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Volaris

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43. I agree, with the caveat being this:
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 01:30 PM
Feb 2017

I'm worried about about the CIA being necessary to bring to light the potential illegal actions of a govt official. Essentially, this should be the job of the Justice Dept or assigned special prosecutor, and not the DeepState intelligence apparatus

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Snap Zoonart Feb 2017 #1
Wait... cilla4progress Feb 2017 #2
Music To My Ears Me. Feb 2017 #5
I think he's a sick man Warpy Feb 2017 #76
IOW Botany Feb 2017 #3
If Trump were to go to jail Perseus Feb 2017 #41
Right now I'm putting this in the internet rumor department Botany Feb 2017 #44
I agree Scarsdale Feb 2017 #46
Agreed because my thinking is this. If it was Trump or even only Trump then Mitch and the rest of cstanleytech Feb 2017 #50
McConnell is keeping the Repubs from addressing the problem. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #70
Lock him up! crim son Feb 2017 #4
Wishful thinking, but Loge23 Feb 2017 #6
I googled Schindler and kinda lost interest in his words. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #10
Me too, but if they start eating their own, bring on the buffet! nt JTFrog Feb 2017 #13
But it is a great line. He will die in jail. Those words could serve to sustain me though this. n/t Hamlette Feb 2017 #22
Yea Me too. classykaren Feb 2017 #82
He's been ahead of the curve wrt Trump/Russia for a good while now. Schema Thing Feb 2017 #34
Same here PatSeg Feb 2017 #45
Whatever ... that's because we're actual 'thinking individuals' ... but given the current climate mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #83
Exactly. spixxen Feb 2017 #94
Sounds like Guiliani on the left Justice Feb 2017 #96
Off to Guantanamo! NewRedDawn Feb 2017 #7
Cuban sun? He wouldn't need the spray tan anymore! N/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #23
He'd turn from oragne to brown, brown just like a turd? GetRidOfThem Feb 2017 #24
Brown just like a "bad hombre" n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #27
He will get a prison haircut and a cheap cotton cap. nt NCjack Feb 2017 #48
And some clothes that fit properly, for a change! n/t JawJaw Feb 2017 #78
welcome to du niyad Feb 2017 #36
Hope the links loop around many necks Marthe48 Feb 2017 #8
Kick! EricMaundry Feb 2017 #9
I'm afraid I hope that turns out to be true. The 45th's not Hortensis Feb 2017 #11
Not 19.5 Billion - 19.5 Percent of Rosneft...That's a lot more Billions of $$$$$$ than $19.5 Billion Pachamama Feb 2017 #55
Whoops! Thanks so much. A beyond-huge payoff, Hortensis Feb 2017 #57
My Hope: that the IC has been following the trail for a year or more and they know who got that 19.5 Pachamama Feb 2017 #61
Hope so too. For sure they know far more than Hortensis Feb 2017 #62
Trump's business is just a giant check kiting operation. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #77
And house tax oversight panel won't seek 45's returns. Hortensis Feb 2017 #81
Yep, their deal with Exxon Mobile alone is worth $500B (nt) Zoider Feb 2017 #100
If there was ever a time the IC needs to go nuclear onetexan Feb 2017 #12
I agree, with the caveat being this: Volaris Feb 2017 #43
Agree, the spooks agencies' purpose are to be providing intel to the DOJ onetexan Feb 2017 #47
Hopefully they're biding their time, and just stepping on the proper toes ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #84
Hopefully, this isn't just wolf tickets being sold. Deuce Feb 2017 #14
I will believe it when I see it. Javaman Feb 2017 #15
My exact sentiments! Liberal In Red State Feb 2017 #18
Sadly, my spouse and I feel the same way. Ilsa Feb 2017 #26
Seriously, can they disable his access to the nuclear football first, BEFORE he totally snaps? bellmartin Feb 2017 #16
