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canetoad

(17,164 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:12 PM Jan 2017

OK, so who leaked the summary?

From CNN
The two-page summary was written without the detailed specifics and information about sources and methods included in the memos by the former British intelligence official. That said, the synopsis was considered so sensitive it was not included in the classified report about Russian hacking that was more widely distributed, but rather in an annex only shared at the most senior levels of the government: President Obama, the President-elect, and the eight Congressional leaders.

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

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Whoever it was deserves a medal.

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OK, so who leaked the summary? (Original Post) canetoad Jan 2017 OP
1 of 9? HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #1
Yep canetoad Jan 2017 #2
Could it have been a member of the intelligence? FBI? CIA? skylucy Jan 2017 #3
Leaked DUgosh Jan 2017 #4
Stop! boston bean Jan 2017 #14
It is amazing that this was too high level for even Biden's eyes HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #5
And then there's this... babylonsister Jan 2017 #6
Hey you!!! canetoad Jan 2017 #9
Never a dull over here, canetoad! babylonsister Jan 2017 #12
Hahahah canetoad Jan 2017 #17
A friend of mine babylonsister Jan 2017 #19
Yeah, a few others in GD canetoad Jan 2017 #20
DailyBeast picked it up... babylonsister Jan 2017 #21
Well that explains the strange yellow color of The Donald's hair! csziggy Jan 2017 #41
Whoa! I just got online.. and wondered what all the Cha Jan 2017 #43
OMG only up to page two canetoad Jan 2017 #13
I KNOW!!! babylonsister Jan 2017 #16
Read the entire thing. pangaia Jan 2017 #33
The summary is really weird HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #7
It was also shown to Trump and others, requiring protection of intelligence sources wishstar Jan 2017 #24
Heh heh heh. You said "leaks occurred." (/Beavis and Butthead) tblue37 Jan 2017 #32
I'm assuming those redactions are of actual sources, and weren't redacted originally. politicat Jan 2017 #39
Calvin. rug Jan 2017 #8
I'm guessing a senator MissB Jan 2017 #10
$10 on Graham. Barack_America Jan 2017 #18
What goes around comes around. Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #11
And when you gotta go, you gotta go. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2017 #15
ha! it's time for him to go, that is for sure Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #36
Trump supporters won't care maryellen99 Jan 2017 #22
maybe, but this is perverted and also it's different when it's coming from Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #37
Will the republicans mercuryblues Jan 2017 #23
Shall we thank el CIA? Tatiana Jan 2017 #25
McCain or someone within the CIA is my guess. octoberlib Jan 2017 #26
summary HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #27
sounds about right Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #38
What gets me (who is not into toilet stuff) HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #40
There are more Trump-Russia people than just Manafort and Page csziggy Jan 2017 #44
Heh, heh, heh. You said "leaked.". (/Beavis and Butthead.) nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #28
More is coming. roamer65 Jan 2017 #29
I don't think the 2-pager was leaked at all lanlady Jan 2017 #30
The entire 35 page classified doc is all over the internet HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #31
What specifically leads you to believe his behavior will solidify millennial's support LanternWaste Jan 2017 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author ecstatic Jan 2017 #34
I think the Answer is Obvious Ccarmona Jan 2017 #35
More to come SayItLoud Jan 2017 #42
Probably not Julian? jeffreyi Jan 2017 #45
See Eye Eh? spanone Jan 2017 #46
I don't think the summary itself was leaked BainsBane Jan 2017 #48
Did Trump get a copy? kentuck Jan 2017 #49

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
6. And then there's this...
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:32 PM
Jan 2017
I have no idea if it's true.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.upMAG3LaV1#.dcVOxRQZLd

snip//

The dossier, which is a collection of memos written over a period of months, includes specific, unverified, and potentially unverifiable allegations of contact between Trump aides and Russian operatives, and graphic claims of sexual acts documented by the Russians. CNN reported Tuesday that a two-page synopsis of the report was given to President Barack Obama and Trump.

Now BuzzFeed News is publishing the full document so that Americans can make up their own minds about allegations about the president-elect that have circulated at the highest levels of the US government.

canetoad

(17,164 posts)
9. Hey you!!!
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:45 PM
Jan 2017

I've just downloaded that document as a pdf and plan to read it later on. This is getting quite interesting eh?

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
12. Never a dull over here, canetoad!
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:50 PM
Jan 2017
And


I got that link from this gem:

In 2013, Donald Trump flew to Russia and stayed in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Moscow where he asked to stay in the same Presidential Suite that Barack and Michelle Obama stayed on a previous occasion, according to intelligence reports published today.

Because he hated the Obamas so much, he hired a bunch of prostitutes to perform a Golden Shower show on the bed as he watched, which is basically them pissing on each other and on the bed.

The incident was recorded on cameras set up by Russian operatives and is now being used as blackmail against him.


Obviously, this can't be confirmed until the video is released, but WTF.

Read the full report here, which was published by BuzzFeed.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/…/Trump-Intelligence-Alleg…

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.ieDYqZm5jy#.ilKr6Qbqae

canetoad

(17,164 posts)
20. Yeah, a few others in GD
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:57 PM
Jan 2017

Are posting it as I type. We must all be reading the report together. This is truly a gift from the universe.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
41. Well that explains the strange yellow color of The Donald's hair!
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jan 2017

I couldn't handle reading past page 18 of the report.

Cha

(297,261 posts)
43. Whoa! I just got online.. and wondered what all the
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:19 PM
Jan 2017

pissing threads were about, too.. and someone directed us here.

I believe it but STILL!!!!!!

Thank you!

