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Grins

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66. Because they have.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:03 AM
Dec 2016

His constant tweeting opened the cyber-door to all his records and personal shit. There is a REASON presidents do not use them!! Obama is not allowed to use an iPhone because it can't be secured, and uses a Blackberry that was stripped down by NSA engineers and secured.

The Russians have been watching Trump for more than 5-years, think they didn't hack that tweet factory of his years ago...?

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ABC News tonight [View all] SHRED Dec 2016 OP
Because it will. nt SunSeeker Dec 2016 #1
Because they have. Grins Dec 2016 #66
Shocked ABC reported real news. sarcasmo Dec 2016 #2
Me, too. HurricaneWarning Dec 2016 #48
Probably an accident on their part rpannier Dec 2016 #53
Link? boston bean Dec 2016 #3
I saw it on TV live SHRED Dec 2016 #8
Was this just some comment or lead news ? thx in advance uponit7771 Dec 2016 #16
More than a comment but not lead SHRED Dec 2016 #22
Dammit! It should be the number one story everywhere ailsagirl Dec 2016 #65
In fairness... SHRED Dec 2016 #68
I didn't have time to watch the clip this morning before I left for work ailsagirl Dec 2016 #82
i said from the start they should plant some disinfo. mopinko Dec 2016 #4
Exactly. If the two of us thought of it....n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #6
3 of us thought it and if we've thought it most likely it has been done already, verify info has ... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #18
Bennidict Donald. I like that one. Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #29
Benedict Donald! mountain grammy Dec 2016 #36
#benedictDonald used many times already on twitter! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #81
sigh... agent orange is trigger... what else... there's a good one here already... hmm, Donald Putin uponit7771 Dec 2016 #84
Thought it and said it too a few weeks ago after Rachel Maddow did a story that talked about whether Pachamama Dec 2016 #26
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #27
I think this is a pretty standard practice... sdfernando Dec 2016 #72
well lets hope when he takes the bait that someone is there mopinko Dec 2016 #74
Sure would be great, but I have no faith in the cheeto supporters or the media any longer sdfernando Dec 2016 #75
The president can't take a crap awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #88
The CIA should give Drumpf the name of someone in the Kremlin and say he is an agent. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #5
Putin doesn't arrest people he kills them nt doc03 Dec 2016 #9
That would be unfortunate. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #12
Killing someone on false info awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #89
Your concern for the imaginary blood of the imagined victim of Putin after the imaginary CIA rzemanfl Dec 2016 #91
The post you responded to awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #93
Good thing I'm not in the CIA. This is a message board, not a top secret agency somewhere. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #94
Ok, let's take death out of the equation awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #95
When an act of war has been committed against my country and the President-elect is a rzemanfl Dec 2016 #96
Plant some "bait" and see if it goes to the Kremlin. roamer65 Dec 2016 #7
already done... I'd bet good money on it uponit7771 Dec 2016 #14
yep, and I bet they got a positive hit with the intel going to Russia Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #80
Wow! kentuck Dec 2016 #10
tRump bdamomma Dec 2016 #31
Fredo HurricaneWarning Dec 2016 #49
Yeeeah, shit is getting thick if its being reported then they're saying 10 times more behind the ... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #11
Pence had to know. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #15
YEAP, ... bout to do an OP on this... that Pence can't say he didn't know shit... that would look uponit7771 Dec 2016 #20
Pence can't get in there, either. duffyduff Dec 2016 #33
What about Ryan, McConnell, and Kerry? KamaAina Dec 2016 #21
McMotherFuckah had to know something was wrong, he didn't have to make the statement but the uponit7771 Dec 2016 #25
Comrade McConnell was part of the Gang of 12 that received the bi-partisan briefing... Raster Dec 2016 #28
They can withhold it. roamer65 Dec 2016 #13
For now, sure. Not if he is sworn in. nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #24
Coup d'tate time? Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #17
ABC is generally the most conservative of the Big Three Warpy Dec 2016 #19
you think so? ginnyinWI Dec 2016 #42
This is an astonishing moment in American history. Barack_America Dec 2016 #23
Whose to say it's not already bdamomma Dec 2016 #30
Keep turning the heat up. We'll boil Trump eventually. jalan48 Dec 2016 #32
Well yeah, No shite! There are consequences to getting hacked Cha Dec 2016 #34
Who ever reported that elmac Dec 2016 #35
Man oh man, this feels like the first pinch of genuine "hope" Leghorn21 Dec 2016 #37
Just wait until wed..it will all be forgotten pangaia Dec 2016 #54
It will because he will Tweet it to the world ten minutes later. nt Quixote1818 Dec 2016 #38
WOW! Just take that in. The office of the presidency has been infiltrated by the Russians. brush Dec 2016 #39
shame AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #44
Talk about incompetent, none of those 16 other candidates did oppo research on Trump brush Dec 2016 #50
I don't think anybody took him seriously at first NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #62
I grant that early on he wasn't taken seriously but by the time the field was winnowed down to . . . brush Dec 2016 #70
this is huge!! AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #40
Some Republicans do not care. blue cat Dec 2016 #58
Exactly because borders bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #41
Trump IS a Constitutional crisis world wide wally Dec 2016 #43
he is a threat to the world AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #47
Here's a link dooner Dec 2016 #45
Thanks I'll include that in my top post SHRED Dec 2016 #46
The Russian People Versus The Russian Government CitizenZero Dec 2016 #51
That's also why some Fox-heads swoon over Putin as a "real leader." n/t Beartracks Dec 2016 #57
And with a humorous note, many of us here are events of accidents nolabels Dec 2016 #60
I just listened to the report. marybourg Dec 2016 #52
Just the fact that this segment aired... SHRED Dec 2016 #56
Yep... This is guessing... Waiting for leaks uponit7771 Dec 2016 #71
I have thought that for some time but for the IC to say that out loud... AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #55
This may be why Trump avoids Daily Briefings. colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #59
plausible deniability Randomthought Dec 2016 #63
That's the way he plays the game. colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #64
OMG! This is scary beyond words. PearliePoo2 Dec 2016 #78
I was really shocked malaise Dec 2016 #61
That's what got me too SHRED Dec 2016 #69
CIA should stage a walkout Takket Dec 2016 #67
I only wish.... Jacob Boehme Dec 2016 #73
It's worse than an Alien creature story, it's really happening without an invasion, he just walked The_Casual_Observer Dec 2016 #76
knr triron Dec 2016 #77
Holy moly, I hadn't thought of that! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #79
He isn't bothering with US intel briefings anyway - he gets his intel from the KGB. lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #83
Give fake intel and see if it shows up as real benld74 Dec 2016 #85
Exactly what I was thinking: Anyone who's seen the Bond films knows that move. lindysalsagal Dec 2016 #86
Might as well include the Russian ambassador in the intel briefings. keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #87
A real eye opener LandrosT Dec 2016 #90
THANKS RUSSIA AND TRUMP VOTERS Skittles Dec 2016 #92
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