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Make No Mistake, This "Bounty-Gate" Story Is Nothing Less than The Intelligence Community Throwing (Original Post) Skraxx Jun 2020 OP
Bring it on ! Sogo Jun 2020 #1
With a stream of deadly evidence coming very soon. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #2
What a nice dream I so hope you are right. mucifer Jun 2020 #3
As my old Childhood friend Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #4
+1. n/t jaysunb Jun 2020 #6
If this story was Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #8
See my post below. jaysunb Jun 2020 #11
Who could ever forget that day, jay??!?? Leghorn21 Jun 2020 #21
Hope they take him down! I've always felt that at some point they would. Tess49 Jun 2020 #26
I really don't even blame them for sitting on this - soldierant Jun 2020 #30
I've been waiting patiently. Whatever needs to be done for maximum effect is fine with Tess49 Jun 2020 #35
The closest I expect ever to come to being surprised by him soldierant Jun 2020 #55
This was told Dios Mio Jun 2020 #33
I recall Chuck Schumer luvallpeeps Jun 2020 #39
Thanks. Dios Mio Jun 2020 #41
Yup Skraxx Jun 2020 #46
Works for me. Mme. Defarge Jun 2020 #5
The IC probably knows what Putin has on Trump jaysunb Jun 2020 #7
I dunno. The IC brought us this madman with the stupid email nonsense AllyCat Jun 2020 #24
Could be. ucrdem Jun 2020 #9
Call it "Treason-Gate" cuz that's what it is! BadGimp Jun 2020 #10
But not Treason-Gate. Rather, just Treason. n/t Beartracks Jun 2020 #31
K&R UTUSN Jun 2020 #12
This is a major story Gothmog Jun 2020 #13
I am so undecided about my socks. It's confusing. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2020 #14
Maybe this is payback for Barr messing with SDNY calguy Jun 2020 #15
Interesting theory. I like it and it makes sense. BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #16
Intel Community AND Military Community GusBob Jun 2020 #17
Bolton's ogsball Jun 2020 #18
Can the House Intelligence Committee hold hearings (closed, if necessary) to get at the facts? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2020 #19
Ohhhhh, OHHHHHHH Leghorn21 Jun 2020 #20
They are quiet because they are complicit of this awful Regime... Lock him up. Jun 2020 #37
Maybe Trump was kept in the dark to preserve an ongoing operation. Baked Potato Jun 2020 #22
we need the truth to come out samsingh Jun 2020 #23
I certainly hope that you are right. n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #25
I really hope so. If true, I wonder WTF took so long? ecstatic Jun 2020 #27
2017 tweet..... "He will die in jail." dobleremolque Jun 2020 #28
I think the party knows he's going to lose and they're going to try and get rid of him in order to p TalenaGor Jun 2020 #29
Many pundits and those actually in the know said it would be the intelligence people that would Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #32
I expected a lot more a lot sooner from the Intelligence Comunity Merlot Jun 2020 #34
Same here. yonder Jun 2020 #50
A clear and present danger, in every way. sandensea Jun 2020 #36
I hope so. It should be clear they have to blow every whistle possible. They are pretty much already brewens Jun 2020 #38
Unleash the secured server! meadowlander Jun 2020 #40
I was thinking about the Intelligence Cha Jun 2020 #42
The "leak" wasn't an accident or some low level disgruntled employee ashredux Jun 2020 #43
A cleansing is coming bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #44
I hope you're right Catch2.2 Jun 2020 #45
Amen Joinfortmill Jun 2020 #47
Trump started insulting the intelligence community before he even came into office. We knew Nitram Jun 2020 #48
I sure hope this is true. I've been waiting for dmr Jun 2020 #49
They're a little late... NM Grins Jun 2020 #51
Trump has tried to make the IC look incompetent since Day 1 dlk Jun 2020 #52
I wish him nothing less than utter humiliation and suffering for the remainder of his life. warmfeet Jun 2020 #53
Don't mess with the spooks. TomSlick Jun 2020 #54

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
2. With a stream of deadly evidence coming very soon.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:57 PM
Jun 2020

Trump is toast. It's all over except for a visit from McConnell.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. As my old Childhood friend
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:03 PM
Jun 2020

who spend forty years associated with Langley said,you just do not f with the Agency. They will balance the books and it may take awhile,but,those books get balanced.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
8. If this story was
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:16 PM
Jun 2020

classified,which it most likely was,we have some interesting News Cycles to come.

Hint will be it the Orange Anus goes bonkers about a classified piece ending up at the NY Times as well as other Media News Desks.

Always expected Trumps Tax Files to be dropped in someones Mail Box on a Saturday Morning.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
11. See my post below.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:21 PM
Jun 2020

I felt from the moment his disrespected the folks at Langley his first week on the job, " the books would be balanced "

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
21. Who could ever forget that day, jay??!??
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:44 PM
Jun 2020


“I HAD THE BIGGEST INAUGURATION CROWD IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND” etc etc, WTF WAS that???

soldierant

(6,890 posts)
30. I really don't even blame them for sitting on this -
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:37 PM
Jun 2020

for a few months - to let him dig his hole deeper and release it for maximum effect.

I'm sure there are things I might wish had been released o 2-17, but even at that, it probably required some tehere to change their minds, which is quite difficult to do.

Beau of the Fifth Column has a vid out today "about denials" in which he points out that in this case, and in most cases, it doesn't matter whether the denial is true or false - both ways are equally damning. If his denial of ever having been briefed is true, that means the President of the United States cannot be trusted with any information unfavorable to Putin. (And how pathetic is that.)

