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lanlady

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20. There seems to be a pattern to it

Fri Mar 3, 2017, 08:46 AM

Mar 2017

Aimed at certain individuals at just the right time. Flynn, for instance - he was widely disliked and mistrusted by the IC (intelligence community), and he was "taken down" by it after just one month on the job, in a pretty masterful fashion I have to say. Then Sessions, refusing to do the right thing an recuse himself, becomes the subject of an IC leak and voila - he has now recused himself.

The leak of the Steele dossier at the start of the Trump administration is starting to look like an epic and deliberate scene-setter, a way to signal to journalists and would-be investigators that "we in the IC believe this information to be true, but we can't reveal our sources, so it's your job to independently verify this information and go for the golden ring" - er in this case the golden shower

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What is the strategy behind drip drip dripping info instead of dropping it all at once? [View all] butdiduvote Mar 2017 OP

It's like watering a plant. dchill Mar 2017 #1

Exactly rufus dog Mar 2017 #5

Good analogy, dchill. :) And it almost certainly would. Hortensis Mar 2017 #18

Look how quickly people forget revelations from just a week ago Dem2 Mar 2017 #41

You take down people one at a time so they turn on each other to avoid prosecution meadowlander Mar 2017 #2

Makes sense butdiduvote Mar 2017 #7

The droped the Steele dossier day one buddy, remember? Exultant Democracy Mar 2017 #3

Yea, but with at least one important distinction..... nolabels Mar 2017 #35

Building the outrage. davsand Mar 2017 #4

Is easier to shoot down a single target than many targets. Lint Head Mar 2017 #6

Reminds me of a cat playing with a mouse. Canoe52 Mar 2017 #8

The Deep State wants their country back. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #26

pressure→panic→plea - nocalflea Mar 2017 #9

Reality? Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #10

lol JI7 Mar 2017 #11

Keeps it in the headlines and on TV underpants Mar 2017 #12

Obama's genius : thbobby Mar 2017 #13

One Reason True Blue American Mar 2017 #14

well it used to be a way to make people with critical thinking skills pay attention Skittles Mar 2017 #15

Crazy idea: What if there simply is no big bad conspiracy to take down Trump??? DetlefK Mar 2017 #16

This Cosmocat Mar 2017 #17

This is pretty much where I am about all this. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #19

Yesterday's NYT-- lanlady Mar 2017 #25

Yup. Interesting times ... n/t Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #28

Wow, you mean sometimes the simplest explanation is the true one? FSogol Mar 2017 #21

There seems to be a pattern to it lanlady Mar 2017 #20

I think the IC is telling the American people a story Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #22

Yup. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #27

I disagree with a new cold war "to justify their existence" Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #34

The IC has a long history of dealing with problems truebluegreen Mar 2017 #36

Thanks for saying this, because it's true. For all the times in my life I've recoiled at reports... Hekate Mar 2017 #43

Nothing is black and white and nothing is pure. Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #45

Again, agree. I long ago gave up black and white thinking. Hekate Mar 2017 #49

Because life is just like a tv drama where everything gets neatly wrapped up at the end of the hour. FSogol Mar 2017 #23

Why 19% of the oil company? greymattermom Mar 2017 #24

This is what smart detectives do Zoonart Mar 2017 #29

Or TNR--trap, neuter, and release. I wonder--did they notch Flynn's ear before letting him go? nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #30

LOLOL Zoonart Mar 2017 #33

This! nt chowder66 Mar 2017 #42

Your OP presumes that one person or agency has all the pieces of the KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #31

Excellent point...nt Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #47

keep it in the news daily DrDan Mar 2017 #32

A drip provokes a statement, the statement contains a lie, the next drip reveals that lie hatrack Mar 2017 #37

A better question is: why doesn't the Administration come clean instead of trying to "plug leaks"? MatthewStLouis Mar 2017 #38

Part of it is to give journalists a chance to get up to speed after years of being lapdogs, KittyWampus Mar 2017 #39

Lap Dogs is right! True Blue American Mar 2017 #40

Ever hear of Chinese Water Torture? Hekate Mar 2017 #44

No...they will bring him down...probably Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #46

First of all, all the facts have to be lined up to drop it all at once. haele Mar 2017 #48