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45. This morning, I received a classified briefing. I call on @SpeakerRyan to create an independent comm

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 03:30 PM

Jan 2017

I am becoming very alarmed at this point!!

Elliott Lusztig ‏@ezlusztig 2h2 hours ago

Wow, Americans. We need to have a serious talk about the concept of government secrecy, its logic and limits, the purposes it serves.
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Elliott Lusztig ‏@ezlusztig 2h2 hours ago

Elliott Lusztig Retweeted Nanette D. Barragan

Well the Californians aren't messing around. Another call for an independent commission in light of Confidential briefings never explained.

Nanette D. Barragan
‏@RepBarragan

This morning, I received a classified briefing. I call on @SpeakerRyan to create an independent commission on #russianhacking

https://twitter.com/RepBarragan/status/819952632202723328

KT ‏@kattracy 50m50 minutes ago

@RepBarragan @anon6116 @SpeakerRyan It should be bipartisan @NancyPelosi @WhipHoyer Pls work with Rs. This is no time for bickering
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Marcus S. ‏@goodwillfiction 2h2 hours ago

@RepBarragan @SpeakerRyan I wonder what Comey said in the briefing for her to say this.
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"My confidence has been shook": Dems furious after meeting with James Comey - but they can't say why [View all] DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

Thank You for posting KittyWampus Jan 2017 #1

They probably found out drray23 Jan 2017 #2

And that the Trump campaign was in colllusion with Russian meddling. Amaryllis Jan 2017 #92

My thoughts exactly... WTF!! Where was this briefing MONTHS AGO?!?! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #107

What The Hell Is Going On?......nt global1 Jan 2017 #3

Exactly Auggie Jan 2017 #6

I have a feeling.... Adrahil Jan 2017 #70

I fear you're correct n/t susanr516 Jan 2017 #80

why would that fact be classified? nt tomp Jan 2017 #129

No, you were right the first time PatSeg Jan 2017 #148

Wow. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #4

So, Comey is an active participant in the coup, eh? Raster Jan 2017 #5

You can keep saying that, but DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #14

Because you know all that's going on behind the scenes SticksnStones Jan 2017 #28

not inept. MFM008 Jan 2017 #30

you can't spell demigoddess Jan 2017 #97

It's not bashing; don't use that as a crutch! Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #104

If our goal is to be more like the GOP then we truly have lost our way. SticksnStones Jan 2017 #106

President Obama has been great on so many things, but Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #110

A: "in the spirit of cooperation" "working together" "conciliatory" Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #124

+1 Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #116

Hard to argue with that. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #29

You're blaming Obama? I blame America. They let him down, what's he supposed to do? TeamPooka Jan 2017 #35

According to some hes supposed to institute martial law and deny Trump from being cstanleytech Jan 2017 #48

So he's supposed to defy Congress and the Electoral College and The Constitution? Sure. TeamPooka Jan 2017 #53

Ya I know, it would be doing what they fear the GOP is planning by getting into bed with Russia. cstanleytech Jan 2017 #63

This is coming from the same assholes who hoped Comney would have Hillary arrested... bettyellen Jan 2017 #101

I would rather have Obama go down as the last real President and have America destroyed by Trump and TeamPooka Jan 2017 #105

Some here have been advocating all sorts of crazy destabilizing hijinks..... bettyellen Jan 2017 #108

Yay, once again.. THANKS BERNIE!!11!ELEVENTY1! dionysus Jan 2017 #142

What an asinine suggestion. Being "Mr. Nice Guy" is exactly what America voted for, when it voted.. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #62

I didn't vote for "Mr Nice Guy" DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #93

Yeah, I've run across a couple of you claiming to have voted for Obama "TWICE", and being..... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #98

Thank you for this, Tarheel Dem. What you said. Hekate Jan 2017 #109

You don't become what you despise, and I'm reasonably sure PBO despises Donald Trump, as do I. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #115

That's the default excuse DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #121

You know whats not being a nice guy? Frowning at me! That's.. it... dionysus Jan 2017 #143

So you're saying if Obama had been a Blue_Roses Jan 2017 #119

Trump will pardon him NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #26

I agree with you blue cat Jan 2017 #41

It was a Russian coup but because GOP will get to repeal ACA they will go along with harun Jan 2017 #50

