Bowsite.com

Did you critical think that?

Thus it was really Pat's fault.

BTW: Pat's moderators are presently undergoing critical thinking training. Order will be restored.

Do the moderators know they only have to the read CF ? They could get a plethora of critical pontificating to help them.

Comey to Trump: The Russians Didn’t Influence the Election BY EDWARD KLEIN/ December 14, 2016

In telephone conversations with Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey assured the president-elect there was no credible evidence that Russia influenced the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election by hacking the Democratic National Committee and the e-mails of John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

What’s more, Comey told Trump that James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, agreed with this FBI assessment.

The only member of the U.S. intelligence community who was ready to assert that the Russians sanctioned the hacking was John Brennan, the director of the CIA, according to sources who were briefed on Comey’s conversations with Trump.

“And Brennan takes his marching orders from President Obama,” the sources quoted Comey as saying.

In Comey’s view, the leaks to the New York Times and the Washington Post alleging that the Russians tried—and perhaps even succeeded—in tilting the election to Trump were a Democratic Party effort to delegitimize Trump’s victory.

During their phone conversations, Comey informed Trump that the FBI had been alert for the past year to the danger that the Russians would try to cause mischief during the U.S. presidential election.

However, whether the Russians did so remains an open question, Comey said, adding that it was just as likely that the hacking was done by people who had no direct connection to the Russian government.

“It’s also unclear,” the sources pointed out, “why Putin would have preferred dealing with Donald Trump, who has promised a major military buildup, over Hillary Clinton, who would have continued Barack Obama’s cautious policies toward the Kremlin.”

MOSCOW, Russia (WORLD NEWS BUREAU) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to send help to President Obama and other Democrats triggered by their party's epic election losses.

Putin made the offer during an interview on Russia TV Friday morning. "As you know, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other American Democrats continue to falsely blame us, as well as numerous others for their humiliating loss to Mr. Trump. In America these days being upset about something is called "being triggered" and it has become an epidemic requiring "safe spaces" and therapy to calm those so afflicted.

In the spirit of Christmas, I have authorized the transfer to Washington DC of 10 trained Russian therapy dogs, one metric ton of modeling clay, and a large quantity of soft, fuzzy sweaters for distribution to President Obama and others in his party. Hopefully, this will help them deal with this painful period in their lives."

Putin: Help is on its way

For the CTA: noted that this is a humor site and does not fall under the strictures of critical thinking.

Typical white privilege.............

Also in 2010, Trump buddy Bill O'Reilly said that Assange was a "traitor".

Of course, that was before Assange was politically useful for Trump. Hannity in particular is masterfully playing the role of "Useful Idiot".

And, oh yeah, the U.S. Military designated Assange and Wikileaks as enemies of the state.

"In 2012, Declassified US Air Force counter-intelligence documents, released under US freedom-of-information laws, reveal that military personnel who contact WikiLeaks or WikiLeaks supporters may be at risk of being charged with "communicating with the enemy", a military crime that carries a maximum sentence of death."

In the very next breath, he said "But here's what I've come to realize that is bigger and even more profound, although this could have a profound effect and an altering effect on our election this time...."

"WikiLeaks is a Front for Russian Intelligence" - https://20committee.com/2015/08/31/wikileaks-is-a-front-for-russian-intelligence/

A source like this is NOT the best one for getting some truth out about a candidate, but when the MSM completely renounces all traces of journalistic integrity then you have to take what you can get. So far NONE of the Dems and other Trump haters like yourself are saying that what he revealed about the Dems ISN'T true, just that he did it like he did.

You are truly unbelievable. Literally.

In 2010, Trump said of WikiLeaks: "....As far as I'm concerned, it's spying, it's espionage"

He was right. Then. Of course, as with so many other issues, he "changed" his position on them for his own personal, political benefit. Typical.

http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/01/05/trump-2010-china-shot-spies-wikileaks-within-24-hours/

Trump releases new book Internet Security for Democrats as Russia releases the top 10 Password’s used by Democrats. In first place is the Podesta Password.

WIKILEAKS BREAKING NEWS: A 14 YEAR OLD COULD HAVE HACKED PODESTA EMAILS. Julian Assange Reddit AMA

password

PassworD

p@ssword

p@$$word

p@ssw0rd

Hillary

H!llary

h!llary

hill@ry

runner123

If you use any of these as your password we strongly advise that you change your password immediately. Please do this for your own safety and my personal sanity.

