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H2O Man

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75. Exactly.

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 11:36 AM

Jan 2023

Comey has since explained he was faced with picking one of two bad choices -- informing Congress, or keeping it quiet in case there was nothing new there. But that second option has to be seen with something "extra" -- he knew that if he didn't inform Congress, the nest was going to inform the media. Both of those options would inflict severe damage right before the election.

They played Comey, knowing that his strengths were also his weaknesses. This indicates that the nest isn't limited to regular investigators. Indeed, they set him up to where Tump would fire him in a humiliating manner .... surely a warning to others. And they have been involved in much more of the damaging of this country since then.

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In late Oct. 2016, remember how the NYT reported that the FBI saw no link between Trump and Russia? [View all] pnwmom Jan 2023 OP

That really is some coincidence. Not. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #1

Why is the entire country not freaking paranoid about how deeply russia is infiltrated into our BComplex Jan 2023 #76

Media do all to protect its owners. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #78

Very valuable information, Kid. Thanks for this! BComplex Jan 2023 #80

I didn't know about this site. Thank you! pnwmom Jan 2023 #84

I remember it well. yardwork Jan 2023 #2

First thing I thought of when I heard the news. NYFBI blm Jan 2023 #3

Shit! Cha Jan 2023 #4

Ditto triron Jan 2023 #31

A shame AG Garland already let the clock run out on Trump's 2016 crimes re: Russian interference NullTuples Jan 2023 #63

Yep. Hey that's an interesting username. Any relationship to null set? triron Jan 2023 #71

If that's a DU user, then no? NullTuples Jan 2023 #79

No I meant mathematically. triron Jan 2023 #90

Yup. The 5 yr. statute of limitations has passed. nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #88

I NEVER forget. The lying tRump-Russia summary to the nation on Halloween, Hortensis Jan 2023 #5

The same FBI that did not follow up MontanaMama Jan 2023 #24

Yes. Reeks. Giuliani was in over his hair dye all along also. Hortensis Jan 2023 #25

Sure do, mom Leghorn21 Jan 2023 #6

I don't know what to do with my rage cilla4progress Jan 2023 #7

These a_holes need to go on the Walter Duranty Hall of Fame exboyfil Jan 2023 #8

So there's something to that Deep State allegation, after all. WestMichRad Jan 2023 #9

Yup. They've been projecting all along. But we knew that. nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #89

Hence Cherokee100 Jan 2023 #10

Thank goodness The System is good and objective and above reproach, as we're so often reminded Orrex Jan 2023 #11

I'm calling BS to the Alfa messages. My US Intel course in 2016 said NSA's Carnivore swept all data. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #12

I'm not sure what you mean by "calling BS to the Alfa messages." Could you explain a little more? pnwmom Jan 2023 #14

The FBI saying they don't know the messages being sent to and from Trump's server. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #15

I understood that "look up" messages weren't actual messages, pnwmom Jan 2023 #17

The last of the pasted sentences. FBI thinks marketing emails or spam. Both have data payloads. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #19

They couldn't have been look-up messages sent before an email? pnwmom Jan 2023 #23

Highly unlikely. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #30

So you think there were real email messages and the FBI could know what was in them? nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #33

Let's put it this way, if it were email updates to bank services (either up or down). . . TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #37

Thank you for explaining all this! n/t pnwmom Jan 2023 #55

My guess is the Alfa Bank leftieNanner Jan 2023 #16

So what exacly *were* the lookup messages DBoon Jan 2023 #66

Putin needed Trump to be elected to weaken NATO. Had he won another term, the US would Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #13

+1000 Duppers Jan 2023 #20

I still think Russia's fingerprints are all over Brexit. And for the same reasons. paleotn Jan 2023 #29

Me too. OMGWTF Jan 2023 #44

No, but Brexit has done an enormous amount of damage to the UK. Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #45

No, I think the Brexit boosters did themselves in. Why you ask? They believed their own bullshit! machoneman Jan 2023 #69

