tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post9080171800174558414..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Horowitz Reports Steele Meetings With Clinton Lawyersmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55212375096035150342019-12-16T15:17:05.784-06:002019-12-16T15:17:05.784-06:00"McCabe will not go down alone..."
This..."McCabe will not go down alone..."<br /><br />This is my hope. A domino effect. 'If I go down, I'm taking you with me.'<br /><br />Comey signalled a little of the shift blame routine with his 'As Director, I wasn't involved if this case' and 'There are 38,000 people at the FBI' claims.<br /><br />I forgot to mention this. Did anyone else catch Comey&#Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-64179538689474637712019-12-16T14:28:31.473-06:002019-12-16T14:28:31.473-06:00We all saw how McCabe turned on RR when RR tried t...We all saw how McCabe turned on RR when RR tried to distance himself. McCabe will not go down alone, so Jimbo better be careful.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46202298443696169062019-12-16T14:23:48.521-06:002019-12-16T14:23:48.521-06:00Didn't Comey begin giving up McCabe, when he c...Didn't Comey begin giving up McCabe, when he claimed ignorance of some facts?<br />Isn't this the first step of shifting blame to his underlings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-5832270190642609122019-12-16T13:59:07.426-06:002019-12-16T13:59:07.426-06:00@Joe
Doesn't he?
What strikes me today (and ...@Joe<br /><br />Doesn't he?<br /><br />What strikes me today (and this applies to Comey, too) is the extreme arrogance and self-righteousness of their denials back then, a couple of years ago... just as Unknown says. I guess deluded criminality, like everything else relating to things human, follows a pattern. I think Comey is clearly entering the lame excuse period, again just as Unknown Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-48800201738474711962019-12-16T12:56:33.200-06:002019-12-16T12:56:33.200-06:00Cassander, I am looking at the youtube link that y...Cassander, I am looking at the youtube link that you provided. Strozk reminds me a little boy who could always get his way with his parents if he hollered and cried enough. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-50963965720764617752019-12-16T11:36:36.658-06:002019-12-16T11:36:36.658-06:00There could be a lot of reasons why Stone's la...There could be a lot of reasons why Stone's lawyers didn't want him to be cross-examined--which is what would have happened if he had testified. Your suggestion of the case that "Stone could have made ... to the jury" is not in fact a defense to the charges, so he would not have been allowed to make that case to the jury. Obviously his lawyers believed, rightly or wrongly, that mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-74335539998378463402019-12-16T11:14:44.650-06:002019-12-16T11:14:44.650-06:00sorry if this is off topic, but why did Roger Ston...sorry if this is off topic, but why did Roger Stone not testify at this trial? Why force the judge to silence him with the judge in the cross hairs stunt? Kind of like he does not want to answer questions about Trump, no? <br /><br />Stone could have made a case to the jury at this trial that, yes he lied to Congress, but that lie was political gamesmanship against democrats who do the same. OrSteve Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11664469818906150294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87418054053244336502019-12-16T09:26:15.963-06:002019-12-16T09:26:15.963-06:00As Unknown says above, these are the tactics of so...As Unknown says above, these are the tactics of someone who knows he's the target of a criminal investigation.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-40280190815779092932019-12-16T09:15:25.490-06:002019-12-16T09:15:25.490-06:00>> "No one made intentional mistakes.&q...>> <b>"No one made intentional mistakes."</b> <<<br /><br />Notice the trick Comey pulls here? "Mistakes" are never intentional -- that's why they are called "mistakes."<br /><br />So, by definition, there are no "intentional" mistakes, ever.<br /><br />If someone screwed it up on purpose, then it isn't a mistake at all, it's a EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-77083677699422196012019-12-15T23:33:54.141-06:002019-12-15T23:33:54.141-06:00@Unknown
"First comes arrogant denial"
