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mackdaddy

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25. RAW initial intelligence reports, that were NOT to be made public.

Thu Dec 26, 2019, 09:22 PM

Dec 2019

There was never anything wrong with that. The FBI and intelligence agencies know these are just RAW reports and just a starting point into a real investigation. It was never intended as the final "These are the absolute exact facts" statements.

But the series of reports do point to a very damning situation that Russia was interfering in our elections and Trump at a minimum was very happy and accepting of that interference. And Steele was absolutely right to try to get this to our counter-intelligence people.

As far as I can tell the significant majority (well over half) of the points made in Steele's series of reports have been proven true. And none of this was generally know outside of covert FBI investigations during the second half of 2016.

But, it was made public. Personally I do not see anything wrong with Maddow trying to further investigate the Steele reports. They are out there, so why not?

Who could now argue that Trump is NOT Putin's pet at this point? As the speaker says "With Trump, all roads lead to Putin!"

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Tom Nichols on the Steele Dossier. Really good thread! [View all] Roland99 Dec 2019 OP

So basically he is saying Leith Dec 2019 #1

plenty of intentional collusion NewJeffCT Dec 2019 #2

I don't get that at all Buckeyeblue Dec 2019 #3

not my reading stopdiggin Dec 2019 #4

I read that there is smoke and some fires YessirAtsaFact Dec 2019 #5

Yeah. This is but one piece of the massive trump/Russia entanglement Roland99 Dec 2019 #28

He's saying that it was bad but shouldn't have been made public Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2019 #6

From his admonition of xxqqqzme Dec 2019 #8

Because it gave people the opportunity to say if some of it wasn't true, none of it could be. LisaM Dec 2019 #9

A friend of mine works on the Mars Curiosity probe. cab67 Dec 2019 #18

I have respect for Nichols. cab67 Dec 2019 #19

Do you think ChiTownDenny Dec 2019 #7

Snicker! Leith Dec 2019 #23

Not how I read it at all. cab67 Dec 2019 #17

Try this excellent piece...Chuck Rosenberg retrospective on the Dossier. Ninga Dec 2019 #10

Thanks, that was excellent. OnDoutside Dec 2019 #14

The there there is more there than folks think.... Ninga Dec 2019 #15

Definitely. And until the Dems take full control, I'm holding off on OnDoutside Dec 2019 #16

Smart and advisable. Ninga Dec 2019 #22

EZPZ for me. Steele saw that a candidate for NoMoreRepugs Dec 2019 #11

I don't know what his kick at Rachel Maddow is about. I thought she OnDoutside Dec 2019 #12

What about the story that Ivanka knew Steel years before the document. katmondoo Dec 2019 #13

I respect Nichols cab67 Dec 2019 #20

It was a draft political background opposition document... MartyTheGreek Dec 2019 #21

Thanks for including the whole thread. For some reason Tom blocked me on Twitter. CaptainTruth Dec 2019 #24

RAW initial intelligence reports, that were NOT to be made public. mackdaddy Dec 2019 #25

they sincerely can not make the connection between conservatism and trump. fuck him Kurt V. Dec 2019 #26

If this is accurate, it sounds like this sort of information should not be used hughee99 Dec 2019 #27

Was it wrong gibraltar72 Dec 2019 #29