I love it NJCher Jan 2023 #67

The FBI, the Secret Service, Police, Army, Marines, SEALS all seem to have been infiltrated by Martin68 Jan 2023 #18

Enabled and fortified by $$$$ -- all of those $ from Russians? KPN Jan 2023 #39

It goes far deeper than that Martin DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #64

Conspiracy doesn't seem to be a kacekwl Jan 2023 #21

Never subscribe to the NYT. Duppers Jan 2023 #22

I much prefer the WAPost -- but it's not an either/or situation. n/t pnwmom Jan 2023 #26

this the vetting of Kavanaugh sure give one faith in the FBI republianmushroom Jan 2023 #27

Thank You GGoss Jan 2023 #28

Just imagine if Obama had one contact from his server to a Russian server... rubbersole Jan 2023 #32

Or if Biden had one. I wonder if the FBI has ever checked a Mar a lago server? n/t pnwmom Jan 2023 #34

Oh, but the mar-a-lardo servers were just the casings... rubbersole Jan 2023 #41

we know what happened to HRC when she had a server that DIDN'T connect to Russia DBoon Jan 2023 #65

Even if an IG investigated the FBI, SS, and police, they'd have removed incriminating ancianita Jan 2023 #35

Gdamn! Picaro Jan 2023 #36

What are the chances this will be reported by the mainstream media KPN Jan 2023 #38

Maybe Rachel Maddow. Or Nicole Wallace. triron Jan 2023 #42

Nicole was extremely outraged today, as was former FBI vanlassie Jan 2023 #54

Perhaps we have not heard the end of it. triron Jan 2023 #60

Rachel reported the Alpha Bank/Deripaska/Trump connection as it was happening. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #47

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2023 #40

As I've pointed out in a number of these threads, the NY office slow-walked... JHB Jan 2023 #73

Exactly. H2O Man Jan 2023 #75

Yes, that's exactly what they did. nt pnwmom Jan 2023 #86

He cost Hillary the election. OMGWTF Jan 2023 #43

Yep. We all knew it then. Though there were a few here who told us we were Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #46

pnwmom............. Upthevibe Jan 2023 #48

Thank you! I missed Nicolle today. Darn! I kept checking pnwmom Jan 2023 #51

Asking for a friend: What did Mueller know and when did he know? Was his info this in Redacted msfiddlestix Jan 2023 #49

Mueller did his job SouthernDem4ever Jan 2023 #56

Yes. I do. cilla4progress Jan 2023 #50

I kept looking for someone to cover this story on MSNBC. pnwmom Jan 2023 #52

I feel like they are holding out for Rach - cilla4progress Jan 2023 #53

Rachel does not cilla4progress Jan 2023 #57

She did tonight. She spent a few minutes on the topic, but more on the CA shootings pnwmom Jan 2023 #58

I agree. Was hoping she would make more connections with 2016. triron Jan 2023 #59

I do believe too much time on Santos. cilla4progress Jan 2023 #61

Santos like Trump, is a Russian plant Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #70

K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Jan 2023 #62

The Russians never dreamed it would be that easy? Vlad's glad. czarjak Jan 2023 #68

Russia, Russia, Russia. n/t Harker Jan 2023 #72

The NYT is often played. Sneederbunk Jan 2023 #74

They are. It's all about getting the scoop, and they don't stop to wonder pnwmom Jan 2023 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Jan 2023 #77

My question is ... imaginary girl Jan 2023 #81

McGonigal had moved from DC, where he had been for years, to NYC. pnwmom Jan 2023 #82

The NYT and this FBI agent helped TFG win in 2016 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #85

Wow. Thanks for sharing all this LetMyPeopleVote. pnwmom Jan 2023 #87

Awesome post. Needs a nobel prize. Well. At least a ***** rec! triron Jan 2023 #91

Glad to see this OP still discussed. NEVER FORGET. Hortensis Jan 2023 #94

The NYT should tell readers whether it helped crooked FBI agents get Trump elected in 2016 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #92

In America there's no consequences. triron Jan 2023 #93