Politics Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have opened an investigation of the FBI & the DOJ

[tlongII]

I am amazed that liberals think Trump is an idiot. He may be an asshole. He may be uncouth. He is by no means an idiot though in my opinion.

 

[MarAzul]

I am amazed that liberals think Trump is an idiot. He may be an asshole. He may be uncouth. He is by no means an idiot though in my opinion.

Ha!
All of the above and then some more adjectives are likely need to get an adequate picture.

But then, I do not think he is necessarily the same man we get pictured from 20 years ago either.

I know I am not.

 

[barfo]

But you don't see a pattern of a number of high ranking FBI officials in deep trouble, fired, demoted, etc.

Obviously you listed a number of them, so yes, there is a number. Whether it is a pattern (beyond the simple number) or not depends on the facts, which are lacking.

That they are, the turnover and demotions, is fact.

Yep. The why matters also, though.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

Now we need to add a Special Investigation of Congress Collusion with The Russians, except Congress can't investigate itself, and all our other Investigative Agencies are currently subjects of investigations of Russian Collusion themselves, and Mueller's shown a Special Counsel is out of the question...

We need someone above reproach, like the NBA Referee Association!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ontact-dossier-author-christopher-steele.html

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Now we need to add a Special Investigation of Congress Collusion with The Russians, except Congress can't investigate itself, and all our other Investigative Agencies are currently subjects of investigations of Russian Collusion themselves, and Mueller's shown a Special Counsel is out of the question...

We need someone above reproach, like the NBA Referee Association!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ontact-dossier-author-christopher-steele.html

 

[MARIS61]

My point exactly.

 

[barfo]

My point exactly.

Yes, the transparency PROVES he's guilty. If he were innocent he'd be hiding something.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

Yes, the transparency PROVES he's guilty. If he were innocent he'd be hiding something.

barfo

Secrecy seemed very important to Warner as the conversation with Waldman heated up March 29, when the lobbyist revealed that Steele wanted a bipartisan letter from Warner and the committee’s chairman, North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, inviting him to talk to the Senate intelligence panel.


Throughout the text exchanges, Warner seemed particularly intent on connecting directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in the loop -- at least initially. In one text to the lobbyist, Warner wrote that he would "rather not have a paper trail" of his messages.

 

[MARIS61]

For decades, the FBI ran an illegal, unconstitutional counterintelligence program known as COINTELPRO. COINTELPRO targeted Americans engaged in lawful dissent. It focused on disrupting and trying to damage labor unions, the civil rights movement, peace movement, Black Panthers, and environmentalists. It used rumors and what we would now call "fake news" to try to discredit Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, in order to prevent what the FBI called "the rise of a black messiah". The FBI destroyed livelihoods, and sometimes lives, of dissenters in media, academia, the arts, and ordinary jobs. They were actively engaged in the murders of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.

And NOW we hear the FBI is this bastion of liberalism out to destroy the god-chosen gatekeeper of American values, Donald Trump? What fucking planet am I living in?

As Senator Claire McCaskell put it, for years the Republican Party praised law enforcement and demanded getting tougher on Russia. Now they love Russia and hate law enforcement.

So your twisted logic is that the FBI is crooked, but anti-liberal, so that's why liberals are defending the FBI now, and we should just let the FBI continue assassinating public figures who oppose corruption?

Your post makes me dizzy.

 

[Denny Crane]

Obviously you listed a number of them, so yes, there is a number. Whether it is a pattern (beyond the simple number) or not depends on the facts, which are lacking.



Yep. The why matters also, though.

barfo

You're the expert on facts that are lacking!

Two more top FBI officials gone.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/fbi-texts-officials-resign-400533

Two more officials cited in FBI texts step down
The FBI's media chief and the head of the Justice Department's anti-espionage section are both departing.

 

[Denny Crane]

Secrecy seemed very important to Warner as the conversation with Waldman heated up March 29, when the lobbyist revealed that Steele wanted a bipartisan letter from Warner and the committee’s chairman, North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, inviting him to talk to the Senate intelligence panel.


Throughout the text exchanges, Warner seemed particularly intent on connecting directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in the loop -- at least initially. In one text to the lobbyist, Warner wrote that he would "rather not have a paper trail" of his messages.

There is no response to this, but barfo will surely try.

 

[Denny Crane]

"Rather not have a paper trail" makes him innocent!

 

[Denny Crane]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...as-hypocrisy-political-intervention-elections

Exposing America's Hypocrisy On "Political Intervention" In Elections
The United States government has interfered with more elections than any other government on the face of the earth.

But suddenly, the US is grandstanding and pretending it matters that other nations use the exact same tactics.

...
According to data gathered by the LA Times, the U.S. has a long history of attempting to influence presidential elections in other countries.The United States government has tried to manipulate as many as 81 elections between 1946 and 2000. According to a database amassed by political scientist Dov Levin of Carnegie Mellon University, that number doesn’t include military coups and regime change efforts following the election of candidates the U.S. didn’t like, notably those in Iran, Guatemala, and Chile. Nor does it include general assistance with the electoral process, such as election monitoring.

 

[barfo]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...as-hypocrisy-political-intervention-elections

Exposing America's Hypocrisy On "Political Intervention" In Elections
The United States government has interfered with more elections than any other government on the face of the earth.

But suddenly, the US is grandstanding and pretending it matters that other nations use the exact same tactics.

...
According to data gathered by the LA Times, the U.S. has a long history of attempting to influence presidential elections in other countries.The United States government has tried to manipulate as many as 81 elections between 1946 and 2000. According to a database amassed by political scientist Dov Levin of Carnegie Mellon University, that number doesn’t include military coups and regime change efforts following the election of candidates the U.S. didn’t like, notably those in Iran, Guatemala, and Chile. Nor does it include general assistance with the electoral process, such as election monitoring.

This is a pretty stupid argument. "We bomb other countries, so we shouldn't care if other countries bomb us".

barfo

 

[barfo]

There is no response to this, but barfo will surely try.

Nope.

barfo