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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt is not a "witch hunt" and Trump has been told that to his face.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.htmlWASHINGTON Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election.
The evidence included texts and emails from Russian military officers and information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation
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The Jan. 6, 2017, meeting, held at Trump Tower, was a prime example. He was briefed that day by John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director; James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence; and Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency and the commander of United States Cyber Command.
The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, was also there; after the formal briefing, he privately told Mr. Trump about the Steele dossier. That report, by a former British intelligence officer, included uncorroborated salacious stories of Mr. Trumps activities during a visit to Moscow, which he denied.
According to nearly a dozen people who either attended the meeting with the president-elect or were later briefed on it, the four primary intelligence officials described the streams of intelligence that convinced them of Mr. Putins role in the election interference.
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Trump has now fired, forced to leave government, or pulled the security clearance for all the
major players he briefed him about Putin/Russia's interference 2 weeks before his inauguration.
Correction James Clapper former director of the N.I.A. worked for both Republican and Democratic
Presidents and retired when President Obama's 2nd term was up. He now works with "Investigate
Russia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clapper
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)stop the republican traitors from destroying American democracy
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Not to mention the absolute dereliction of duty regarding the security of future elections.
Nice reminder!
debsy
(530 posts)Remember the days when we sat watching an empty podium waiting for dotard to show up and regurgitate verbal diarrhea into the microphone? I am happy to see that the media are now trying to hold dumpster accountable but - unfortunately for us all - it may be too little too late. We are in big trouble. I'm with Bill Maher - we need to do something about this NOW.
FakeNoose
(32,669 posts)... the so-called "Gang of Eight." Of course Obama knew before the election.
They have all known since Dec.'16/Jan.'17 and nobody prevented him from becoming POTUS*. Nobody stopped the inauguration.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)"Trump has now fired, forced to leave government, or pulled the security clearance for all the major players he briefed him about Putin/Russia's interference 2 weeks before his inauguration."
Trump's actions in this regard is a signal that more serious anti-American actions are yet to come.
The pulling of the security clearances from that group is a red flay. Republicans need to be careful. They are complicit if they don't act. That is how people get sucked into very dangerous activities.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)with the phrase (to put you into power, ) left unstated in parentheses.
Surprisingly, he forgot that briefing, and couldn't recognize any of the participants who briefed him, in a room with 2 people in it.
He's got the world's greatest memory, but forgot he was shown all the stuff the russians did and are doing. He remembers that there was nothing to the story of tRump Russia.
Now he's just going after all those people he can't remember, by coincidence. Though he's openly saying it's because they said mean things about him and russia. The same things they told him at the briefings he can't remember.
calimary
(81,350 posts)of any given day. Hell just lie. Doesnt matter what it is or what its about. Hell just lie. Because he is basically just a LIAR. Short fingers and a VERY long nose.
Texin
(2,596 posts)including Lisa Page of the FBI who was working on this as it involved Paul Manafort and his three-decade long history with tRump, who left the FBI in May under pressure. What is this now, everyone in that meeting now has been fired or forced to resign (with the exception of Clapper who retired before Putin's puppet was installed?
SallyHemmings
(1,822 posts)The problem is the Republicans are up their asses in Russians and Rubles.
Traitors the whole lot of them.
Botany
(70,538 posts)The republicans and now the Russians have been screwing with our elections
for years.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Hope the MSMedia picks up on it. Trump has a 1 1/2 year head start on invalidating this info. Also, why haven't the Dem leaders, who get intel briefings leaked this way before now?
We are so fucked.
Botany
(70,538 posts)But Trump being told about the Russian interference in the election
has been out there for sometime.