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gab13by13

(21,337 posts)
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:20 PM Feb 2022

Another Trump bombshell;

There is a new Trump document with a plan to appoint a military lawyer to seize NSA data to justify his claims of election fraud.
One of the military lawyers, Frank Colon, is still a military lawyer. Um, he needs to be court martialed.

I hate to post from Raw Story with its ads but;

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-coup-memo/

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Another Trump bombshell; (Original Post) gab13by13 Feb 2022 OP
between golfing, watching fox and plotting the detailed destruction of Democracy samsingh Feb 2022 #1
Thanks PatSeg Feb 2022 #2
WaPo Link JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #3
Is anybody concerned about what kind of security breach seizing NSA RAW data presents? Samrob Feb 2022 #6
I don't know JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #14
Good find. A different kind of evidence to be examined and put in place. empedocles Feb 2022 #4
I'd love to find out if Michael Flynn's brother was involved in the 1/6 delay of troops... Frustratedlady Feb 2022 #5
He was... OneGrassRoot Feb 2022 #8
Thank you! I was sure his brother was involved in some way from that end of the spectrum. Frustratedlady Feb 2022 #10
... Nevilledog Feb 2022 #7
You can't court martial a civilian employee of the DOD. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #9
Yeah, I jumped to a conclusion gab13by13 Feb 2022 #11
+1 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #15
All that shuffling in the DOD after the election. shrike3 Feb 2022 #12
Who else would then have been given access to the NSA data? DavidDvorkin Feb 2022 #13
My first thought, too. highplainsdem Feb 2022 #16
fuckin wow !!!! uponit7771 Feb 2022 #17
Another lawyer possible being involved with the coup. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #18

samsingh

(17,598 posts)
1. between golfing, watching fox and plotting the detailed destruction of Democracy
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:23 PM
Feb 2022

while licking the inside of every dictator's ass, and stealing from the taxpayers, traitor trump probably did work around the clock

PatSeg

(47,430 posts)
2. Thanks
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:23 PM
Feb 2022

I rarely go to Raw Story anymore because all the ads are so obnoxious and distracting. What you posted is enough for me.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
3. WaPo Link
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:25 PM
Feb 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/03/trump-allies-planned-seize-nsa-data-prove-stolen-election/

It will be interesting to see if what Mr. Colon 'says' is the truth of the matter.

. . . though it was floated to Republican lawmakers by Michael Del Rosso, a failed GOP House candidate from Virginia. Del Rosso and others tried to get the memo into Trump’s hands, but there’s no evidence it ever reached the White House.

*The plan called for Trump to ask acting secretary of defense Christopher Miller to seize the “NSA unprocessed raw signals data” and tap Del Rosso, former National Security Council member Richard Higgins and an Army lawyer named Frank Colon to do the review.

*Colon, however, said he had never heard of the plan and has no idea who Del Rosso is. Colon currently serves as a civilian legal adviser assigned to a military intelligence brigade headquartered at Fort Meade in Maryland, home to NSA. Miller similarly said he had never heard of the plan.

*Del Rosso sent the memo to Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) after the pair met at a Jan. 4 meeting on election interference claims that was hosted by My Pillow magnate Mike Lindell, my colleagues report. He also sent it to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who was then chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

*NSA collects a wide range of foreign electronic data, ranging from emails and phone calls to satellite data. The spy agency is barred from targeting U.S.-based people’s communications without a court order.

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
6. Is anybody concerned about what kind of security breach seizing NSA RAW data presents?
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:30 PM
Feb 2022

Those in power don't seem concerned enough to me. If they are or were concerned this would have been exposed months ago and Colon would have been court martialed if he knew about this and did not blow the whistle.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
14. I don't know
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 02:01 PM
Feb 2022

I know my dad had a 20 year gag put on him when he left the army as a Special Forces officer.

He might not have been ABLE to say anything until asked.

Again - we don't know - but I agree. That's extremely concerning. In particular for the families of Soldiers and CIA who may be at severe risk if the wrong information gets out there.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Good find. A different kind of evidence to be examined and put in place.
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:26 PM
Feb 2022

Another traitortrump 'enabler/accomplice' may be squirming much more.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
5. I'd love to find out if Michael Flynn's brother was involved in the 1/6 delay of troops...
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:28 PM
Feb 2022

Seems funny to me that when things heated up about that part of the investigation (delay of help from Guard), he was given a promotion and moved to Hawaii.

Coincidence?

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
10. Thank you! I was sure his brother was involved in some way from that end of the spectrum.
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:46 PM
Feb 2022

Glad my memory is still intact.

How the hell did he get that promotion? Perhaps I should say...place to hide? Out of sight/out of mind.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
9. You can't court martial a civilian employee of the DOD.
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:40 PM
Feb 2022

They are not under UCMJ. They can only be tried in civilian courts.

shrike3

(3,600 posts)
12. All that shuffling in the DOD after the election.
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:55 PM
Feb 2022


Something had to be going on, no president does that.

DavidDvorkin

(19,477 posts)
13. Who else would then have been given access to the NSA data?
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 12:57 PM
Feb 2022

Perhaps some Russian guy whose name starts with P.

 

fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
18. Another lawyer possible being involved with the coup.
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 02:07 PM
Feb 2022

My recent post gets verified over and over again. Trump found countless lawyers to run, support, his coup.

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