tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post3124494251688960189..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: John Solomon's Latest Blockbuster: Brits Disowned Steele Dossier In Writing Before Inaugurationmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81032508734951666632019-05-30T18:13:00.876-05:002019-05-30T18:13:00.876-05:00I thought about the 1001 exposure as well and just...I thought about the 1001 exposure as well and just thought that maybe he was between a rock and a hard place and chose what he thought was the least bad option. Pure and utter speculation of course. Many, probably better, explanations surely exist. <br /><br />I think your other points (Jeffrey) are all excellent and it all goes to show that plenty more will have to be known before this story Brad Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279535300119367177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-39545757200938041522019-05-30T12:16:51.981-05:002019-05-30T12:16:51.981-05:00Regarding #2, on the other hand, if Flynn in fact ...Regarding #2, on the other hand, if Flynn in fact knew about the memo, but claimed ignorance he'd have potentially opened himself up to another 1001 charge or an adverse sentencing recommendation from Mueller, in a similar fashion to how he exposed himself to the first 1001 charge. In both instances there was a record (a transcript then a memo) and Flynn's testimony that contradicted the Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570988258427544391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55489122604778518562019-05-30T11:28:29.383-05:002019-05-30T11:28:29.383-05:00All good questions, and you can bet Solomon's ...All good questions, and you can bet Solomon's working his sources on all of those questions.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84386465530409934932019-05-30T11:09:42.308-05:002019-05-30T11:09:42.308-05:00" 'Congressional investigators have inter..." 'Congressional investigators have interviewed two U.S. officials who handled the memo, confirmed with the British government that a communique was sent, and alerted the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the information. One witness confirmed to Congress that he was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller about the memo.' "<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />"Oh! Wouldn't Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570988258427544391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17940182628068425752019-05-30T10:59:12.933-05:002019-05-30T10:59:12.933-05:00Hmmmm. See my reply to you under the tag "Hid...Hmmmm. See my reply to you under the tag "Hidell," above.<br /><br />For those who haven't noticed, I do moderate comments here. That can cause inconvenience and delay--like, when I go somewhere--but for me I thought it was a good solution. Bear with me.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81732304326728507172019-05-30T10:54:57.541-05:002019-05-30T10:54:57.541-05:00It's all good, and I like #2 as an explanation...It's all good, and I like #2 as an explanation. They were squeezing Flynn hard, sweating him. Re #3, I suppose they figured it got into the right hands and they'd done their thing.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-5732884668787736322019-05-30T10:52:32.305-05:002019-05-30T10:52:32.305-05:00Tx Hidell. As it happens I just got back from my d...Tx Hidell. As it happens I just got back from my daily walk, and I was trying to mentally put together some of those same ideas--esp. re the MOU--into a much bigger context. A <i>future</i> context. Ha, ha! That's a tease! I touched on that not too long ago: <a href="https://meaninginhistory.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-fear-of-barr-is-almost-palpable.html#more" rel="nofollow">The Fear Of Barr Ismark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26880722894145925732019-05-30T10:37:55.253-05:002019-05-30T10:37:55.253-05:00At the Liberty Unyielding website, J.E. Dyer sugge...At the Liberty Unyielding website, J.E. Dyer suggests that as counterintelligence chief during Obama's first term, Brennan planted his employees/former employees at TAC as contractors at both the NCTC and FBI (under contracts made in 2008 and 2009, respectively), and that under an MoU between the agencies in 2012, the contractors/analysts improperly accessed intelligence databases, a fact notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-62583889673847376332019-05-30T10:07:17.229-05:002019-05-30T10:07:17.229-05:00A LOT of folks would be a bonus. I'm so jaded,...A LOT of folks would be a bonus. I'm so jaded, I'll be impressed with one actually serving prison time.<br /><br />Isn't Felicity Huffman gonna do four months for a college scam? Four years wouldn't be enough for these Deep State suits who scammed America...Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51519254223919216842019-05-30T09:56:02.365-05:002019-05-30T09:56:02.365-05:00A few thoughts:
