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50. His views about trump are irrelevent in what I am referring to. He was claiming for a long time

Fri Jul 13, 2018, 01:01 PM

Jul 2018

there is no evidence of Russian interference, and HIS justification for it was because we were lied about WMDs in Iraq, along with other falsehoods, this is not credible. It is a bullshit argument, and completely ignored the fact the Flynn already had specific accusations against him, along with the fact that the people making those accusations did not have anything in common those saying there were saying there were WMDs in Iraq.

I cannot find the exact piece I am talking about, but this touches on the flavor of what his thoughts were

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/something-about-this-russia-story-stinks-110164/

This Washington Monthly probably expresses Taibbi's views best at the time:

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/04/04/matt-taibbis-skepticism-of-the-russian-hacking-coverage-is-all-wrong/

He has slowly evolved his position since then, which is more than I can say about Greenwald, though as things evolve and it becames more than evident, I suspect Mr. Greenwald will come out saying something to the effect that "I always knew there was Russian interference", in a similar way Greewald denied that he ever supported bush's invasion of Iraq.

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Mueller indicts 12 Russian intelligence officers for allegedly conspiring to hack 2016 U.S. presiden [View all] brooklynite Jul 2018 OP

Boy Howdy! montanacowboy Jul 2018 #1

Springs it right before the meeting with Putin rurallib Jul 2018 #68

My thoughts exactly! firstwife Jul 2018 #72

I was thinking the same thing! mitch96 Jul 2018 #88

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Good explanation! n/t coeur_de_lion Jul 2018 #80

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And his under-the-radar coverage of the NY-19 primary was not to be missed BeyondGeography Jul 2018 #44

He has at times criticized Democrats for doing things QC Jul 2018 #45

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His views about trump are irrelevent in what I am referring to. He was claiming for a long time still_one Jul 2018 #50

Thanks for clarifying and providing some interesting info. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #51

I am just expressing my personal impression. Of course it is always easy to throw things out when still_one Jul 2018 #54

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Read Post #2 and #23. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #38

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