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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSomeone fed the NYT information to quickly kill emerging Trump/Russia stories ... was it Comey?
On Monday evening, two potentially Category 5 stories broke concerning Donald Trump and his many ties to Russia. At 5:36 PM, Slate was up with an analysis of a server in Trump Tower that seemed to be directly, and exclusively, connected to an oligarch-controlled bank in Russia.
At 7:52 PM, Mother Jones was up with a reveal from a former spy who claimed to have seriously shocking information.
But by 9:14 PM, the New York Times was ready not only to dismiss the Russian connection to Trump, but paint the Russian hacking of Democratic emailsand only Democratic emailsas a random prank.
And just like that, stories that might have dominated the morning news were strangled in their crib. But by who? Who gave the Times the very timely information it needed to attack the Trump/Russia connection at just the right moment?
It dawned on the researchers that this wasnt an attack, but a sustained relationship between a server registered to the Trump Organization and two servers registered to an entity called Alfa Bank.
At 7:52 PM, Mother Jones was up with a reveal from a former spy who claimed to have seriously shocking information.
"Russian regime has been cultivating, supporting and assisting TRUMP for at least 5 years. Aim, endorsed by PUTIN, has been to encourage splits and divisions in western alliance."
But by 9:14 PM, the New York Times was ready not only to dismiss the Russian connection to Trump, but paint the Russian hacking of Democratic emailsand only Democratic emailsas a random prank.
Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any conclusive or direct link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government. And even the hacking into Democratic emails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump.
And just like that, stories that might have dominated the morning news were strangled in their crib. But by who? Who gave the Times the very timely information it needed to attack the Trump/Russia connection at just the right moment?
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Someone fed the NYT information to quickly kill emerging Trump/Russia stories ... was it Comey? (Original Post)
Madam45for2923
Nov 2016
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doc03
(35,148 posts)1. CIA nt
get the red out
(13,458 posts)2. The House
Clinton will win, the "ABC" agencies are trying to ensure that the House stays in R hands, and hoping they can keep the Senate also.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)3. And that NYT story was hardly iron clad.
NYT didn't even name the agency these officials belonged to. Un-named officials from un-named agency claimed there is nothing to see here, and the story is dead?
DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)5. Probably Louis Freeh.
He is total scum.