1) Re Mike's comments on Orbi...A few thoughts:<br /><br />1) Re Mike's comments on Orbis' business model, when you look at the significant overlap it has with Fusion's biz model, it seems pretty clear Simpson & Steele are a pretty natural fit for the work they've done the past few years. <br /><br />2) Solomon's column says that a "former team member" of Flynn "personally delivered the Brad Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279535300119367177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25904224392939732072019-05-30T09:53:13.656-05:002019-05-30T09:53:13.656-05:00At the Liberty Unyielding website, J.E. Dyer write...At the Liberty Unyielding website, J.E. Dyer writes that under separate contracts (in 2008 and 2009, respectively), John Brennan's firm, The Analysis Corporation, supplied analysts to the National Counterintelligence Terrorism Center and the FBI. These analysts were improperly given access to intelligence databases pursuant to an MoU between the two agencies in 2012 but not reported to the Hidellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793769473549088724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57654959115064767102019-05-30T08:26:43.961-05:002019-05-30T08:26:43.961-05:00Would A LOT of folks be OK?Would A LOT of folks be OK?mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-86518683599090186632019-05-30T08:19:27.992-05:002019-05-30T08:19:27.992-05:00Trump now has a very strong hand in negotiating wi...Trump now has a very strong hand in negotiating with the Brits over major issues such as trade, foreign policy (read Iran and China), and EU dysfunction (NATO, immigration, etc). He likely already knows the depths of deceit that the Brits engaged in with respect to SpyGate/RussiaGate, and is willing to let the worst of it remain hidden in exchange for cooperation on other issues. This would allowUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-88635034572163644742019-05-30T08:17:48.944-05:002019-05-30T08:17:48.944-05:00You could say that he laid that out to Kathleeen K...You could say that he laid that out to Kathleeen Kavalec when he described the various priorities he was "balancing" or "juggling"--I forget the word he used, but that was the gist. Keeping his clients--FBI, CIA, NBC, NYT, etc.--happy. As George Smiley would say, What a dog's life. But the money is good, which is what really matters to a Left/Prog waiting for the mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-63158625708660275722019-05-30T08:14:09.328-05:002019-05-30T08:14:09.328-05:00"eventually makes it to the public"
Des..."eventually makes it to the public"<br /><br />Despite the best efforts of the "news" media. :-(mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-58699438325993408192019-05-30T08:13:47.835-05:002019-05-30T08:13:47.835-05:00Since Steele retired from MI-6, he has earned his ...Since Steele retired from MI-6, he has earned his living from two activities:<br /><br />1) Getting paid by rich people to assemble negative information about people whom those rich people dislike.<br /><br />2) Leaking that information to officials and journalists who might cause trouble for those people who are disliked by those rich people. <br /><br />That is how Steele has earned his living Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36295288823657949392019-05-30T08:09:42.902-05:002019-05-30T08:09:42.902-05:00It's amazing that the evidence that eventually...It's amazing that the evidence that eventually makes it to the public--and the associated inferences--are all in the same direction: malfeasance at the highest levels to perpetrate a hoax on the American people to effectuate a coup; to overturn a duly elected presidential election.Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-40103692979031020812019-05-30T08:06:38.112-05:002019-05-30T08:06:38.112-05:00Who would do that? :-)Who would do that? :-)mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46591053883033130692019-05-30T08:00:02.229-05:002019-05-30T08:00:02.229-05:00When Christopher Steele was an MI-6 official stati...When Christopher Steele was an MI-6 official stationed in Russia, he was 26-29 years old. The Russian leader was Boris Yeltsin.<br /><br />It seems that he retired from MI-6 when he was about 45 years old. I assume that he did not foresee any more promotions if he remained in MI-6 and that he had become eligible for a pension. <br /><br />Supposedly, Steele became valuable to the FBI during its Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.com