If there ever was one,he is one. nt ladjf Jan 2017 #69

Not 'inner loop Republican Traitor', but he was used by them and he should have known he was. Sunlei Jan 2017 #137

Whoa. What is this? Control-Z Jan 2017 #7

Have my suspicians of things they learned but would have to say that a good indication is stuff is Alekzander Jan 2017 #8

Hope some of the contents triron Jan 2017 #9

+1 Jim__ Jan 2017 #71

IOW, those last 15 minutes Comey basically admitted to throwing the election. Rex Jan 2017 #10

Like what? quakerboy Jan 2017 #38

Too many got briefed. Details will get out. itsrobert Jan 2017 #11

Yep. It's going to be an interesting "peaceful transition of power" progressoid Jan 2017 #18

That's what Delphinus Jan 2017 #144

So essentially what we feared is true? Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #12

The impact drumpf has been ordered to create by his handler lark Jan 2017 #33

Can't wait for the details on this. Paladin Jan 2017 #13

I think you are correct, but we won't know till this comes out. Stuart G Jan 2017 #15

Wow. Makes me wonder if he is compromised too. The whole thing is just weird. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #16

I'm getting serious chills and NOT the good kind. PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #17

Point of Information...this story is reported here at DU almost first.. Stuart G Jan 2017 #19

It was on Washington Post yesterday. lark Jan 2017 #34

Members of Congress held their meeting with Comey this morning... DonViejo Jan 2017 #37

Oops. sorry, I got lost on which thread I was on. lark Jan 2017 #39

Wow. They are not "questioning" his his fitness, they are Ilsa Jan 2017 #85

Betting that there were active attempts to throw the election with "comments" ehrnst Jan 2017 #20

I'll bet it far more than that... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #46

A Fight to the Finish Bill Hansun Jan 2017 #21

Why didn't Obama DO something about him? LisaM Jan 2017 #22

Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #44

Because... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #51

I wouldn't go quite that far.... LisaM Jan 2017 #54

Why didn't Obama DO something about him? LenaBaby61 Jan 2017 #52

"He's still a rethug." Plucketeer Jan 2017 #61

Exactly. I knew back then that appointing Comey, and other Pubs, would have to Nay Jan 2017 #66

Comey deliberately sabotaged the election elmac Jan 2017 #76

Same here. I respect and admire President Obama for so many reasons, Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #86

because the media would have reported it as Obama helping hillary JI7 Jan 2017 #99

k and r.... Stuart G Jan 2017 #23

Please top this crazy carnival ride!!! hopeforchange2008 Jan 2017 #24

Over to you, Mr. President. Time to explain what the hell is going on here. riversedge Jan 2017 #25

Getting chills too...and a lot of them seemed angry coming out... Satch59 Jan 2017 #27

Really freaky, and likely runs far deeper than we suspect. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #74

Once again. That's Comrade Comey Augiedog Jan 2017 #31

Perhaps the last 15 minutes was the screening of the golden showers HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #32

No. It was something the Comey said about his "performance." Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #47

Agree, I bet he said something about not wanting Hillary to win because the email thing Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #83

At the very least he's violated the Hatch Act dflprincess Jan 2017 #127

The right wingnuts are already blaming Obama brutus smith Jan 2017 #36

Which right wing nuts would those be? All I see is an abundance of the usual suspects at DU ... Hekate Jan 2017 #112

"right wingnuts" are blaming Obama Progressive dog Jan 2017 #118

We need to stop them from setting the narrative all the time. brutus smith Jan 2017 #151

Can you post a picture of Progressive dog Jan 2017 #154

coup d'etat, democracy circumvented by republicans to maximum effect. ffr Jan 2017 #40

I think you're right. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2017 #42

You've got it right. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #49

Damn right he was. colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #58

The GOP nearly redeemed itself when it engineered Nixon's resignation. In the intervening years.... Hekate Jan 2017 #114

I could have told them that BEFORE the hearing. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #43

This morning, I received a classified briefing. I call on @SpeakerRyan to create an independent comm riversedge Jan 2017 #45

