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Hekate

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7. As I recall, he did make it public, and he and Joe Biden both said they had taken actions....

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 07:14 PM

Mar 2017

...that we would probaby never hear about, as well as some we would eventually hear about.

One of the actions we have heard about in recent weeks was that the Obama admin spread all the info they had around to all of the 17 IC departments so that no one with ill intent could just bundle everything into a burn bag and destroy it. Malcolm Nance has spoken authoritatively and approvingly about these actions on Rachel Maddow's show.

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What should President Obama have done when he was told by intelligence that Russia had interfered? [View all] kentuck Mar 2017 OP

Lose lose, one set of rules if you are a democrat, one if you are a republican Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #1

One more Democrat showing up to a knife fight toting "Robert's Rules of Order." NT Girard442 Mar 2017 #2

I'm a big Obama supporter; but, if he knew Russians were interfering, he should have made it public Hoyt Mar 2017 #3

As I recall, he did make it public, and he and Joe Biden both said they had taken actions.... Hekate Mar 2017 #7

You may be right, but all I remember is him announcing after the election that there was some hackin Hoyt Mar 2017 #8

He told the public. kentuck Mar 2017 #9

He should have started Doreen Mar 2017 #4

I'll always wish someone in his Admin had leaked Trump's tax returns leftstreet Mar 2017 #5

I agree that he did a thoughtful thorough job. According to today's Wikileaks dump.... Hekate Mar 2017 #6

He should have held a press conference and gone public with it. Tatiana Mar 2017 #10

I recall it differently. kentuck Mar 2017 #12

It wasn't as big of an issue as it should have been. And that cost us. Tatiana Mar 2017 #15

I do recall that McConnell refused to go along with a bi-partisan announcement. kentuck Mar 2017 #16

Against the party that wanted to make Obama a 1-term President? Tatiana Mar 2017 #18

He should have told us...but God forbid Obama has anyone angry at him. McConnell bullied him adigal Mar 2017 #11

Mine too. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2017 #14

Well, Kentuck, it's evident from the responses that people's memories are as selective as ever Hekate Mar 2017 #13

Contradictions, over and over, plant seeds of doubt. kentuck Mar 2017 #17

Plus it's just so sad he left his magic wand back at Hogwarts. What's wrong with that man? Hekate Mar 2017 #19