tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post3978327519781990417..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Bill Barr: "Without Any Basis"mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-23021019115965320032020-04-12T09:09:11.641-05:002020-04-12T09:09:11.641-05:00Hate spurred on by the media.Hate spurred on by the media.TDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764051812502858667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-45698812444198688572020-04-11T22:42:07.210-05:002020-04-11T22:42:07.210-05:00"how jurors will feel about being lied to.&qu..."how jurors will feel about being lied to."<br />Indeed, most will quite resent it, but Barr's problem will be the handful who'll nullify everything, out of hate for DJT.aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-9625698920041473552020-04-11T21:03:09.180-05:002020-04-11T21:03:09.180-05:00Past tense may be better, except in a sense it'...Past tense may be better, except in a sense it's still an ongoing thing, so present seems OK to me, too.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87101785799079003602020-04-11T19:44:39.423-05:002020-04-11T19:44:39.423-05:00I'll bet you meant "focusing on ICA, whic...I'll bet you meant "focusing on ICA, which SOUGHT to cement....".aNanyMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452492302514671882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-32376507532454201012020-04-11T14:20:51.169-05:002020-04-11T14:20:51.169-05:00Good point.Good point.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-73008147008367965492020-04-11T14:10:01.664-05:002020-04-11T14:10:01.664-05:00I hope there are counter-espionage guys in FBI wri...I hope there are counter-espionage guys in FBI writing reports on all this ongoing disinformation from so-called IC sources. The reports will be Exhibits in the Durham prosecutions. Just to clarify for the jury what the "news" has been doing the last 4 years. I wonder how jurors will feel about being lied to.Deplorable Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720288972263783908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26291604600757264722020-04-11T13:48:48.314-05:002020-04-11T13:48:48.314-05:00I'm inclined to think he's dumb enough not...I'm inclined to think he's dumb enough not to get what was actually going on--or only partially. Nor surprise that he was unable to give a convincing rationale since he probably never thought it through.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-50845988908511033742020-04-11T13:28:41.701-05:002020-04-11T13:28:41.701-05:00I only mention Priestap because his unconvincing t...I only mention Priestap because his unconvincing testimony about the rationale for Russian involvement undermines the Deep State narrative. <br /><br />Which is not surprising or even terribly important...since the Deep State narrative is all...<br /><br />Made Up.Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-2056244542362318682020-04-11T11:42:05.856-05:002020-04-11T11:42:05.856-05:00Precisely. And accepting the false narrative of th...Precisely. And accepting the false narrative of the Russian disinformation campaign prevents people from seeing the major role Brennan played *after the election* (Barr!) through the ICA that Durham is so focused on.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-79651814997372486122020-04-11T11:40:06.936-05:002020-04-11T11:40:06.936-05:00Thanks. The name Stephen Boyd had slipped off my r...Thanks. The name Stephen Boyd had slipped off my radar. I fully agree that the Russian disinformation campaign narrative is in fact an IC disinformation campaign narrative--for all the reasons you cite, and more. It bothers me, as well, that Barr doesn't put a stop to that within DoJ. OTOH, the bottom line is John Durham, and a major focus for him--as we've heard repeatedly--is the ICA mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-16991203839726113842020-04-11T10:36:50.074-05:002020-04-11T10:36:50.074-05:00Catherine Herridge has written a pretty good summa...Catherine Herridge has written a pretty good summary of this ridiculously convoluted situation: <br /><br />https://www.cbsnews.com/news/footnotes-in-watchdog-report-indicate-fbi-knew-of-risk-of-russian-disinformation-in-the-steele-dossier/<br /><br />The gist of the current tempest is that the Crossfire team accumulated increasing amounts of information exculpating the targets at the same time Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-73858751317859503662020-04-11T10:13:32.764-05:002020-04-11T10:13:32.764-05:00The Assistant Attorney General in charge of 'r...The Assistant Attorney General in charge of 'redactions' is a guy named Stephen Boyd...who came to DOJ with... Jeff Sessions. Sessions? Really?<br /><br />Boyd has already raised Trump's ire with his dishonest approach to the Nunes memo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Boyd_(attorney)<br /><br />In hindsight Boyd was totally wrong on Nunes.