If, as they say, all these leaks are false or overstated then they will embrace open, independent investigations to back up their claims. Right?
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if his lips are moving . . .
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Mom, I learned a new word at TPM todayâŚ
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You gotta admit he was so cool when the lie was exposed⌠âNot my lie since some liar told it to me and I only repeated it with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity. Whatâs a President to do?â
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I really hate trump and want to see him booted from the white house is disgrace, but Iâm increasingly concerned that there really isnât much to this story. We should have had more facts by now, unless intel agencies are siting on the evidence.
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Mandy Rice-Davies Applies: Well, they would, wouldnât they?
I mean, if the IC is investigating Trump Campaign collusion with Russian Intelligence, and finding a lot of substance and proof, then they arenât exactly going to brag about that to the chief of staff of the guy they are investigating.
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And if anyone knows about being grossly overstated, itâs Reincy.
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A must read
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âŚin that case a full and public inquiry under oath will quickly settle the matter; right, Rience?
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An by the way I confirmed that you can use a private browsing window to defeat the 10 article limit. For those of us still pissed at the NYT for anti HRC bias during election.
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Out of deference to my gay friends and current sensibilities, Iâll try to clean up an old adage.
If you commit an abhorrent act, doing it once makes you a person who does this abhorrent thing.
If you betray America to Russia once, it is enough to make you a bad person. You donât have to do it with any particular frequently to be in trouble.
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Well, they do spend their entire careers learning stuff and then keeping it quiet except for whispering it in the ears that can take the information and use it to make good things happen. The media have confirmation to keep digging on this. The GOP senators have warning that it wonât go away and they need to fulfill their oversight role if only out of self-protection. The leakers have taken serious risks to accomplish that. As a member of the public I donât need more information to do my part, as my mindâs made up already.
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Intel and past performance tells me Priebus is a lying sack of $%^&.
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Did the tops of the intel community you claim said what you claim they said also say that Iraq having WMDs was a slam-dunk?
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Does Priebus have access to higher level intelligence sources than Pence does? Because Pence had to learn from the newspaper that Flynn had lied to him and made him look like a fool. Just sayin.
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A professional liar who has spent his entire public life lying whoâs now in an administration of pathological liars canât bring himself to issue a categorical denial in the softest, most fawningly sycophantic environment possible. Ye gods. Does he smell indictments in the pipeline?
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âBut I will tell you this, and I have talked to top levels of the intelligence community; every department, by the way, not just people that are only folks that weâve put in place. And they have green lighted me to say that I have talked to the highest levels of intelligence officials, and they have assured me that the New York Times Story about constant contacts is grossly overstated and inaccurate.â
This deserves some parsing:
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You donât talk to âtop levelsâ or âdepartmentsâ You talk to people - people you choose who are also willing to talk to you.
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Being âgreen lightedâ to say something publicly about confidential investigations within the IC, by someone in the IC, is the definition of leaking.
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âI have talked to top levels of the intelligence community; every departmentâ
âAnd I am leaking this information to you now, for I am the leaker in chiefâ
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Man, the Intelligence Community is really playing the Trump Administration now. This is delicious.
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