Posted on 05/23/2018 8:37:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Here are eight signs pointing to a counterintelligence operation deployed against Trump for political reasons.
Code name
Wiretap fever
National Security Letters
Unmasking
Changing the rules
Media strategy
Leaks
Friends, informants and snoops
These eight features of a counterintelligence operation are only the pieces we know. It can be assumed theres much we dont yet know. And it may help explain why theres so much material that the Department of Justice hasnt easily handed over to congressional investigators.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
So they told the DNC and Obama and Hillary about Russian hacking and spy attempts but they did not inform Trump, instead they claim that their own spying was to protect him from Russian spies with alerting him of the threat and intrusion.
Nope. Don’t believe they had his interests at heart.
Don’t know which is worse. That they did it, or they’re so inept he still won.
The only thing that has been keeping the USA from governmental tyranny for 70 years is the innate laziness and stupidity of government workers.
Thank you for bulletpointing the piece, an extra piece of work that shows FRiends just how a thoughtful poster works. You are a clear thinker, an organizer, and a considerate person. We should all do as well.
BTW Looks like a bunch of moonbat commenters at the original article.
OTOH one would surmise that Sharyl Atkisson knows much that she isn’t revealing, just yet. This is just for today.
With each passing day, I am getting more convinced that the scenario I presented as an outlandish theory in early 2017 is actually what happened:
The Trump campaign knew about the surveillance while it was going on, and took active steps to undermine it and use it to their advantage.
Such a joy reading the writings of a real journalist.
It’s all about maintaining plausible deniability with this crowd. As the plausible possibilities are ruled out and narrow, their manufactured backstory gets inevitably more ridiculous trying to match the known with being aboveboard and legal. That is, if it’s pursued. Republicans are notoriously casual about that. Trump is different, we’ll see but garden variety GOPe are still attempting to have their collegial way.
not outlandish at all ... I had similar thoughts ...
The truth is in there.
“Let me tell you: You take on the on the intelligence community - they have six ways from Sunday at getting back on you.” - Chuckie Schemer
You’re not alone in speculating along those lines. I’ve wondered if surveillance wasn’t discovered and rather than go running to a hostile media, Trump & Co said to themselves, how can we use this? And so they did, “planting” false info via illegal surveillance. When it’s all said and done, I suspect there was an epic feint regarding the Rust Belt leading to Hillary staying away while Trump courted them.
That is one of the main reasons they exist ...
Think about it, the inept polling probably saved Trump’ s life. If the Intel agencies thought he would win plane accidents happen.
Day by day, as I see what our intelligence services are REALLY about, my opinon on Ed Snowden starts to change.
This should have happened to Obama ,we still know nothing about him
Yup - I agree that Trump Campaign believed something was up. Remember the story that GA & TX were “in play” and HRC might win them? The HRC campaign put resources in those states to try and win in a big blow out, feeding their egos and they ignored MI & WI.
Looks like a classic end run, misdirection play put on by the Trump Campaign.
Trump knew or had suspicion (how did they know that??) they were spying or listening in on calls, so let’s give them some misinformation
Yup - I agree that Trump Campaign believed something was up. Remember the story that GA & TX were “in play” and HRC might win them? The HRC campaign put resources in those states to try and win in a big blow out, feeding their egos and they ignored MI & WI.
Looks like a classic end run, misdirection play put on by the Trump Campaign.
Trump knew or had suspicion (how did they know that??) they were spying or listening in on calls, so let’s give them some misinformation
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