This. n/t area51 Feb 2017 #52
Just seize his assets. LisaM Feb 2017 #17
Assets? He's a loser. All he has is debts. NNadir Feb 2017 #71
I quit being excited by stuff like this after the Scooter Libby fiasco. Coventina Feb 2017 #19
Oh, I so hope this is true. Stonepounder Feb 2017 #20
Cinephile to the rescue! W Mousie Feb 2017 #72
You are right. I had the Yul Brenner pic in my mind, Stonepounder Feb 2017 #73
And here I thought it was Metallica ... in the song "Creeping Death" mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #85
OooooooWEEEEEE!!!! Better than grave dancing!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #21
One hopes it's true. n/t NNadir Feb 2017 #25
Believe it when it happens, the proof is in the pudding bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #28
Wow TNLib Feb 2017 #29
WIKILEAKS retweeted that post, this is what caught my eye. yodermon Feb 2017 #30
He considers wikileaks to be be an extension of Russian Intelligence. I think he may be right. Schema Thing Feb 2017 #35
I know it's early, but.............. MyOwnPeace Feb 2017 #31
If there is justice, he would get life in Leavenworth Prison. We owe him nothing, NCjack Feb 2017 #51
A much better outcome for the nation than martyrdom, that's for sure. Just wish it could be true. Hekate Feb 2017 #32
Go ahead Traitor Trump vlyons Feb 2017 #33
I hope this is correct, but is the source reliable? NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #37
Everyone knows you ddon't mess with the IC without backup. Nitram Feb 2017 #38
I can't wait to ask the trumpers in my office louis-t Feb 2017 #39
Or maybe "... and you're okay with this?" calimary Feb 2017 #67
That's actually better than my current one- louis-t Feb 2017 #68
Wow!! ailsagirl Feb 2017 #40
Thing is..... zentrum Feb 2017 #42
"former NSA intelligence analyst John Schindler" klook Feb 2017 #59
that would be good for America long term as well as short. We have to get past the exceptionalism of yurbud Feb 2017 #49
I can hardly wait to see his smug face in a orange jumpsuit. kimbutgar Feb 2017 #53
Like watching a real-life version of TV's "Scandal" ... PsychoBabble Feb 2017 #54
Whoooooa. calimary Feb 2017 #56
To dishonest people the leak has always been more BAD than the crime Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #58
If the FBI malingers, obstructs or otherwise fumbles the investigation pecosbob Feb 2017 #60
Why in the world? Bayard Feb 2017 #63
Because...... MyOwnPeace Feb 2017 #65
He really seems to hate Assange TNLib Feb 2017 #64
Not to be a Debbie Downer... awesomerwb Feb 2017 #66
We are going to find out if the "deep state" actually exists. roamer65 Feb 2017 #69
It exists MosheFeingold Feb 2017 #86
Agree in principle, but context is important Maaattcast Feb 2017 #90
I'm old enough to remember MosheFeingold Feb 2017 #95
Do not include FBI Chemisse Feb 2017 #74
So is the AG now, and Comey just showed his hand under his new boss by saying , no charges 4 flynn Alice11111 Feb 2017 #75
Please make it so and not too good to be true! Cha Feb 2017 #79
I guess this won't be enough to bring him down TrumpMania Feb 2017 #80
I'm envisioning the CIA showing Drumpf the Film that was taken FROM the Grassy Knoll mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #87
Dangerous times in Trump era. riversedge Feb 2017 #88
Thats why he's going nuts over leaks.... Historic NY Feb 2017 #89
Promises, promises Maeve Feb 2017 #91
we can dream.. and we can start a habit of shouting "Lock him up!" at every opportunity lostnfound Feb 2017 #92
I've lost track of the number of times something great was just about to happen. mn9driver Feb 2017 #93
great, if true Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #97
This is extraordinary blueseas Feb 2017 #98
Getting him to jail is going to take too long mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #99
Waiting..... MFM008 Feb 2017 #101
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