tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post1521857763055904430..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Fake News, Real News, Hot Newsmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84774288726154079982018-11-27T06:54:05.108-06:002018-11-27T06:54:05.108-06:00I agree all that is worth knowing. The other bit o...I agree all that is worth knowing. The other bit of information that might be gleaned could be more explicit information about the nature of the US/UK intel cooperation in this operation. Not sure about that, but possible.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-75642996512821756542018-11-27T01:55:00.834-06:002018-11-27T01:55:00.834-06:00Thanks for the link to Cleveland's essay- I do...Thanks for the link to Cleveland's essay- I do remember reading it at the time, but it was good to have a bit of refresher- I had forgotten her bit about how the Papadopoulos stuff was unchanged throughout the 4 applications, and I think one of her proposed explanations is the correct one- that it didn't change because the FBI already knew everything about the GP/JM meeting because MifsudYancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64174733556938642352018-11-26T18:35:29.688-06:002018-11-26T18:35:29.688-06:00Unknown, actually I'm doubtful that there woul...Unknown, actually I'm doubtful that there would be any reference to that aspect in the FISA application--why flag illegal action in that way? I say that although I fully agree re the enormity of what was done.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25115291339373820922018-11-26T17:30:30.976-06:002018-11-26T17:30:30.976-06:00It is extremely unlikely that the Page FISA applic...It is extremely unlikely that the Page FISA application will be fully unredacted because of the parts that reveal background on the NSA searches conducted by non-governmental employees. Everyone assumes it was just contractors working for FusionGPS and Hilliary's research assistants, but there was also extensive participation by British nationals working out of their DC embassy. This was the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-89542271645366828912018-11-26T13:11:26.955-06:002018-11-26T13:11:26.955-06:00Yancey, re your closing question ...
The FISA app...Yancey, re your closing question ...<br /><br />The FISA application may not--likely DOES NOT--contain all the relevant information re the actual opening of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation (which I regard as an umbrella case file with multiple subfiles re people like Page, etc.). That would be contained in the EC that opened the CH investigation, and which Nunes complained he wasn't be mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51446507025039214302018-11-26T12:59:47.743-06:002018-11-26T12:59:47.743-06:00Yancey, I like the Marchetti (limited) Hangout tak...Yancey, I like the Marchetti (limited) Hangout take.<br /><br />Re what exactly is being withheld by redacting the Page FISA application, I doubt that there's anything, factually, that we don't know. Or at least very little of importance. The fact that is probably being withheld via redaction is the official involvement of the US and UK intel services in the OCONUS lures that were done inmark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29218827664600334822018-11-26T12:37:07.139-06:002018-11-26T12:37:07.139-06:00Mr. Wauck,
I just read your latest article over a...Mr. Wauck,<br /><br />I just read your latest article over at <i>The American Thinker</i>, and I had the exact same thoughts when reading <i>The Telegraph</i> article yesterday- it <i>was</i> damned odd in the contortions the writers had to go through. Either the declassification and the public revelations can't help Trump's case at all, or they damn the previous administration, the Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-89055152778150364062018-11-20T12:08:41.326-06:002018-11-20T12:08:41.326-06:00Unknown, I fully agree with your premise: "th...Unknown, I fully agree with your premise: "the corruption within the DOJ/FBI/CIA is systemic and not just a few bad apples. During the Obama Administration, the most senior officials in these institutions routinely (and with impunity) committed serious felony criminal acts because they believed Hillary was a lock to win the election and to do otherwise would subject them to real retaliation.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-41973230836784714792018-11-20T09:37:17.160-06:002018-11-20T09:37:17.160-06:00Within a few months, it will become obvious to mos...Within a few months, it will become obvious to most citizens that the corruption within the DOJ/FBI/CIA is systemic and not just a few bad apples. During the Obama Administration, the most senior officials in these institutions routinely (and with impunity) committed serious felony criminal acts because they believed Hillary was a lock to win the election and to do otherwise would subject them toUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-88481556971085634402018-11-20T08:49:27.495-06:002018-11-20T08:49:27.495-06:00Correction. That text is from 3/18/2016 and it'...Correction. That text is from 3/18/2016 and it's re Fitzgerald as a possible SC for Clinton emails.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-12129165892110911282018-11-20T08:00:30.512-06:002018-11-20T08:00:30.512-06:00Steve, thanks for the interesting comments. I appr...Steve, thanks for the interesting comments. I appreciate the further evidence of Sessions' stab in the back to Trump. I'm always puzzled by the sympathy Sessions receives from "conservatives" (albeit usually of NeverTrump inclination). To me, Sessions behaved in a clearly dishonorable way--he owed it to Trump to tell him what was going on to give Trump a chance to counter mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1538102283374587712018-11-20T01:10:33.548-06:002018-11-20T01:10:33.548-06:00I agree with your thesis about Sessions. Sessions ...I agree with your thesis about Sessions. Sessions privately told Jason Chaffetz that he would never appoint a second special counsel (to investigate the investigators, and therefore at least arguably outside the strictures of his recusal). This blanket refusal was in contrast to Sessions' more ambiguous public posture on this matter, and it stunned Chaffetz. My other point relates to Schumer,Hidellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793769473549088724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-38872543190825950602018-11-20T00:51:40.385-06:002018-11-20T00:51:40.385-06:00I agree with your thesis about Sessions. He flat o...I agree with your thesis about Sessions. He flat out told Jason Chaffetz early on that he would never appoint a second special counsel (to investigate the investigators, and therefore at least arguably outside the strictures of his recusal). Sessions' blanket refusal to consider this matter, at a time when his public posture was more ambiguous, was sobering for Chaffetz. One other point: Hidellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793769473549088724noreply@blogger.com