone conversation touched on the recently popular topic of pedophiles and apparently one of them is a close boyhood friend of VP PENCE, which might be why he flipped out and made sure Flynn got fired.
This is just an FYI of that claim, which I found interesting.
Maybe they have all been hacked and Comey was there to tell them?
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check out the comment on a similar thread. It is kind of a timeline of recent events. Also a post of a tweet by Rubio at #76 (which is included in the article in this post). And other good comments on that thread too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3526469/posts?page=67#67
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