I feel like I'm in the middle of a bad movie CanonRay Jan 2017 #55

Politicians too angry to complete sentences get the red out Jan 2017 #56

Exactly! Texin Jan 2017 #64

Read David Corn's piece in Mother Jones Texin Jan 2017 #57

Whatever we think it is, it's worse than we think it is. NBachers Jan 2017 #59

Our secret government says be quiet! jalan48 Jan 2017 #60

This article from The Guardian (UK press, not ours) says Danascot Jan 2017 #65

In other words get the red out Jan 2017 #87

My guess is they mercuryblues Jan 2017 #67

That's my thought too. From Michigan here. n/t crosinski Jan 2017 #72

My thoughts exactly. mountain grammy Jan 2017 #82

I posted THIS 2 days ago MY thought on the matter benld74 Jan 2017 #68

I think your thoughts are likely pretty correct IMO. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #75

I believe Repubs (at least key people like McConnell) knew the election was in the bag, Amaryllis Jan 2017 #96

PEETUS BigBearJohn Jan 2017 #117

My guess bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #73

My respects to the Gentlemen included in the briefing. leanforward Jan 2017 #77

Joan Walsh: Even Steve King seemed a little shaken on MSNBC. Asked if evidence of contact bet Trump riversedge Jan 2017 #78

If it's this big a threat to national securuty, they need to tell us obamanut2012 Jan 2017 #79

I've wanted Comey gone for months... Peachhead22 Jan 2017 #81

I would have beaten his partisan posted ass Cosmocat Jan 2017 #122

my guess, he told them, yeah we fucked you over Skittles Jan 2017 #84

Leak it!!! We the people have every right to know what is going down with this fucker. FreeStateDemocrat Jan 2017 #88

Because Comey knew Trump was compromised by Russia months ago Generator Jan 2017 #89

Something wicked this way comes. angrychair Jan 2017 #90

Hopefully some anonymous source christx30 Jan 2017 #91

The Guardian leaked it HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #141

You know the congresspeople are steamed... forgotmylogin Jan 2017 #94

Mr Comey Bill Hansun Jan 2017 #95

A few years ago... neeksgeek Jan 2017 #100

If Comey, other rethuglicans, tRump's team, or some combo colluded to throw the election... RiverStone Jan 2017 #102

Correct until the last sentence Cosmocat Jan 2017 #123

Two things... MontanaMama Jan 2017 #103

I wondered about "shook" too at first GliderGuider Jan 2017 #111

Yeah...I kinda felt like a jerk even saying anything. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #113

Shook is fine now thearchive Jan 2017 #125

Hmmmm. Was not aware of this. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #149

I think it may have been as you said - Walz was a teacher before running for Congress dflprincess Jan 2017 #126

Agreed. Maxine seemed more pissed than anything. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #150

According to Elvis..... Tanuki Jan 2017 #130

So is Comey going to take one for the "Gipper'' or do the Repugs have something on him? YOHABLO Jan 2017 #120

Then someone should be enough of a patriot to reveal it, classified or not, before still_one Jan 2017 #128

Let's not ever forget that Obama rumdude Jan 2017 #131

Probably that Comey could be trusted to be impartial and not shit all over the Constitution cstanleytech Jan 2017 #133

Comey was a known Republican rumdude Jan 2017 #134

*shrug* Well it is what it is, all we can do now is keep moving forward and work to fix cstanleytech Jan 2017 #135

By the way it should be "shaken" rumdude Jan 2017 #132

Have you ever been so shaken that your grammar slips in the process? Stand and Fight Jan 2017 #139

Republicans used stolen files & colluded with Russian government propaganda agencies. Sunlei Jan 2017 #136

The FBI knew last summer UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #138

Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele's frustration as FBI sat on Donald Trump Russia file for months UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #140

President Obama appointed Comey to be FBI Director. milestogo Jan 2017 #145

in most cases, "reaching across the aisle" with appointments seem to bite Democrats on the ass yurbud Jan 2017 #153

So this is what living in a Tom Clancy novel is like. Raster Jan 2017 #146

Something is going on qanda Jan 2017 #147

the time for secrecy is long past. Unless its about agents names or collection methods... yurbud Jan 2017 #152