Please note this is shared in our Cartoons section, it is humor and you should still change your password.

Don’t do what the DNC’s Rachel Palermo did and e-mail your new password to anyone!

From today.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html

Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump

A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump

By the way, Trump's business ties to Russian mobsters has been known. Heck, Cruz brought it up back in the primaries, but the lib media was so intent on helping Trump get the nomination that they didn't hardly make a peep about it at the time. There was a reason Trump refused to release his taxes. And it didn't have a darn thing to do with an IRS audit.

BOOM!

cc @Khanoisseur pic.twitter.com/yuUIJhNdDT

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

OC=Organized Crime

FSB=one of the successor agencies of the Soviet-era KGB

Trump Org's secret ties to Russian OC are well known in certain circles, including some IC folks. But MSM has been (mostly) derelict. /2

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

MSM has been reluctant to seriously explore Trump's Kremlin ties because Don loves suing everyone. And his Russia mafia pals kill people. /3

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

You need to understand real estate finance, and Russian organized crime AND Russian intelligence...if you do, the picture is quite clear. /5

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

Mogilevich is the biggest mob boss in Russia -- maybe the world -- and his capos+footprints are all over the Trump Org since early 1990s. /6

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

Mogilevich launders money in the West, including the USA, on a gargantuan scale; he is clever and good at this. FBI knows all about it. /7

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

In 1992, Mogilevich sent a capo to NYC to run his US show. That was Yaponchik AKA Vyacheslav Ivankov, who was murdered in Moscow in 2009. /8

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

Yaponchik/Ivankov -- for 3 years until the FBI caught up with him -- was dividing his time between Trump Tower & Don's Taj Mahal Casino. /9

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

There are literally dozens of Russian OC scams, some gargantuan, that we know were based at Trump properties -- quite a coincidence. /10

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

The real issue is how Mogilevich made the Trump Org one of his overseas subsidiaries, de facto, back in the 1990s. FBI knows this too. /11

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

Also, Mogilevich has a very cozy relationship with Putin & his special services, going back to KGB days. They help each other non-stop. /12

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

Not long after Sasha Litvinenko told reporters about Putin's close links to Mogilevich, FSB gave him atomic tea. Another coincidence. /13

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

There's an old IC joke about Russian organized crime:

"Who do you think organized them?"

Trump being in bed with ROC = in bed with FSB /14

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 9, 2017

John Schindler is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer. A specialist in espionage and terrorism, he’s also been a Navy officer and a War College professor. He’s published four books and is on Twitter at @20committee.

This kind of journalism is aimed at the low information type voters...and sufferers of TDS.

"Now Buzzfeed is publishing this document, which has been circulating in the background in media organizations for months (Mother Jones reported breathlessly about it last October).

Buzzfeed admits nothing in the document can be verified, and furthermore, the document contains clear mistakes about the things which can be fact-checked.

So this is the Thing the media is going to be shrieking about for the week."

And josh...

Give. Me. A. Break.

BLUF: IC would never touch an outside, private Intel report, much less briefed it to "the top," unless key parts could be corroborated.

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: 1 year ago I told you #EmailGate would be Hillary's downfall.

Lies4Putin will sink Trump just the same.https://t.co/orCfIvHtAX

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 4, 2017

Whoops. I accidentally cut out the part where the Guardian said the warrant was denied then later granted. https://t.co/AR0326lkYF pic.twitter.com/hzO9FYODEq

— SighberInternetHersh (@Ugarles) January 11, 2017

More than one time during the campaign, Trump himself implied that he was privy to/had knowledge of specific information WikiLeaks had on Hillary. How did he know? Makes the below situation seem pretty credible. And Trump henchman Roger Stone on more than one occasion indicated that he had back-channel connections to Assange/WikiLeaks. Again, makes the below situation seem pretty credible in context of comments that Trump and Stone made more than once during the campaign.

________________________________________________________________________

"If some of the unproven claims in the memos are merely titillating, others would amount to extremely serious, potentially treasonous acts.

One of the opposition research memos quotes an unidentified Russian source as claiming that the hacking and leaking of Democratic emails was carried out “with the full knowledge and support of TRUMP and senior members of his campaign team.” In return, the memo said, “the TRUMP team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a campaign issue” because Mr. Putin “needed to cauterize the subject.”

