tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post385169484755633712..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Crossfire Hurricane: The Theory Of The Casemark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-38962694203812166132018-12-08T14:54:07.547-06:002018-12-08T14:54:07.547-06:00Thanks, Yancey. I happen to be 4 mos. older than B...Thanks, Yancey. I happen to be 4 mos. older than Barr. :-( But I agree--it takes an extraordinary guy to take on that kind of a job at that age. It helps to have lots of experience to fall back on, to shorten the learning curve, and that's where Barr may have an advantage. My own view is that Sessions viewed the AG gig as something of a retirement job, a cap to his career. He'd be able tomark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25204245725222721912018-12-08T12:26:59.294-06:002018-12-08T12:26:59.294-06:00Mark,
I still think Sessions' biggest flaw wa...Mark,<br /><br />I still think Sessions' biggest flaw was his age. I have known umpteen men 65 and older in my life, and the vast majority of them do not have the energy or the stamina to run an organization like the DoJ, and, even worse, they don't really have the ambition any longer that might refuel such characteristics. I could never imagine Sessions working the 12-14 days staying Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6039597526316219532018-12-07T11:34:11.071-06:002018-12-07T11:34:11.071-06:00Steve, I misspoke re Barr and Ken Starr.Steve, I misspoke re Barr and Ken Starr.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32569637598589470242018-12-07T11:30:24.824-06:002018-12-07T11:30:24.824-06:00Steve, re your question, "Who is advising Tru...Steve, re your question, "Who is advising Trump on these questionable picks?" I suspect that the two lawyers currently closest to Trump probably had significant input: Rudy Giuliani and Emmet Flood. Flood, in particular, is almost certain to have experience with Barr, since they've both practiced at the highest levels in WDC for umpteen years. Neither of those two are likely to havemark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-47435691915574292562018-12-07T10:53:41.487-06:002018-12-07T10:53:41.487-06:00Steve, full disclosure first: my youngest brother ...Steve, full disclosure first: my youngest brother was a speech writer for Barr when Barr was AG. It only means that I've heard that he's an honorable man.<br /><br />Mueller became head of the Criminal Division in 1990 and was appointed by Dick Thornburgh. Barr didn't become AG until late 1991. Prior to that Barr entered DoJ in 1989 directly from private practice to head the Office ofmark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-8424719922920918432018-12-07T08:56:11.501-06:002018-12-07T08:56:11.501-06:00It's been reported that Trump will nominate Wi...It's been reported that Trump will nominate William Barr as the AG. I can't help but think this is a mistake. Barr had been the AG from 1991-1993, when Mueller was head of the DOJ criminal division (and Rosenstein was in the Public Integrity Section of that division). Previously, Barr had been Bush 41's aide at the CIA. It is probably a good practice not to hire people who have Hidellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793769473549088724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87393743534392243992018-12-05T12:58:35.891-06:002018-12-05T12:58:35.891-06:00Yancey, I still have fond hopes that we'll fin...Yancey, I still have fond hopes that we'll find these things out for sure. One reason why I believe the cooperation between the FBI and Simpson's operations began earlier has to do with the abuse of NSA's 702 data--recall that private contractors <i>hired by the FBI</i> were mining that data, and that it's widely believed that Fusion GPS was one of those contractors. If that was mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-27700458197526130442018-12-05T12:11:46.511-06:002018-12-05T12:11:46.511-06:00Mark,
I don't think the meeting was run by th...Mark,<br /><br />I don't think the meeting was run by the FBI- I think this was all Glenn Simpson with probably the Christopher Steele's input and aid. I <i>do think</i> the various Papadopoulos and Page meetings were FBI/CIA run, but I think there were two tracks being run independently <i>until</i> Steele started meeting with the FBI and delivering portions of his dossier to them- at <Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-78219075854286641452018-12-05T11:56:35.563-06:002018-12-05T11:56:35.563-06:00Unknown, I'll admit to being a bit disillusion...Unknown, I'll admit to being a bit disillusioned due to what the GOPers failed to do in the two years that they had. This is far from an ordinary scandal.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-61743911036366471932018-12-05T10:59:45.848-06:002018-12-05T10:59:45.848-06:00Most corporations have meeting rooms equipped with...Most corporations have meeting rooms equipped with covert monitoring capability, and this has been typical for about a quarter century now. It's mostly used for internal surveillance of employees in order to root out disloyalty, corruption, or incompetence. Many employees have been dismissed unaware that a monitored conversation triggered the dismissal. The FBI also likely recorded the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-5782983801197809842018-12-05T08:17:24.720-06:002018-12-05T08:17:24.720-06:00Yancey, re Don Jr. recording the TT meeting, it ma...Yancey, re Don Jr. recording the TT meeting, it makes sense and would have been <a href="http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/new-york-recording-law" rel="nofollow">legal in New York</a>, which is a "one party consent" state. By the same token, there is also the possibility that the meeting was monitored by the FBI. To be honest, I'm no longer sure of the technical possibilities, but I&#mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33686493180799168212018-12-04T23:55:21.453-06:002018-12-04T23:55:21.453-06:00Veselnitskaya was sent in there with explicit inst...Veselnitskaya was sent in there with explicit instructions to let Trump's team make the overtures for the "dirt" that was promised in the Goldstone e-mails <i>because</i> she didn't have any Clinton oppo-research to offer in the first place- this ploy only works if you can get Trump Jr., Manafort, or Kushner to offer something in return for talking about the oppo-research. It Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-85575104530951440952018-12-04T23:51:37.942-06:002018-12-04T23:51:37.942-06:00I assert, still, that the Trump Tower meeting was ...I assert, still, that the Trump Tower meeting was recorded by the Trump Jr. and that Mueller has had a copy of this recording all along. It is why Simpson and his team never used it in the Dossier.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-48753065977951873442018-12-04T16:05:26.751-06:002018-12-04T16:05:26.751-06:00Mike, in line with what you're saying, several...Mike, in line with what you're saying, several years ago a person I regard as generally knowledgeable about these matters told me that, fairly early on, Dem internal polling revealed that, contrary to the expressed popular opinion of the liberal elite, Trump had a real shot at winning. That was the point at which they began the deep diving into 702 material and, as you say, when that actual mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36175176604500955682018-12-04T15:23:37.941-06:002018-12-04T15:23:37.941-06:00My own theory of the case is that when Donald Trum...My own theory of the case is that when Donald Trump declared his candidacy in August 2015, an assumption was made reflexively among US counter-intelligence specialists that Trump must be vulnerable to blackmail by Russian Intelligence.<br /><br />There was no evidence at all for this assumption. Rather, the assumption was based only on Trump being a sleazy businessman doing business with sleazy Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-27836792325571766812018-12-04T13:51:28.213-06:002018-12-04T13:51:28.213-06:00Thanks, Unknown. In fact, I spent time this mornin...Thanks, Unknown. In fact, I spent time this morning listening to Bongino and then reading John Solomon's article from last October: <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration" rel="nofollow">FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow</a>. Like mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6513565373535362592018-12-04T13:14:10.600-06:002018-12-04T13:14:10.600-06:00On the subject of plausible theories, Dan Bongino ...On the subject of plausible theories, Dan Bongino has posited another theory that may explain the facts currently known with respect to the conduct of specific individuals within DOJ/FBI. The essence of it is that senior Obama Administration officials (including SOS Clinton, AG Holder, SP Rosenstein, & Director Mueller, SA McCabe) engaged in an illegal quid pro quo conspiracy with Russia in Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.com