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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Deep State has made its decision
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.htmlPhone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trumps 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials.
American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time that they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election.
The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation.
But the intercepts alarmed American intelligence and law enforcement agencies, in part because of the amount of contact that was occurring while Mr. Trump was speaking glowingly about the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. At one point last summer, Mr. Trump said at a campaign event that he hoped Russian intelligence services had stolen Hillary Clintons emails and would make them public.
American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time that they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election.
The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation.
But the intercepts alarmed American intelligence and law enforcement agencies, in part because of the amount of contact that was occurring while Mr. Trump was speaking glowingly about the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. At one point last summer, Mr. Trump said at a campaign event that he hoped Russian intelligence services had stolen Hillary Clintons emails and would make them public.
Yeah, intercepts are being made public. That means the Deep State has decided they can't use Trump.
I think the writing is on the wall at this point.
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Best_man23
(4,907 posts)1. I'm waiting for the McCord moment
Someone from the inside who will directly implicate Trump and others in the inner circle.
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)2. The Koch Bros don't want Trump
viola!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)3. Had to look up Deep State.
For anyone else wondering, from Wikipedia, Deep state in the US:
Some writers, journalists, political scientists and political activists in the United States have for decades expressed concerns about the existence of a deep state or state within a state, which they suspect exerts influence and control over public policy, regardless of which political party controls the country's democratic institutions.
According to Philip Giraldi, the nexus of power is centered on the militaryindustrial complex, intelligence community, and Wall Street,while Bill Moyers points to plutocrats and oligarchs.Professor Peter Dale Scott also mentions "big oil" and the media as key players,while David Talbot focuses on national security officials, especially Allen Dulles. Mike Lofgren, an ex-Washington staffer who has written a book on the issue, includes Silicon Valley, along with "key elements of government" and Wall Street, but emphasizes the non-conspiratorial nature of the "state".
Political scientist Michael J. Glennon believes that this trend is the result of policy being made by government bureaucracies instead of by elected officials.
According to Philip Giraldi, the nexus of power is centered on the militaryindustrial complex, intelligence community, and Wall Street,while Bill Moyers points to plutocrats and oligarchs.Professor Peter Dale Scott also mentions "big oil" and the media as key players,while David Talbot focuses on national security officials, especially Allen Dulles. Mike Lofgren, an ex-Washington staffer who has written a book on the issue, includes Silicon Valley, along with "key elements of government" and Wall Street, but emphasizes the non-conspiratorial nature of the "state".
Political scientist Michael J. Glennon believes that this trend is the result of policy being made by government bureaucracies instead of by elected officials.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)4. LOL me too...
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)5. YIP FUCKIN YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
renegade000
(2,301 posts)6. Well I'd say the factions of the "Deep State" are divided.
The intelligence/military community absolutely want him gone.
The plutocrats are in a bit of a bind. A decent chunk of the GOP voter base are big Trump fans, and they need
a GOP congress to enact their desired destruction of the New Deal/Great Society... hence the reluctance of GOP congresspeople
to proceed with investigations.
kimbutgar
(21,181 posts)7. What restraint the obama administration had for not reporting this as to not influence the election
Country over party.