_____________________________________________________________________________________

This part of the report (again, unverified) would explain why the anti Putin language in the RNC platform mysteriously disappeared. pic.twitter.com/IdGljxJPF1

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 11, 2017

Putin's spokesman Peskov has just denied allegations in the Trump report, says "the Kremlin does not engage in collecting compromising info"

— Nataliya Vasilyeva (@NatVasilyevaAP) January 11, 2017

Excuse me while I......

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Man, that's a good one, doesn't collect compromising info. Anyone who believes that gets to wear the crown as CHIEF "Useful Idiot", in Lenin's words.

All we need now is for enemy of America, Russian stooge Julian Assange to come out with a statement that denies any of this could even be possible and JTV will be all set.

Perhaps it is time for a handle change.

Chicken Little also comes to mind.

"the" America. It appears that Putin's Russian twitter trolls for Trump have even found their way to Bowsite now. It's just about Supper time in Russia right now, I think I hear your mom calling you to come up from the basement to eat.

Boris Johnson says UK told Trump Russia was behind hacking https://t.co/Syvir3tD0k

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 11, 2017

Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017

To be clear: man accused of getting intel/dirt on opponents from Russian intel sources, very upset that opponents and intelligence community were gathering dirt on his dirt.

Our new CINC cites a Kremlin press release as his proof. This is really happening.https://t.co/kNLCuXuNbM

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 11, 2017

Also sad, is the once respected world of journalism obtaining lower status than a curbside prostitute (the prostitute at least provides up front honesty when providing service) where they begin to recognize their irrelevance and must resort to "TIAGWAHIS" (Toss It Against The Wall and Hope It Sticks) journalism. No longer do they have to report news, but create fables and stories as a substitute.

The Democrat Party has been taken over by this derangement and the more that their political electeds and leadership stand on the bridge of their sinking garbage scow ordering the crew "full steam ahead", the rational members will abandon them further making the party a regional one controlled by large metropolitan cities.

TDS is a terminal disease.

(note: article contains internal links)

FAKE NEWS: BuzzFeed and CNN fall for Trump Piss Story That was 4Chan Prank

With just ten days to go before he is sworn in as America’s forty-fifth president, the political establishment went nuclear on President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday with a double-barreled blast of “leaked” “intelligence” reports by CNN and BuzzFeed.

The documents contain explosive, but unverified, opposition research that alleges intel ties between Russia and Trump and also claims Russia holds sexual blackmail material over Trump.

One of the most outrageous unconfirmed allegations in the report claims the Russians recorded Trump watching Russian prostitutes urinate on each other in a Moscow hotel room previously occupied by President and Mrs. Barack Obama.

Now this… Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, and CNN got played by 4Chan.

" We have the goods on that nasty @realDonaldTrump with hookers smear… You will be stunned! Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/TYgiQdtOMb

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 11, 2017"

According to the “leaked” “intelligence” documents: Trump disliked Obama so much that he hired two Russian hookers to piss on a bed that Obama slept on in Russia.

And the liberal media ran with this! Seriously?

The original story was created by 4Chan user.

According to 4Chan these documents were created by a 4Chan user and sent to anti-Trumper Rick Wilson knowing he would act on this tip:

4Chan discussed this tonight:

** Political hacks emailed documents to #NeverTrump jackass Rick Wilson about Trump making people piss on a bed.

** Rick Wilson thought it was real and gave it to leftists at the CIA

** The CIA of the USA put this in their official classified intelligence report on Russian involvement in the US election

** Donald Trump and Obama were both given private sessions with the CIA to discuss this.

** The CIA concluded that the Russians plan to blackmail Trump with this story we made up

The 4Chan users then link to this:

"So they took what I told Rick Wilson and added a Russian spy angle to it.

They still believe it. Guys, they’re truly fucking desperate – there’s no remaining Trump scandal that’s credible."

Then there’s this…

If these journalists were real journalists and not fake journalists then they would have found that the original documents did not conform to CIA or UK intelligence requirements.

US or UK intelligence would never say “CONFIDENTIAL / SENSITIVE SOURCE.”

The Trump-Russia intel document headers are “CONFIDENTIAL / SENSITIVE SOURCE” and the source is allegedly ex-MI6. The US and UK don’t use that header in ANY sensitive material.

