DOUBLE CROSS: John Schindler, Louise Mensch and other "spooky" writers in the anti-Trump movement

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94. Caution is the point

Think Joe Cannon's main point is simply a reminder: use caution while reading anyone, even the current popular reads like Schindler and Mensch. The 20 Committee theory? It's an interesting tidbit, something I wouldn't have picked up. To my knowledge, Joe C has no on-the-ground intelligence experience. Rather, he's been interested in the subject over a lifetime--lots of reading and research.

To be honest, I was really disturbed (and surprised) reading Schindler's comments about Hillary Clinton, quotes dating to last September about her ties to Russian banks and accusing the Clinton Foundation of major foul play. Now, he's all negative about Trump? Maybe he's doing a reverse Mikey routine: he hates everyone of the political class. Don't know. But Schindler and Mensch appear to be buddy-buddies, which gives me pause. I plan on taking Joe's advice:check out backgrounds and earlier publications before following the herd.

That being said, I've found most of Schindler/Mensch's comments about Trump and his cabal fitting nicely into my own view. Is this confirmation bias? What I'm certain about is that this Administration is incompetent and dreadful and seemingly bent on self-destruction. I don't want to see the whole country go down with them. Putin may but I do not.

The other thing that worries me is having the waters muddied to the point where we cannot tell fact from fiction. In my mind that's what disinformation is all about: utter confusion. It fits nicely into the Trump/Bannon spin--believe only them. It makes the job of investigators, researchers and reporters all the more difficult, requiring every i dotted and t crossed. Because even small errors will be used to crush the credibility of the press. And Lord knows, we need them right now!