What are the odds Schiff wasn't given the real documents in question? nt

[babylonsister]

[GP6971]

1. Very High.

Trust nothing with this misadministration.

[babylonsister]

4. I think so, too. Faith in these clowns is zero. nt

[GP6971]

8. For me it's in the

negative numbers. This whole misadministration is just so unbelievable...the pettiness is just beyond belief.

[SummerSnow]

2. Could have happened.

[rzemanfl]

3. Was the news about the list put out today to thwart that? n/t

[Phoenix61]

6. Excellent question

Wouldn't surprise me a bit of it was.

[babylonsister]

7. What list and to thwart what? The WH

showed Schiff 'evidence' that Nunes went all Maxwell Smart to obtain, and he was not at all impressed. So I just wonder how we can trust anyone.

[rzemanfl]

11. Here-

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-officials-made-list-of-russia-documents-to-keep-them-safe/ar-BBz7Kcz?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

[babylonsister]

17. Oh, THAT list! Thanks. nt

[Wounded Bear]

5. Well, I'd say...

[bigtree]

9. that would mean they couldn't be used by Nunes

...or Trump in defending his assertion Obama spied on him, at least not in some open manner.

[babylonsister]

13. No, that would mean we are all being played.

We don't know what Schiff saw but he wasn't impressed.

So what would be impressive enough for Nunes to run over there to brief dt? Is he dumb enough to think he had something when he didn't?

[bigtree]

14. well we are being played

...but phony documents can't serve anything more than the charade that they're trying to perpetrate now.

The documents won't show whatever Nunes was trying to sell, and they won't provide an inch of cover for Trump's wiretap lies.

[Ilsa]

10. I wondered the same thing earlier.

No way to prove any of it, is there?

[ProudLib72]

12. This is exactly what I said in an earlier thread

But my question was, Does Schiff actually believe he read the real documents? I mean, he is intelligent enough to know better than to trust the WH, so why does he continue with this farce? Does he think that playing nice is going to net some benefit down the road? I really want to know what his strategy is.

[kentuck]

15. 90/10

We should expect to be deceived by the Trump White House almost all of the time.

[annabanana]

16. Schiff's statement certainly left the possibility open. -(rec this thread)

The documents were "represented to me" as the same as those Nunes had seen...

This thread needs MORE RECs.

[Mr. Ected]

18. Are we even sure that Nunes saw ANYTHING at all?

This whole episode was bad theater; an attempt to deflect attention and control the narrative. It's not about Russia, it's about the leaks; it's not about Russia, it's about Obama.

Every moment we spend dwelling on the "substance" of this subterfuge, the more our focus diffuses and our concentration wanes.

Schiff said as much yesterday. There is no smoking gun at the White House. Just a bunch of criminals attempting to hide their spoor by pissing on every trail within 100 miles.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. I'd guess he was given "some" of the real documents.

Certainly not all the documents that Nunes saw.