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highplainsdem

(48,981 posts)
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:02 PM Jan 2018

Hmm. Twitter thread suggesting Bannon might've worn layers of clothing to conceal a wire





That was a comment on this opinion piece at The Hill suggesting Mueller may have a Deep Throat witness on Russia:

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/367581-robert-mueller-may-have-a-deep-throat-witness-on-russia


Stephen Bannon reportedly told Wolff that once the meeting regarding dirt on Clinton from Russian sources was suggested, those who knew of the meeting should have immediately informed the FBI.

Bannon is absolutely right about this. When there was a Russian operation to support Trump over Clinton using material surreptitiously obtained by Russia, anyone on Team Trump who knew about this should have reported it to the FBI immediately.

The big question today is whether anyone in Trump circles who knew about this covert Russian operation did, in fact, go to the FBI and expose it. If anyone did, it would have been an act of high patriotism, and that person would be a Deep Throat witness for the FBI and Mueller.

I do not subscribe here to the use of the word “treason." But if Bannon knew about acts he considered treasonous, it is fair to ask whether he went to the FBI himself the minute he learned about them. It is crucial to ask Bannon and Wolff whether the Deep Throat question was discussed in preparation of the book.
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Hmm. Twitter thread suggesting Bannon might've worn layers of clothing to conceal a wire (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2018 OP
Exactly something he'd do. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #1
Especially after calling Don Jr's actions "treasonous" to a book writer. I was saying the other day uponit7771 Jan 2018 #3
because if you are 1st to cooperate, you get the retirement on the beach and the umbrella drink lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #7
+1, and that whole crew is it for themselves uponit7771 Jan 2018 #12
Bannon surely knows Trump will try and destroy him now, better do it first Bannon. sunonmars Jan 2018 #22
A wire? Johnny2X2X Jan 2018 #2
I expect the term "wearing a wire" is more a euphemism anyway nowadays.... BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #6
Or listening to the wireless or transistor ! OnDoutside Jan 2018 #8
I still say BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #9
My son got me one of those 80s v now books for Christmas and it had OnDoutside Jan 2018 #13
LOL BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #16
I remember the dreaded words from our tv repairman "The tube is gone" ! Now, it's I'll just pop down OnDoutside Jan 2018 #18
!!!! BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #21
Well, I've heard just about every person in tRumplandia* had "relationships" with Russia... Raster Jan 2018 #4
yeah, if he was wired up to a bottle of Scotch C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #5
Because obviously 'Smelodies' would know melman Jan 2018 #10
I used to say that nothing about these assholes would surprise me anymore. GoCubsGo Jan 2018 #11
If he did, then he is clearly the smartest one of them. Might explain why OnDoutside Jan 2018 #14
"Smartest one of them" isn't saying much. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #15
Well, we're in a different time dimension these days... OnDoutside Jan 2018 #17
If he did, that makes him a patriot IluvPitties Jan 2018 #19
I thought it was to conceal his man-boobs. Iggo Jan 2018 #20
I'm thinking he's the type of guy to be proud of his moobs, makes him more relatable to MAGAt Nation uponit7771 Jan 2018 #23

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
3. Especially after calling Don Jr's actions "treasonous" to a book writer. I was saying the other day
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jan 2018

... if Bannon isn't cooperating with Mueller than he's a stone cold idiot seeing he saw what Don Jr and the rest of the campaign was doing with the Russians

lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)
7. because if you are 1st to cooperate, you get the retirement on the beach and the umbrella drink
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:10 PM
Jan 2018

instead of the orange suit and family visits behind glass....

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
2. A wire?
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jan 2018

No such thing as a wire anymore, this isn't the 1970s. A hidden recording app in a cell phone is more likely. They have clear listening devices that you could put on a contact lens.

BumRushDaShow

(129,018 posts)
6. I expect the term "wearing a wire" is more a euphemism anyway nowadays....
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:08 PM
Jan 2018

like saying you "taped a program" or similar.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
13. My son got me one of those 80s v now books for Christmas and it had
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jan 2018

Lots of similar ones like changing the channel was getting up off the chair to cross the room and press the second button. Or pub arguments that lasted all night are sorted immediately with Google.

BumRushDaShow

(129,018 posts)
16. LOL
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:40 PM
Jan 2018

Forget the "press the button" TVs. I remember the turn the dial ones complete with vertical and horizontal picture adjustments knobs... It took awhile to get used to the push button channel selector.

I remember my sister's godmother had a wired remote for their TV with a hardwired top-loading VCR back in the late '70s.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
18. I remember the dreaded words from our tv repairman "The tube is gone" ! Now, it's I'll just pop down
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:59 PM
Jan 2018

to the shops and get another !

Another one

Then : I scalded myself on a deep fat fryer
Now : I cut myself slicing an avocado

Raster

(20,998 posts)
4. Well, I've heard just about every person in tRumplandia* had "relationships" with Russia...
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jan 2018

...except for Steve Bannon*.

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
11. I used to say that nothing about these assholes would surprise me anymore.
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:22 PM
Jan 2018

But, Bannon being Mueller's "Deep Throat"? THAT would surprise me. But, then again, maybe not. There is no honor among thieves.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
23. I'm thinking he's the type of guy to be proud of his moobs, makes him more relatable to MAGAt Nation
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 01:42 PM
Jan 2018
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