Here is more on publishing rules:

It looks like the liberal mainstream media got punked — again.

If this is how easy it is to fool the liberal media then I’m going to have my niece start sending them her Harry Potter fan fictions as long as she writes “Confidential / Sensitive Source” at the top.

More….

" 35 page PDF published by Buzzfeed on Trump is not an intelligence report. Style, facts & dates show no credibility.https://t.co/twa8pJMMtP

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 11, 2017"

"Useful Idiot"

"In political jargon, a useful idiot is a person perceived as a propagandist for a cause whose goals they are not fully aware of, and who is used cynically by the leaders of the cause."

Some of ya'll are really putting a lot of effort into playing the role.

Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017

"Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets,” Trump’s son, Donald Jr., 2008 - https://t.co/CgSAQBFVkd https://t.co/N2dw48hn5U

— Stephanie Carvin (@StephanieCarvin) January 11, 2017

"I have nothing to do with Russia," says Trump.

Thread of evidence to the contrary -- and this is just the 1980s! #PEEOTUS https://t.co/NR9StRcEU2

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 11, 2017

Seeing a lot of people try to say the June 20 memo is based off a Nov 1 4chan thread. ¯\_(?)_/¯

— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) January 11, 2017

Oh Jack. You are killing me with irony.

"It looks like the liberal mainstream media got punked — again."

And quoting all the top Trump propaganda sites on the web again I see, not to mention enemy of America, Russian stooge Julian Assange.

Apparently the heads of the FBI, CIA, NSA and Director of National Intelligence were also all so punked that they decided to take their valuable time personally briefing the President, President-Elect, and top leaders of Congress. Bunch of Dolts, huh!

Funny thing is if ya'll weren't so completely blind to anything negative about Trump, you would realize, quite easily, that all of these allegations are quite believable and plausible based on what we know about Trump's past, both long past and recent past in many things he's said and done during the campaign.

A quick note on the BuzzFeed/Trump/Russia story. https://t.co/lJewqiNqHJ

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 11, 2017

BBC correspondent: Ex-British intelligence officer ‘not the only source’ for Russia’s Trump dossier https://t.co/gA0gnAMsH2 pic.twitter.com/W8R0eY9iRW

— Eric W. Dolan (@EWDolan) January 11, 2017

Can't make this stuff up:)

"

Trump: "As far as hacking, I think it was Russia."

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) January 11, 2017

To your credit, you've acted more sensibly in that regard than many others, to be sure.

"so why not a civil comment instead of a ridiculous dig at nothing, my friend."

You have made no secret of the fact you cannot resist a good "secret things are being hidden from us" story over the years. I just find it....a little funny....that this story is a bridge too far for you and you've already made up your mind that it's "fake news", even though you couldn't possibly have any way of knowing that. I don't know if you're a "pizzagate" believer, but you've got people believing that story that are demanding proof on this one. Lol.

But keep on believing the Trump propaganda sites.

They also represent Felix Sater, the Russian Mafia figure with a criminal record as long as your arm, who has had close business ties to Trump for a number of years.

Can't make this stuff up.

This is the law firm you just saw advising @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/X8VN7hyhcw

— Petty Buckley (@chocobohomo) January 11, 2017

And I have a feeling it's not the last time!

The other beautiful thing about today was that he completely ECLIPSED the outgoing Narcissist-In-Chief's final circle jerk! AWESOME!!!!

The press conference was all great with the Feds controlling prescription drug bidding, tariffs on business, and paying for a wall with tax our dollars until Mexico pays us, but so are Obama's speeches which are never true to his actions.

"As far as hacking, I think it was Russia. But I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people." Donald Trump

The intelligence is raw HUMINT (look it up), some may be incorrect, doesn't mean it all is. It is not a hoax by 4chan, unless you think the top Intelligence Agencies in the U.S. are so incompetent that they fell for an internet forum hoax. Reports are that this information has been floating around for over a year and a half. The idea that the information in this document originated on 4chan is incorrect. Some of ya'll should read before you speak.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's real Kremlin ties are much worse than any alleged meeting in Prague with Putin's spies.https://t.co/32xWIwoH77

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 11, 2017

This bit of unfake news from @Guardian is I think important in concluding whether or not the big news today was fake or unfake. pic.twitter.com/6oHEOvzUHQ

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) January 11, 2017

Of course, which is why the heads of the U.S. intelligence services decided the info. necessitated personal briefings with Obama, Trump, and top leaders of Congress. Because that's what they take to the President, stuff that is so obviously bogus that you, joe q. internet user, know this less than 24 hours after they became public, via your favorite Trump propaganda web sites. Yep, those career spymasters in U.S. intelligence ain't got nothing on your favorite Trump propaganda sites. Nope, nothing to see here at all.