...@Unknown<br /><br />"First comes arrogant denial"<br /><br />In case anyone is wondering what arrogant denial looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN1d6_h9skc<br /><br /><br />Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-14319499773709307812019-12-15T22:55:01.770-06:002019-12-15T22:55:01.770-06:00I finished the whole segment. Comey is a liar. I...I finished the whole segment. Comey is a liar. In his world, the FBI is vindicated. No one made intentional mistakes. When Wallace challenged this with a reference to Clinesmith, Comey rebutted that the allegations weren't proven. That's a true point but it's lawyerly and evasive. <br /><br />Comey wants to make sure that Fox viewers are set straight that the FBI is not Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-82253774625705879822019-12-15T22:44:05.034-06:002019-12-15T22:44:05.034-06:00Comey has changed from the interview that he did w...Comey has changed from the interview that he did with Brett Baier. He seems much more comfortable with lying now. He also rope-a-dopes with Wallace. He parses words like "bunk." <br /><br />Sundance criticized Wallace, which is fair, but he did a tough interview with Comey.<br /><br />Comey's own words are "Oaths are sticky things." He might want to ponder that when heJoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-34428931028285697802019-12-15T22:35:48.848-06:002019-12-15T22:35:48.848-06:00Comey is sorry if he was not clear in his past tes...Comey is sorry if he was not clear in his past testimony. He meant no harm or damage to the country.<br /><br />"Hey, what's the problem if I was a little careless"?<br /><br />This guy is slick. He's relying on his "aw, shucks" act to fool the American People. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-26148302875807963172019-12-15T22:32:25.518-06:002019-12-15T22:32:25.518-06:00I'm listening to Comey on Fox News Sunday via ...I'm listening to Comey on Fox News Sunday via Sundance. If my interpretation is correct, Comey is saying that his evil twin brother Tim Comey was FBI Director when all of theses mistakes were committed. Jim Comey never said that the FBI relied on the Steele Dossier. Tim Comey said that. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-55002883588357928292019-12-15T21:46:17.171-06:002019-12-15T21:46:17.171-06:00Maybe Comey's not that smart. Or maybe he'...Maybe Comey's not that smart. Or maybe he's staking out his position realtive to other conspirators. "Hey, Strozk, Page, Baker, Brennan...I'm not taking the fall."<br /><br />Just a guess.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-45233242367088736402019-12-15T21:37:16.490-06:002019-12-15T21:37:16.490-06:00I gotta admit I'm genuinely puzzled by the way...I gotta admit I'm genuinely puzzled by the way Comey keeps yakking in public. It seems insane to me.<br /><br />Speaking of the Maldives, here's an interesting fact--they provided, per capita, the highest number of volunteers to ISIS. Well, Brennan is a big fan of Islam.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-23445487209316380612019-12-15T21:32:49.538-06:002019-12-15T21:32:49.538-06:00Anyone who has ever interviewed a criminal suspect...Anyone who has ever interviewed a criminal suspect will recognize that Comey is now at Stage 2. First comes arrogant denial, then lame excuses, and soon-to-be the pleading and bargaining phase. That will likely occur with Durham, but not before the assembled evidence is rock solid and undeniable.<br /><br />And Comey's lawyers must not be very bright if they continue to let him incriminate Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-82533269253508806132019-12-15T21:26:47.757-06:002019-12-15T21:26:47.757-06:00Where there's smoke, there's fire. As you ...Where there's smoke, there's fire. As you say, this cuts across normal lines of communication. mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-20383227228467245242019-12-15T21:14:39.066-06:002019-12-15T21:14:39.066-06:00The "predication" needed to secure the P...The "predication" needed to secure the Page FISA were provided by Steele in the 19 July (?) Dossier memo -- all about Page's speech in Moscow, and the baloney about meeting with Sechin and Devoykin (sp?) and being offered 19% interest in Rosneft in return for getting sanctions on Russia lifted.<br /><br />That satisfies the FISA warrant requirement of evidence that the US person EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11964081592002082302019-12-15T19:58:59.119-06:002019-12-15T19:58:59.119-06:00They're getting closer to Clinton.
Ohr was as...They're getting closer to Clinton.<br /><br />Ohr was as high as you could get without being a political appointee.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-69798328835062385852019-12-15T19:16:25.532-06:002019-12-15T19:16:25.532-06:00So Steele meets with six DOJ/FBI personnel--who ca...So Steele meets with six DOJ/FBI personnel--who called for the meeting? Wasn't Ohr then #4 (before demotion) at DOJ? Then, after Steele is cut loose by the FBI, Ohr is effectively Steele's handler, receiving his reports and passing them on to FBI--resulting in ~12 302s when Ohr briefed the FBI.<br /><br />Next, you have Steele, hired through cutout FusionGPS, meeting with the PerkinsCoie Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.com