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totodeinhere

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6. The Post article says that members of the House Intelligence Committee were
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 05:21 PM
Feb 2020

briefed at the same time that Senator Sanders was. So Democratic members of the committee were briefed.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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A LOT to read. I think the others didn't find out till last week when they got a classified brief. jmg257 Feb 2020 #1
I think that if Dems leadership was told and it was their choice to tell or not tell, nothing and Autumn Feb 2020 #2
They'd have been at microphones by the end of the day ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #5
Yep - once it went public with trump last week, all bets were off on keeping it secret. jmg257 Feb 2020 #11
The Post article says that members of the House Intelligence Committee were totodeinhere Feb 2020 #6
Im not sure..."A day after the 13 February briefing to the House intelligence committee" jmg257 Feb 2020 #9
Bernie was told separately Bev54 Feb 2020 #3
Exactly... BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #31
So the Democratic Establishment was protecting Bernie from potential damage? Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #4
I'm willing to argue both sides of this, to be clear ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #8
It's really not that difficult Prue Feb 2020 #7
Uh-huh ... okay ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #18
I'm not a fly Prue Feb 2020 #20
If you're Bernie, and only YOU know ... you have NO IDEA whether this was a complete set-up by Trump mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #24
You're peddling a Trump talking point Prue Feb 2020 #26
Well, I don't know who briefed him exactly, do you? mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #30
He's been around the block a few times Prue Feb 2020 #34
Pete is actually my guy, that's what funny ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #36
I enjoyed our exchange Prue Feb 2020 #38
The briefing to the senate was just last week on February 13 Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #10
Yes - seems so..."security official delivered a briefing to lawmakers last week" jmg257 Feb 2020 #13
See my post #18 ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #21
Almost as long as the OP..Ill pass. Bernie does not argue re: who or how he was told. jmg257 Feb 2020 #22
This isn't something like 'Hey, Bernie, your wife is getting some on the side' ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #27
They did the same thing with trump in 2016. Why is it so hard to believe? jmg257 Feb 2020 #28
Because that was a different time, and because Obama was in charge mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #32
Im not telling you anything -really. I actually forget what the point was! Bernie knew a month ago jmg257 Feb 2020 #33
Okay ... well the whole point of the post is to try to figure out logically ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #35
I agree. But he has to know its a bad look, so why not say why? Someone from his campaign jmg257 Feb 2020 #37
I think this is over complicated stopdiggin Feb 2020 #12
Your whole long post is based on a lie CalFione Feb 2020 #14
Well he did say "I think..." "I think that the fact that..." jmg257 Feb 2020 #16
See my post #18 ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #19
The public knew!! It was all over the news a week ago when they found out! jmg257 Feb 2020 #23
Democrats didn't go to the mike and announce it, though, did they? nt mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #40
You are correct. That is a good question! Usually they are all over an op to chew up trump on. jmg257 Feb 2020 #41
The only Democrats that we're briefed were the House intel committee CalFione Feb 2020 #25
Do you have proof that what Bernie was told he was informed he was free to tell the world mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #39
Putin is using Sanders and Trump as weapons against the U.S. Hortensis Feb 2020 #15
another niggling thought that bothers me dweller Feb 2020 #17
confusion, discord, infighting, distrust of election results. jg10003 Feb 2020 #29
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