Get real.

BREAKING NEWS: BBC reports that the private investigator who wrote the Trump memo has fled his home fearing retaliation.

— TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonnMessage) January 11, 2017

Radioactive tea, rare Chinese death plants, umbrellas with poison pellets....what's he got to worry about?https://t.co/11Nf8RcSg2

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 11, 2017

Now THAT'S funny. REAL funny, as in wet your pants funny!

No...he can't. His mouth is incapable of forming those words.

More likely we'll get more verbal gymnastics and meaningless tweets. But.....in his version of reality he'll think he really dazzled and amazed us with his brilliance while he high-5's himself. Then he'll board his barge and continue down De-Nial.

Isikoff: The British ex-spy behind the Trump dossier was an FBI asset https://t.co/J4SwpA4y33

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2017

From the article:

"Still, U.S. officials said the allegations were not easily dismissed, in part because Steele was a known quantity who had produced reliable information about Russia in the past. “He’s a meticulous professional, and there are no questions about his integrity,” said one U.S. official who has worked with Steele. “The information he provided me [about Russia] was valuable and useful.”

Anyone who needs a safe space so they don't have to read any negative things about Trump can feel free not to open the thread.

Sure josh, double down. That's the ticket..........

But PLEASE.......DON'T BET ANY LIMBS!!!!

Furthermore, if the report was not a "product" of the U.S. Intelligence Community (as Clapper stated and we know since a former MI6 agent was the author, via a private Brit intelligence firm), then I also don't see how it could have been "illegal" to circulate it (which has been happening since the Summer of 2016, apparently).

Lyin' Don.

Donald Trump=Fake News

James Clapper called me yesterday to denounce the false and fictitious report that was illegally circulated. Made up, phony facts.Too bad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2017

By the way, for those of you who don't read much or any international news sites, ynet is a big news site in Israel. Just trying to save you from embarrassing yourself by questioning the source since you may have never heard of it.

Yediot reports US IC officials warned #Israel counterparts that giving incoming WH sensitive info risks it being passed to Russia, then Iran https://t.co/xx69gzOffz

— Tamar Abraham (@tamarabraham) January 12, 2017

More news as it becomes available...

CIA director-to-be @RepMikePompeo told lawmakers he accepts the intelligence findings that Russia sought to interfere in the election.

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) January 12, 2017

Mattis to McCain: We need to recognize that Putin is trying to break NATO.#Russia #NATO

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2017

Kremlin outs Snowden, then Assange, then Trump+Co as their helpers. If you still deny reality, you're the problem.https://t.co/M1J62xw0HD

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 12, 2017

Article reports that the former Brit MI6 operative (Mr. Steele) who compiled the investigative report was MI6's top expert on Russia at one time.

Pompeo says he does not believe Wikileaks is a credible source: “I have never believed Wikileaks is a reliable source of information”

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 12, 2017

Pompeo: “It’s pretty clear about what took place about Russian involvement” in interfering with election.

— Mike Warren (@MichaelRWarren) January 12, 2017

Not to some people.

And mindlessly swallowing and defending anything and everything he says and does IS good..... really?

I don't know what the facts are. And none here know enough about it to be defending anyone. Several of the "defenses" have been blown out of the water, as well as some of the accusations. But seeing the koolaid stains on folks lips is pretty scary. I do find it strange and self contradicting that some of the very same people who swallow any rumor or conspiracy theory about Obama or Clinton, even spreading them personally, are now the defenders of pretty much of what seems the same thing. Objectivity, wanting to know what is really the truth has left the room.... replaced by pom poms and sycophants.

I don't know one way or another about any of this. I know Trump is not a trustworthy person. I know several of these "sources" are not either. So I wait and see. But he will get no passes from me if it turns out he's a big hot mess. Nor SHOULD he from anyone, but that doesn't seem it will be the case. On the flip side... If this gets all cleared up.... then those who started it should be made to pay. We shall see.

tom cotton on CNN right now: no doubt that it was the russians, and putin ordered it

— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) January 12, 2017

The situation here is you have one guy pulling everything he can to defend his position on Trump. It's a broad brush. You have the rest of us trying to figure out what is wrong with him.