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
16. I KNOW!!!
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:53 PM
Jan 2017

I pray, if true, that would be enough for him to Just.Go.Away. but I don't think there will be anything that will do that. He has no shame.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
7. The summary is really weird
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:34 PM
Jan 2017

If you are going to hand the thing to Obama, why would you redact actual names?

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
24. It was also shown to Trump and others, requiring protection of intelligence sources
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 09:53 PM
Jan 2017

Needed to protect identity of those particular operatives in case of leaks, which obviously has occurred!

politicat

(9,808 posts)
39. I'm assuming those redactions are of actual sources, and weren't redacted originally.
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:57 PM
Jan 2017

Protecting intel resources has got to be a priority, since they're the ones likely able to get hard corroboration.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
37. maybe, but this is perverted and also it's different when it's coming from
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:55 PM
Jan 2017

a foreign power. Even if his supporters don't care, the republicans in congress will care that the president is compromised like that.

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
23. Will the republicans
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 09:17 PM
Jan 2017

do something?????????

What the newest revelations reveal, combined with the recent firings by trump.

Other countries WILL NOT give us any intelligence that they have gathered, in fear that trump will report directly to Moscow. Our allies will be in defense mode when dealing with trump and any of his appointees. ALL of them. They see him as a dangerous hot head to be marginalized and contained, thus ALL of America is to be marginalized and contained.

China is already beyond pissed, Yesterday it was reported that Cruz and Abbott met with the Taiwanese President over China's objections.

Trump has not only fired all ambassadors, he has fired the head of the NNSA and the deputy chief. He is placing unqualified people in charge of government agencies.

We aren't going to war, Trump has handed over the keys to Russia.



octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
26. McCain or someone within the CIA is my guess.
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:03 PM
Jan 2017

The Guardian can confirm that the documents reached the top of the FBI by December. Senator John McCain, who was informed about the existence of the documents separately by an intermediary from a western allied state, dispatched an emissary overseas to meet the source and then decided to present the material to Comey in a one-on-one meeting on 9 December, according to a source aware of the meeting. The documents, which were first reported on last year by Mother Jones, are also in the hands of officials in the White House.


The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus. According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October, but that has not been confirmed, and it is not clear whether any warrant led to a full investigation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-given-dossier-by-john-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
27. summary
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:09 PM
Jan 2017

Manafort and Page are Trump's point guys. They keep trying to negotiate deals but fail. Trump has been a Russian operative for 8+ years and has his own people highly placed in the DNC and Democratic party. Those people hacked the DNC. Trump also has Russian oppo on Hillary from her frequent visits to Russia. Trump appears to get paid tens of thousands of dollars via a Russian pension scheme, and he likes hookers and has them pee on Obama's bed. That bed is in the bugged hotel room that the Obama's stayed in.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
40. What gets me (who is not into toilet stuff)
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:08 PM
Jan 2017

What is the point of peeing in the bed after the Obama's have gone. Turn on? Because you know the Ritz is throwing that mattress in the garbage the minute Trump checks out. Actually, they are probably renovating the entire suite. My thought is that this creates a trend of people visiting Trump properties and peeing everywhere. Like the Blarney Stone if you have ever heard that rumor.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
44. There are more Trump-Russia people than just Manafort and Page
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:21 PM
Jan 2017

From an earlier post of mine:


Paul Manafort was an adviser to Viktor Yanukovych
Michael T. Flynn appeared regularly on RT and gave speeches in Russia often
Carter Page became an adviser to the Russian energy giant Gazprom after Putin reestablished the Russian government’s majority ownership of the private/public conglomerate and made a trip to Russia in July 2016 right after Trump named him as senior foreign-policy consultant to the campaign
Richard Burt is also a member of the senior advisory board of Russia’s Alfa Bank ("On Oct. 31, reporter Franklin Foer broke the story that a group of cybersecurity experts had tracked regular internet communications between Donald Trump’s organization and Alfa Bank.&quot
Michael Caputo was under contract for Gazprom Media. And one goal of Caputo’s contract with Gazprom Media in 2000 was to improve Vladimir Putin’s image in the United States, as he admitted to his hometown paper, The Buffalo News.


The post which includes a link to the original source article: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028438246

lanlady

(7,134 posts)
30. I don't think the 2-pager was leaked at all
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:17 PM
Jan 2017

It's contents are still known only to a handful of people. But its existence has been leaked.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
31. The entire 35 page classified doc is all over the internet
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:20 PM
Jan 2017

The one that the 2 pager is a summary of. Read it, believe me there is something for everyone. The takeaway is Trump is a freak. Forget about past Presidents and their rumored indiscretions. Forget about any sex scandals that you have ever heard of. Trump can out party any 10 Republicans. Honestly, I think that this is going to solidify millenial support, at the expense of the evangelicals.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
47. What specifically leads you to believe his behavior will solidify millennial's support
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 03:22 PM
Jan 2017

What specifically leads you to believe his behavior will solidify millennial's support for Trump?

Response to canetoad (Original post)

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
42. More to come
Tue Jan 10, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jan 2017

trump45* (The Asterix: The asterisk applies to any achievement gained through questionable means. NOW must always be used with tRUMP45*) IMO

Well, it wasn't Julian Asswipe and Wikileaks could be the Ruskies sending a message to all tRUMP45* lemmings that they have the goods on him...OR

U can bet that the Orange KKKon who bashed NSA, FBI, CIA, etc. burned a very important bridge just to keep his friggin ego in tact. He shot his fingers off one too many times on twitter for the Intel community. More to come I'm betting.

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)
48. I don't think the summary itself was leaked
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 03:26 PM
Jan 2017

Instead, CNN found out that a summary had been given to Obama and Trump.

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