<br /><br />Here's a link to Boyd&#Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17051178336068346582020-04-11T07:45:18.100-05:002020-04-11T07:45:18.100-05:00My mind's too full of things. Who is that Asst...My mind's too full of things. Who is that Asst AG again? It does worry me that there's not more pushback to this narrative. OTOH, Durham is focusing on ICA, which seeks to cement this false narrative in place.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64165909577032890322020-04-10T23:52:37.829-05:002020-04-10T23:52:37.829-05:00There was no Russian government disinformation. Th...There was no Russian government disinformation. The Steele Dossier was all made up by the conspirators and their stooges.<br /><br />What confuses me is that this flurry of misdirection is being directed by an Assistant AG right under Barr's nose, and Johnson and Grassley seem to be going along with it.<br /><br />WTF? Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-91928910979346567662020-04-10T23:21:05.820-05:002020-04-10T23:21:05.820-05:00link to Solomon interview:
>> https://www.y...link to Solomon interview:<br /><br />>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WyPP26Ilw <<<br /><br />Lots on interesting details near the end.<br /><br />1. subpoenae were for witnesses over the past 4-6 weeks. Not something new.<br /><br />2. based on questions witnesses were asked, Solomon concludes one focus of the GJ investigation is "false testimony" (likely to EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11612297168738071772020-04-10T22:07:38.076-05:002020-04-10T22:07:38.076-05:00Oops; "on behalf of," not "for.&q...Oops; "on behalf of," not "for."<br /><br />Post in haste; repent in EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-36140615600592585952020-04-10T20:01:39.016-05:002020-04-10T20:01:39.016-05:00Have listened to some of Solomon’s recording on Ha...Have listened to some of Solomon’s recording on Hannity. Seems that the subpoenas he mentioned were ones that he had heard of from persons who had received them. Grand jury witnesses. A bit of reinforcement about what Durham has been doing, but the twitter that exploded was apparently a bit overblown, IMO.Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-91034751302201634752020-04-10T19:55:39.396-05:002020-04-10T19:55:39.396-05:00The audio - Solomon on Hannity radio program today...The audio - Solomon on Hannity radio program today:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WyPP26IlwBebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-72296025491353854442020-04-10T19:23:33.243-05:002020-04-10T19:23:33.243-05:00Svetlana:
As I’ve always said: Steele and Halper ...Svetlana:<br /><br />As I’ve always said: Steele and Halper had no sources. They made it up.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-29883457963179704162020-04-10T19:23:23.547-05:002020-04-10T19:23:23.547-05:00I erred. Tyrell’s articl was dated Wednesday 4/8.... I erred. Tyrell’s articl was dated Wednesday 4/8. A bit from it after he recites the effect Durham’s questions had on the IC types. Rattled them…<br /><br /><i> Durham is looking into this controversy and into other matters. He is investigating Brennan’s relationship with the Steele dossier. Was it used in the 2017 assessment? Did former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-67651166254180219132020-04-10T19:20:06.569-05:002020-04-10T19:20:06.569-05:00Another way of putting it:
https://twitter.com/Th...Another way of putting it:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1248732607170465792<br /><br />What he means to say is, CIA/FBI wanted to be able to source what they knew to be BS to an identifiable source who could be deemed credible. But they knew it was all BS, as Sidney Powell and JohnHuber say.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-22752725712190347012020-04-10T19:17:03.138-05:002020-04-10T19:17:03.138-05:00https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/124872626376...https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1248726263763738624mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81267246728129887682020-04-10T19:16:06.124-05:002020-04-10T19:16:06.124-05:00We read last week that Durham couldn’t work out a ...We read last week that Durham couldn’t work out a flight to DC in March so he got in his car and drove down. Emmett Tyrrell was the one who wrote about it. <br /><br />https://spectator.org/durhams-on-the-way/Bebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-39641283592824012542020-04-10T18:41:12.338-05:002020-04-10T18:41:12.338-05:00Knock me down with a feather!Knock me down with a feather!mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-78769689976584568802020-04-10T18:31:56.354-05:002020-04-10T18:31:56.354-05:00John Solomon on Hannity Radio this afternoon appar...John Solomon on Hannity Radio this afternoon apparently reporting DC GJ has issued multiple subpoenae for Durham.EZnoreply@blogger.com