No one is going to give Trump an inch if he has done something wrong. No one is going to give ding bat the satisfaction of being an idiot on the "facts" he has presented either. It's a wait and see for everyone. Including ding bat.

Trump has never made is past ties with Russia a secret. Regardless of what ding bat is trying to imply. Ding bat is "turning up the heat" in his mind. But, in reality, he is affirming his mental stability.

Ding bat has some problems. One major problem is he over reacts like a childish ding bat. This is ding bat turning it up. Whoa. Ding bat has lost his mind. Hey ding bat, have you remembered to feed the animal through this melt down?

Chill out ding bat. You aren't turning up the heat on anyone but yourself.

Rank. Hypocrisy.

Ex-spy who gave Trump dossier to FBI told @DavidCornDC he did so w.o. knowledge of his anti-Trump clients https://t.co/oOfZmP63Mh

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) January 13, 2017

From the article:

The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was "Hair-Raising" Stuff

excerpts:

"The memos noted that this spy's sources had provided him with information indicating that Russian intelligence had mounted a yearslong operation to co-opt or cultivate Trump and had gathered secret compromising material on Trump. They also alleged that Trump and his inner circle had accepted a regular flow of intelligence from the Kremlin."

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The former intelligence official went to work and contacted his network of sources in Russia and elsewhere. He soon received what he called "hair-raising" information. His sources told him, he said, that Trump had been "sexually compromised" by Russian intelligence in 2013 (when Trump was in Moscow for the Miss Universe contest) or earlier and that there was an "established exchange of information between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin of mutual benefit." He noted he was "shocked" by these allegations.

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The former spy said he soon decided the information he was receiving was "sufficiently serious" for him to forward it to contacts he had at the FBI. He did this, he said, without permission from the American firm that had hired him. "This was an extraordinary situation," he remarked.

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The response to the information from the FBI, he recalled, was "shock and horror." After a few weeks, the bureau asked him for information on his sources and their reliability and on how he had obtained his reports. He was also asked to continue to send copies of his subsequent reports to the bureau. These reports were not written, he noted, as finished work products; they were updates on what he was learning from his various sources. But he said, "My track record as a professional is second to no one."

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"This was something of huge significance, way above party politics," the former spy told me. "I think [Trump's] own party should be aware of this stuff as well." He noted that he believed Russian intelligence's efforts aimed at Trump were part of Vladimir Putin's campaign to "disrupt and divide and discredit the system in Western democracies."

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A senior US administration official told me that he had worked with the onetime spook and that the former spy had an established and respected track record of providing US government agencies with accurate and valuable information about sensitive national security matters. "He is a credible source who has provided information to the US government for a long time, which senior officials have found to be highly credible," this US official said.

__________________________________________________

When I spoke with the former spy, he appeared confident about his material—acknowledging these memos were works in progress—and genuinely concerned about the implications of the allegations. He came across as a serious and somber professional who was not eager to talk to a journalist or cause a public splash. He realized he was taking a risk, but he seemed duty bound to share information he deemed crucial. He noted that these allegations deserved a "substantial inquiry" within the FBI.

From an NYT article: "According to neighbors and news reports, Mr. Steele hurriedly left his home in Surrey, a county southwest of London, on Wednesday to avoid attention or possible retribution once his identity as the author of the dossier was revealed, first by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that Mr. Steele had declined its interview requests because the subject was “too hot.”

Guess you missed the part earlier in the thread about radioactive tea, exotic chinese death plants, and poison pellets. That was not a joke. The guy is afraid for his life about Putin's goons trying to send him to an early grave. It said right there in your quote: "possible retribution". He was the handler for a Russian KGB double agent who sought political asylum in England in 2006, but not before Putin gave him a dirt nap by assassinating him with radioactive tea. Not a joke.

Really josh.....you ARE just kidding us. You aren't THAT nuts yet are you??

Jim Hoft Jan 13th, 2017

Hacker Guccifer 2.0 came out of hiding and posted his first tweet since November on Thursday.

The obscure hacker admits he breached the DNC network in his latest post. He also says the Russia Report released by the CIA is a “crude fake.”

