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Monday, December 12, 2016 10:03:41 PM
Weaponizing intelligence
by digby .. Monday, December 12, 2016
For those of you who don't tweet, I thought I'd share these hypothetical
scenarios from national security reporter Barton Gellman. Just FYI:
When questioned about whether it's simply likely they are exaggerating their claims, he says this:
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Quinn's internet ?? @quinnnorton
@bartongellman or could they not have significantly more
solid evidence, and they're overplaying the hands they have?
Barton Gellman
@bartongellman
@quinnnorton Always possible. I lean against because they're
so openly at odds with PEOTUS. IC doesn't seek that out. Hates it.
8:32 AM - 13 Dec 2016
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It's impossible to know what's really happening but important to grasp just how serious it might be.
I recognize all the partisan aspects of this. But the election results are not going to be overturned, that much I know. History will judge all that, but it is history now whether we like it or not. I suppose it might be politically helpful in some respects if Trump's victory is seen as illegitimate, but I doubt that will stop him and the Republicans from doing whatever they want.
What happens in the future as a result of all this, however, is very important. Trump's unusual attitude toward Russia, the opaqueness of his financial dealings which may have something to do with all this and the people he's chosen like that loon Michael Flynn and possibly Exxon's Rex Tillerson, means that we have good reason to be suspicious of this relationship. I don't know if we'll ever get to the bottom of it but sweeping it under the rug is not a very wise choice.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/weaponizing-intelligence.html
by digby .. Monday, December 12, 2016
For those of you who don't tweet, I thought I'd share these hypothetical
scenarios from national security reporter Barton Gellman. Just FYI:
When questioned about whether it's simply likely they are exaggerating their claims, he says this:
--
Quinn's internet ?? @quinnnorton
@bartongellman or could they not have significantly more
solid evidence, and they're overplaying the hands they have?
Barton Gellman
@bartongellman
@quinnnorton Always possible. I lean against because they're
so openly at odds with PEOTUS. IC doesn't seek that out. Hates it.
8:32 AM - 13 Dec 2016
--
It's impossible to know what's really happening but important to grasp just how serious it might be.
I recognize all the partisan aspects of this. But the election results are not going to be overturned, that much I know. History will judge all that, but it is history now whether we like it or not. I suppose it might be politically helpful in some respects if Trump's victory is seen as illegitimate, but I doubt that will stop him and the Republicans from doing whatever they want.
What happens in the future as a result of all this, however, is very important. Trump's unusual attitude toward Russia, the opaqueness of his financial dealings which may have something to do with all this and the people he's chosen like that loon Michael Flynn and possibly Exxon's Rex Tillerson, means that we have good reason to be suspicious of this relationship. I don't know if we'll ever get to the bottom of it but sweeping it under the rug is not a very wise choice.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/weaponizing-intelligence.html
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