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GliderGuider

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24. Easy? Bannon is two or three steps ahead of the play.

Reply to librechik (Reply #23)

Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:23 PM

Jan 2017

He has now sewed up the NSC, so he's probably ready to make his big move - probably within a very few days.

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Can the CIA do anything about Bannon? [View all] fun n serious Jan 2017 OP

No. The CIA's mission is to collect intelligence MineralMan Jan 2017 #1

We're fucked. fun n serious Jan 2017 #3

You may well be right. MineralMan Jan 2017 #4

The Senate Democrats can do something about this still_one Jan 2017 #32

Well, they do monitor communications with those foreign entities... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #7

Well, they do some of that, although that is really the NSA's MineralMan Jan 2017 #9

Or leaked. They can make it too public for the FBI to bury. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #33

That could happen. However, there are consequences MineralMan Jan 2017 #35

One might offer in response that letting a mentally unbalanced president Vinnie From Indy Jan 2017 #42

If you get caught--or if it isn't a command decision accepted by all in the know. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #45

Well, that may turn out to ba a positive thing 2naSalit Jan 2017 #38

Unless Bannon is directly connected to Russia. Tatiana Jan 2017 #41

He's a Leninist FFS bathroommonkey76 Jan 2017 #43

Except for droning folks. GeorgeGist Jan 2017 #47

Boots? tazkcmo Jan 2017 #2

Yes, people. fun n serious Jan 2017 #5

And I don't mean to be mean to you! tazkcmo Jan 2017 #10

I am glad you pointed it out to me. fun n serious Jan 2017 #13

There are already people there.... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #11

Exactly HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #26

they will do anything to distract bdamomma Jan 2017 #6

I worry far more about boots domestically at the moment... nt EarthFirst Jan 2017 #8

I know our Dear Leader would love to occupy Chicago with the National Guard workinclasszero Jan 2017 #14

I thought about that one a bit HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #29

ok, I'll say it. librechik Jan 2017 #12

Believe me... fun n serious Jan 2017 #16

yeah librechik Jan 2017 #19

Putin has gotten just what he wanted... pangaia Jan 2017 #37

This is too... pernicious? There are too many people involved to just remove one person. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #44

Yes, that seems to be the only real option. Except GliderGuider Jan 2017 #20

OP names White Supremacist KKK publicist Bannon librechik Jan 2017 #23

Easy? Bannon is two or three steps ahead of the play. GliderGuider Jan 2017 #24

I know. He castled right off the bat. librechik Jan 2017 #28

Grin GliderGuider Jan 2017 #31

- librechik Jan 2017 #34

I wouldn't cry. n/t MANative Jan 2017 #21

We are all thinking it. n/t Turn CO Blue Jan 2017 #22

Yep, they got away clean with JFK HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #30

I'm worried that President Bannon will have Trump Ilsa Jan 2017 #15

I am genuinely scared to death. fun n serious Jan 2017 #17

Me too nt maryellen99 Jan 2017 #39

turn that fear handmade34 Jan 2017 #40

Who do you think the CIA works for? Analysts try to play it straight but... yurbud Jan 2017 #18

Put yourself in Putin's place, and then think like a chess player librechik Jan 2017 #25

Maybe. Maybe not. :) LiberalFighter Jan 2017 #27

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! n/t malaise Jan 2017 #36

Threaten to give his stank as a bath... He'll stop acting up quick uponit7771 Jan 2017 #46