Here I am again, my friends! Check my new post about FBI/DHS/NSA reports & their fake evidence #Guccifer2 https://t.co/Low4v1qCQx

— GUCCIFER 2.0 (@GUCCIFER_2) January 12, 2017

From the Guccifer 2.0 website: Guccifer 2.0 reported:

I really hope you’ve missed me a lot. Though I see they didn’t let you forget my name. The U.S. intelligence agencies have published several reports of late claiming I have ties with Russia.

I’d like to make it clear enough that these accusations are unfounded. I have totally no relation to the Russian government. I’d like to tell you once again I was acting in accordance with my personal political views and beliefs.

The technical evidence contained in the reports doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. This is a crude fake.

Any IT professional can see that a malware sample mentioned in the Joint Analysis Report was taken from the web and was commonly available. A lot of hackers use it. I think it was inserted in the report to make it look a bit more plausible.

I already explained at The Future of Cyber Security Europe conference that took place in London in last September, I had used a different way to breach into the DNC network. I found a vulnerability in the NGP VAN software installed in the DNC system.

It’s obvious that the intelligence agencies are deliberately falsifying evidence. In my opinion, they’re playing into the hands of the Democrats who are trying to blame foreign actors for their failure.

The Obama administration has a week left in office and I believe we’ll see some more fakes during this period.

I guess you have a lot of questions for me. So, feel free to send them via DM.

According to the flimsy intelligence community’s Case Against Russia Guccifer 2.0, the entity that originally distributed hacked materials from the Democratic party, is a deeply suspicious figure who has made statements and decisions that indicate some Russian connection.

Guccifer 2.0 says the intelligence community is deliberately falsifying evidence to play into the hands of Democrats.

(note: there are internal links within article...reference/citation for the obsessive deniers)

With the pattern that is developing, before he's even taken office..... gonna be a LONG four years for you folks.......

Senate panel will investigate potential ties and contacts between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia https://t.co/P03URh2qTA pic.twitter.com/B0ZoiOnoQT

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 13, 2017

Can you say "Pay to Play"? Isn't that what ya'll were supposedly so upset about with the Clinton Foundation (the one Trump gave $100,000 to)?

Rosneft=Russia's state owned oil company

Source close to Rosneft President Sechin in Steele memos: Carter Page & Trump assocs stand to get ~$11bn if follow-thru lifting RU sanctions pic.twitter.com/weD4FZ5FDd

— Pwn All The Things (@pwnallthethings) January 14, 2017

good grief.... there is a very "suppressive" feel about all this. Like some KNOW there may be a fire where there is smoke..... and trying to bully folks who smell smoke that it's somehow impossible..... and have taken no measure of the factual history, factual anything really, completely ignoring it.

You want to debate something use some facts and drop the pre teen schoolyard stuff. It doesn't cut it here, or shouldn't... and nobody but the pom-poms give a rats wrinkles..... if it's so slam dunk it shouldn't be any problem, right?

If any of this is true..... are people actually so in the tank they are willing to support and defend it? For the "cause"?

wow. Pogo time.....

Indeed.

Look on the bright side: Pence has actually done some Conservative things in his career. If he ends up as the President, that would be vastly preferable for the country.

Just understand this people....josh is BEYOND any kind of reason. Any attempt to engage him on that basis is impossible. It'd be like one of us trying to teach our goldfish Mandarin Chinese.

So just sit back and watch the train wreck!

While Trump screams about *a* dossier, intel agencies around the world are sharing *many* dossiers about his dirt. https://t.co/JumhM1cR3F pic.twitter.com/qX7l7VtsSG

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 14, 2017

I've chatted with more than a half-dozen intel services about Trump. All have pieces of an ugly puzzle. Devastating.https://t.co/vv6NLIrspj

— John Schindler (@20committee) January 14, 2017

My Crystal ball says the current batch of accusers does the same thing...watch all this quietly fade away after Inauguration. This is a last ditch effort by Dems and so-called "Conservatives", that can't deal with the coming reality of a Trump Presidency, or let go of their butt-hurt.

"He bangs Russian people"

excerpt from the interview transcript (audio at link):

“Meanwhile, he bangs Russian people,” Benza fires back at Trump.

“Russian people?” Stern gasps.

“Who are you talking about, Russian people, A.J.?” Trump quips dismissively. “I don’t know anything.”

