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In reply to the discussion: Sources: Comey acted on Russian intelligence he knew was fake [View all]SunSeeker
(51,777 posts)Why would Comey have to "expose the methods by which the US government obtained the Russian info"?
There is an obvious hole in this ludicrous rationalization for Comey's outrageous July 2016 press conference. If Russians did leak these fake emails, the purported senders of the fake emails (Debbie Wasserman Schultz and a political operative) could easily and convincingly state they're fake. And if Comey was so worried about people not believing Schultz and the operative, Comey could confirm the emails were fake by stating the purported sender's email accounts were analyzed by the FBI and the FBI thus confirmed the emails were indeed fake. He does not even have to reveal that the fake emails were from the Russians. This in no way exposes "the methods by which the US government obtained the Russian info."
This "protecting methods from exposure" excuse offered by an unnamed "source close to Comey" is bullshit and the source knew it. That is why this source(s) then added, "There were other factors behind Comey's decision." And that is why, as explicitly stated at the OP link, CNN had to update its story on this to add the line, "UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated to reflect that there were additional factors behind Comey's decision and to clarify the description of the political operative."