Tess49

(1,580 posts)
35. I've been waiting patiently. Whatever needs to be done for maximum effect is fine with
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 12:27 AM
Jun 2020

me, as long as it's before the election. Everything about him is pathetic. At this point, nothing will surprise me.

soldierant

(6,890 posts)
55. The closest I expect ever to come to being surprised by him
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:50 PM
Jun 2020

is to think, "Oh, I never thought of that, but it surely rings true."

Dios Mio

(429 posts)
33. This was told
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 12:01 AM
Jun 2020

to trump years ago but I can’t remember who warned him about getting on the wrong side of the intelligence community.

AllyCat

(16,193 posts)
24. I dunno. The IC brought us this madman with the stupid email nonsense
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:09 PM
Jun 2020

I don’t hold out any hope. We must vote in droves or nothing will happen.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
9. Could be.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:20 PM
Jun 2020

It sounds like SOP as Afghanistan has always been largely a proxy war but when it hits the wires like it did it makes Trump look like a clueless dumbass. Well, he is, so there's that.

calguy

(5,316 posts)
15. Maybe this is payback for Barr messing with SDNY
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:26 PM
Jun 2020

The old guard has friends in many places. There have been loyal patriots in government long before trump arrived on the scene. He's been embolden by impeachment just enough to get careless. He thought he could get away with anything. He thought wrong.

ogsball

(356 posts)
18. Bolton's
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:35 PM
Jun 2020

Finger prints are all over this one. Why now, he's screwing with Bolton who all the media people say doesn't get mad he gets even.

There has to be tons of things like this on Trump. Why this now? . . . Bolton. Who we all know, knows how to take down a government.

I don't like Trump but Bolton is worse.

19. Can the House Intelligence Committee hold hearings (closed, if necessary) to get at the facts?
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:39 PM
Jun 2020

As much as the Repugs will try to garbage it up, the truth will come out -- Donald J. Trump is a traitor who looked the other way as American military personnel were killed, just to stay in the good graces of a ruthless dictator, probably so he could build a hotel with his name on it in Moscow.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
20. Ohhhhh, OHHHHHHH
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:41 PM
Jun 2020

Boy did I need NEED to read this, S!!! I’ve been flipped tf out since Friday trying to comprehend this

I mean, it’s still BEYOND BELIEF and the GOPees are STILL QUIET, FFS!!??? WTF???

BUT, if this is indeed the IC looking for some respect, then BRING IT THE FUCK ON!!!!!!

Lock him up.

(6,935 posts)
37. They are quiet because they are complicit of this awful Regime...
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 12:36 AM
Jun 2020

... and they are cowards, full of NRA's donations from a bunch of Russian-mob Oligarchs, and they know it.

They could have voted that awful Regime down in the Senate, and get Pence for 9 months, but they're a bunch of cowards afraid of the orangeviRussia's violent base...

Lock him up!

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
22. Maybe Trump was kept in the dark to preserve an ongoing operation.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 10:59 PM
Jun 2020

Everyone knows Trump blabs to anyone who will pay for a night in Mar-a-Loco.

ecstatic

(32,712 posts)
27. I really hope so. If true, I wonder WTF took so long?
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:21 PM
Jun 2020

Were the revelations from Bolton's book the last straw?

dobleremolque

(492 posts)
28. 2017 tweet..... "He will die in jail."
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:23 PM
Jun 2020

"Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail."https://t.co/e6FxCclVqT

— John Schindler (@20committee) February 15, 2017"

Thekaspervote

(32,778 posts)
32. Many pundits and those actually in the know said it would be the intelligence people that would
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:40 PM
Jun 2020

Bring him down

sandensea

(21,639 posts)
36. A clear and present danger, in every way.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 12:32 AM
Jun 2020


"All I gotta do is kiss the flag every now and then, Mike - and my voters think I love America more than my own daughter!"

"That would be something, Mr. President."

brewens

(13,598 posts)
38. I hope so. It should be clear they have to blow every whistle possible. They are pretty much already
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 12:45 AM
Jun 2020

assured Trump will lose in November, but why not make sure. I'd like to see Biden announce that anyone fired or facing legal action for coming forward, not to worry, he will make it right when elected. Someone may be able to talk me out of thinking that's a good idea, but I sure would enjoy it if he could.

Cha

(297,327 posts)
42. I was thinking about the Intelligence
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 03:32 AM
Jun 2020

community.. and how trump gave them so much Shite when he took over.

I forget what it was about now.. but trump was bad mouthing them all over the fucking place.

I love seeing them giving trump a big ol Bite of Reality!

bucolic_frolic

(43,197 posts)
44. A cleansing is coming
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jun 2020

The patriots will emerge victorious, or at least still in power.

My guess, on this hot afternoon, is that this is building toward an election power flush.

I hope there is not a replacement GOP nominee. They as a party, from the incumbents beneath their banner, do not in my view deserve a pass and balanced playing field as if this all never happened.

But of course no one's asking me.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
48. Trump started insulting the intelligence community before he even came into office. We knew
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:41 PM
Jun 2020

this would not end well for him.

dmr

(28,347 posts)
49. I sure hope this is true. I've been waiting for
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jun 2020

something like this to happen to this disrespectful, despicable asshole.

dlk

(11,570 posts)
52. Trump has tried to make the IC look incompetent since Day 1
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 06:53 PM
Jun 2020

No telling how much top secret intel has been shared by this entire administration. Apparently, the IC has finally had enough.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
53. I wish him nothing less than utter humiliation and suffering for the remainder of his life.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 07:33 PM
Jun 2020

Any help from the intelligence community is greatly appreciated.

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