“He used to call me when I was a columnist and say, ‘I was just in Russia, the girls have no morals, you gotta get out there,'” Benza explains. “He’s out of his mind.”

The only "so-called" Conservatives are the ones blindly defending Trump at every turn and dismissing anything as "fake news" that isn't overtly positive about him.

JUST IN: Trump to meet Putin in first foreign trip as president: reporthttps://t.co/nIC80P9xfB pic.twitter.com/ojXCrxmOGY

— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2017

We know your act well here Cleo.

Report: CIA set up task-force in 2016 to investigate possible Russian funding of Trump's campaign https://t.co/oZO1KMnN6r via @bi_politics

— packergirl17 (@shaltsch) January 15, 2017

From the article:

"It was set up after the director of the CIA, John Brennan, received a recording of a conversation about money from the Kremlin going into Trump's campaign coffers, the BBC's Paul Wood reported. The recording was apparently passed to the CIA by the intelligence agency of one of the Baltic States."

British intelligence asks for guarantees that its spies in Russia will remain anonymous under the Trump administration. Source: Sunday Times pic.twitter.com/rI30iKeDpC

— Hans de Vreij (@hdevreij) January 15, 2017

Kellyanne Conway: Details of Russia investigation should be kept secret ‘to protect the public’ https://t.co/UNvtimY7Dm pic.twitter.com/MS6m9KtlsL

— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 15, 2017

God Bless men

By the way, the original 35 page document from earlier in the week wasn't an illegal leak. It was produced by a foreign private intelligence firm. And a lot of these other articles coming out in the last few days are based on information from foreign friendly nation intelligence services, not from the U.S. IC.

2013 @IngrahamAngle tweet criticizing Barack Obama for trusting Putin.

Tonight Trump said: We should be ready to trust Putin. pic.twitter.com/1uBkOTQCtv

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 16, 2017

"We should be ready to trust Putin", says @realDonaldTrump in his first UK ­interview as president-elect https://t.co/bi7OFMtyhb pic.twitter.com/4TNeGwEzjx

— The Times of London (@thetimes) January 15, 2017

Putin is a cold blooded tyrant, who kills anyone who opposes him, hates America, hates freedom.

We should never trust him. https://t.co/gNlRzMlNH1

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 16, 2017

Russian government spokesman says Russia agrees with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that NATO is obsolete

— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) January 16, 2017

If this recent election campaign is any indicator, many of you will simply "change" your positions to newly conform with his.

.@IngrahamAngle just deleted this 2013 tweet where she criticized Obama for being to soft on Putin. pic.twitter.com/DPCCL6B21C

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 16, 2017

Donald Trump on his 2013 visit to Moscow https://t.co/q66gduLrNA pic.twitter.com/aZFMT1XF6x

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) January 17, 2017

Josh, it won't be long and you can get back on your meds, they will be affordable soon!

Instead, dingbat has to keep insisting Trump is a king, that our voices don't matter with our representatives, and we are doomed. His house must be a lowly place.

God Bless men.

Guess I slept through the results of the election. You can't be talking about Trump on all those issues unless you've joined Trax in working for Trump's Ministry of Propaganda.

Also, it is not the job of the President to advance "Christian beliefs". I am a Christian, but Trump has not shown any indication he is, and even if he was, his job is to uphold the Constitution. Period.

Lastly, if you're talking about the media, there is already "equal representation of the 1st Amendment". Trump would actually like the opposite of that. He is very eager to stymie and silence those media outlets who are critical of him. That is the exact opposite of "equal representation of the 1st Amendment".

Can anyone help me put this "bombshell" through the "media decoder process"? Given Trump's history with the Enquirer, I'm really confused. pic.twitter.com/VaxmcrWmjr

— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) January 17, 2017

“If, in fact, law enforcement has obtained a FISA warrant, that is an indication that additional evidence exists outside of the dossier,” she said."

I'm not promoting that Enquirer headline as true, just asking for input from the True Disciples of Trump as to whether we should believe it or not, since Trump himself set the benchmark that the Enquirer was a reliable news source, and the True Disciples of Trump were more than happy to go along with that at the time since it helped their candidate. Since the headline promotes the idea of secret dealings between Trump and Russia, I'm just giving the True Disciples an opportunity to state whether or not they have "changed their mind" about the reliability of news reports from the Enquirer, in light of this story.