NYT: Trump knew about Russian interference two weeks before inauguration and still denied it

CaughtInTheMiddle · 2018-07-19T11:13:51.737Z

Plasmaball:

You listen to podcasts?

not much…

Plasmaball · 2018-07-19T11:15:04.926Z

emptywheel – 3 Jul 18

Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation...

The day after the election, I received a text saying Flynn was going to work on Syria.

Est. reading time: 7 minutes

This woman was on pod save america. .really opened my eyes to what’s coming down the pipe line with mueller…might want to take a listen to that podcast she was on.

ImRightYoureWrong · 2018-07-19T11:16:20.757Z

LucyLou:

He’s a liar. It’s all he does. Literally. for decades before he was a hero to the likes of Smyrna

That’s the thing. He never admits when hes wrong. Maybe that’s just what all this is. He didnt collude, theres no compromising material, hes just incapable of admitting he was wrong on such a monumental issue.

madasheck · 2018-07-19T16:06:27.046Z

Joanne:

This is astonishing. The story outlines very sensitive methods and sources, including this:

That included one particularly valuable source, who was considered so sensitive that Mr. Brennan had declined to refer to it in any way in the Presidential Daily Brief during the final months of the Obama administration, as the Russia investigation intensified.

Instead, to keep the information from being shared widely, Mr. Brennan sent reports from the source to Mr. Obama and a small group of top national security aides in a separate, white envelope to assure its security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html#click=https://t.co/a5fImaNx7c

I mean what is a paper doing publishing something like that? Seems whoever leaked this should be in very serious trouble.

And for what? To prove Trump lied? Didn’t we already assume that?

I’d say whoever leaked it is a patriot.

madasheck · 2018-07-19T16:07:14.994Z

Joanne:

Well I completely agree Congress needs to do something. Yesterday.

But a leak that puts a very sensitive source in danger? It was so sensitive the name wasn’t even included in the Presidential briefing.

Seems whoever leaked this put someone in very grave danger. I hope I’m wrong.

Trump’s actions have already put us in danger. Better to put a stop on it than let it continue.

TommyLucchese · 2018-07-19T16:08:26.299Z

Joanne:

Well I completely agree Congress needs to do something. Yesterday.

But a leak that puts a very sensitive source in danger? It was so sensitive the name wasn’t even included in the Presidential briefing.

Seems whoever leaked this put someone in very grave danger. I hope I’m wrong.

What, you thought he was going to publicly ■■■■ all over the spooks and diplomats in favor of Vladimir Putin while standing next to him and they weren’t going to respond?

PeterGriffin · 2018-07-19T16:11:31.354Z

Pretty soon the IC community is going to be leaking “What the hell America, we need to get out a pencil and draw you a ■■■■■■■ map??”

PeterGriffin · 2018-07-19T16:12:15.060Z

Marcy Wheeler is awesome.

hwyflier · 2018-07-19T18:31:26.133Z

I’m so happy to see the Marcy wheeler evangelicism lately.

mobiusptc · 2018-07-19T18:33:20.322Z

Agreed 100 percentage

Yakshi · 2018-07-19T18:39:13.060Z

This article shows intent, unless Trump can argue memory defect or just sheer incompetence, which can be strong defenses for him, if he can push down his ego enough to strengthen them, which he can’t.

Yakshi · 2018-07-19T18:41:32.614Z

I love how his character defects could quite possibly take him down. It’s like a first-year undergrad in creative writing class tasked with penning a modern, supremely pathetic Shakespearean tragedy.

Roxiebelle · 2018-07-19T18:57:18.638Z

Bombshell as another failed story…BOMB!!

mobiusptc · 2018-07-19T18:59:01.072Z

Roxiebelle:

Bombshell as another failed story…BOMB!!

how is it failed story specifically?

Yakshi · 2018-07-19T19:09:50.208Z

Roxiebelle:

Bombshell as another failed story…BOMB!!

You lost your shields long ago. Now you’re just floating in space.

Airyaman · 2018-07-19T19:14:38.901Z

Btw folks, Pence would have very likely seen the same briefing. He is complicit in all of this.

TommyLucchese · 2018-07-19T19:21:06.692Z

Airyaman:

Btw folks, Pence would have very likely seen the same briefing. He is complicit in all of this.

Pence was brought into the Trump campaign by his good buddy Paul Manafort. I don’t expect him to get out of this without a few dents.

mobiusptc · 2018-07-19T19:22:03.525Z

actually very good point. you almost forget about Pence being a thing

mobiusptc · 2018-07-19T19:22:54.421Z

right because Pence was going to get smashed in his governor race

DOLOOP · 2018-07-19T19:38:45.293Z

TommyLucchese:

Airyaman:

Btw folks, Pence would have very likely seen the same briefing. He is complicit in all of this.

Pence was brought into the Trump campaign by his good buddy Paul Manafort. I don’t expect him to get out of this without a few dents.

Anybody see the list of 500 pieces of evidence that Mueller team released to be used in Manafort’s trial?