The establishment Democrat focus on Russia at the expense of everything else is astonishing. I can only imagine it's the same mix of incompetence & a poor attempt to mask how bad their own policies on stuff like healthcare mostly are.Still, this is how you keep losing further still in 2018.
Quote from: Baby Aubergine on May 15, 2017, 10:28:21 amThe establishment Democrat focus on Russia at the expense of everything else is astonishing. I can only imagine it's the same mix of incompetence & a poor attempt to mask how bad their own policies on stuff like healthcare mostly are.Still, this is how you keep losing further still in 2018.Except, the progressive wing of the Democrats are continually hammering Trump on his failings of domestic policy: health care, tax reform, big pharma, lobbyists, rich/poor divide.
Quote from: Savant on May 15, 2017, 11:31:19 amQuote from: Baby Aubergine on May 15, 2017, 10:28:21 amThe establishment Democrat focus on Russia at the expense of everything else is astonishing. I can only imagine it's the same mix of incompetence & a poor attempt to mask how bad their own policies on stuff like healthcare mostly are.Still, this is how you keep losing further still in 2018.Except, the progressive wing of the Democrats are continually hammering Trump on his failings of domestic policy: health care, tax reform, big pharma, lobbyists, rich/poor divide.Yes, that's good. I was trying to distinguish them from those who are really focusing on Russia above all. Can't think of that many names just now but Devin Nunes is one that springs to mind, he just paid for a huge Russia billboard somewhere.
President Trump boasted about highly classified intelligence in a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week, providing details that could expose the source of the information and the manner in which it was collected, a current and a former American government official said Monday.The intelligence disclosed by Mr. Trump in a meeting with Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, and Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, was about an Islamic State plot, according to the officials. A Middle Eastern ally that closely guards its own secrets provided the information, which was considered so sensitive that American officials did not share it widely within the United States government or pass it on to other allies.Mr. Trump’s disclosure does not appear to have been illegal — the president has the power to declassify almost anything. But sharing the information without the express permission of the ally who provided it was a major breach of espionage etiquette, and could jeopardize a crucial intelligence-sharing relationship.In fact, the ally has repeatedly warned American officials that it would cut off access to such sensitive information if it were shared too widely, the former official said. In this case, the fear is that Russia will be able to determine exactly how the information was collected and could disrupt the ally’s espionage efforts....The revelation also opens Mr. Trump to criticism of a double standard. The president made Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information through her private email server central to his campaign, leading chants of “lock her up” at rallies. But there was never any indication that Mrs. Clinton exposed sensitive information from an ally or gave it to an adversary.
Quote from: Mr.DeMartino on Yesterday at 01:40:32 Trump is a liar and a con man.
Quote from Mr.DeMartino on June 14, 2019 at 02:28:07 Donald Trump is a lying sack of shit
Which of these three gentlemen appear to be laughing louder?
Quote from: Adel on May 17, 2017, 04:39:43 amWhich of these three gentlemen appear to be laughing louder?
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/hr-mcmaster-trump-intelligence-sharing-appropriate-238450 contains embedded video“What I will tell you is in the context of that discussion, what the president discussed with the foreign minister was wholly appropriate to that conversation and is consistent with the routine sharing of information between the president and any leaders with whom he's engaged,” McMaster said.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39931012 contains embedded videohttp://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/trump-classified-russia-pushback-238415contains embedded videoNational security adviser H.R. McMaster briefly spoke to reporters gathered at the White House and issued a terse denial without taking any questions. “The story that came out tonight as reported is false,” McMaster said. He concluded with, “I was in the room. It didn’t happen.”The White House also issued statements from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, deputy national security adviser for Strategy Dina Powell and McMaster that attempted to pour cold water on the report."This story is false. The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced," Powell said in the statement.Richard Perle: WashPost's Trump Story on Russia 'Outrageously Overblown'http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/richard-perle-russia-washington-post-donald-trump/2017/05/16/id/790522/The Washington Post report on President Donald Trump disclosing classified information to Russian officials last week is "outrageously overblown" and proves that the media is "out to destroy this presidency,"……• The Washington Post report on President Donald Trump disclosing classified information to Russian officials last week is "outrageously overblown" and proves that the media is "out to destroy this presidency," former Pentagon official Richard Perle told Newsmax TV on Tuesday."There was no indication in the article — and this is now confirmed by the national security adviser that any classified information that was not either known or obvious was revealed in that conversation," …."I was not at all concerned about that and I spent 50 years consuming and working on highly classified information."I don't think any significant information has been compromised."http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-the-white-house-isn%e2%80%99t-denying-that-trump-gave-russia-classified-information-%e2%80%94-not-really/ar-BBBb2RF?ocid=LENDHPhttp://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/mcmaster-truth-defense-secrets-238470CBS/AP February 1, 2017, 11:17 PMReport: Trump, Australian PM Turnbull have tense phone call over Muslim refugeeshttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-australian-pm-turnbull-have-tense-phone-call-over-muslim-refugees/
Former FBI Director James Comey wrote in a memo that President Donald Trump asked him to end the investigation of national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a sources familiar with the matter.Comey was so appalled by the request that he wanted to document it, sources said. Comey shared it with FBI senior officials, according to sources.http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/trump-james-comey-memo/index.html The memo is the clearest sign yet of potential interference by Trump with the investigation into whether members of his campaign team colluded with Russian officials."Three words: obstruction of justice," said CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Tuesday. "Telling the FBI director to close down an investigation of your senior campaign adviser for his activities during your campaign for president, if that's true, that is obstruction of justice."" 'Close it down' is an instruction to stop investigating President Trump's campaign. Richard Nixon was impeached in 1974 for telling the FBI to stop an investigation of his campaign. That's what Watergate was," Toobin added. "If (Comey's) telling the truth, I don't know how anyone can see this comment as anything but obstruction of justice."
The sources said that Comey was so appalled by the request from Trump, at an Oval Office meeting on February 14, that he wanted to document it in order to share his recollections of the encounter with senior FBI officials.
Unfortunately, I may have to reduce my Waygook time and really focus my writing time on a new textbook due next fall.
My first question is if Comey was so appalled by what happened on February 14, why did he wait until May 16 to apparently release part of the memo?Another question is why didn’t Comey mention this “incident” when he testified before congress? It’s not exactly like Comey has not had the attention of congress during these last few months. If he had publically read his memo into the congressional record while testifying, that would most likely have given congress no choice but to investigate. Further, I would think it would have also made it virtually politically impossible for him to be fired.My final question, at this time, is that Comey did make it clear to Senators Feinstein and Grassley that Trump was not under FBI investigation; therefore, if Comey really believed that Trump was trying to obstruct justice, why didn’t Comey start an obstruction of justice investigation against Trump?
Nice job answering eastreef's questions guys.QuoteMy first question is if Comey was so appalled by what happened on February 14, why did he wait until May 16 to apparently release part of the memo?Another question is why didn’t Comey mention this “incident” when he testified before congress? It’s not exactly like Comey has not had the attention of congress during these last few months. If he had publically read his memo into the congressional record while testifying, that would most likely have given congress no choice but to investigate. Further, I would think it would have also made it virtually politically impossible for him to be fired.My final question, at this time, is that Comey did make it clear to Senators Feinstein and Grassley that Trump was not under FBI investigation; therefore, if Comey really believed that Trump was trying to obstruct justice, why didn’t Comey start an obstruction of justice investigation against Trump?
Russia claims to have transcript of Trump meeting with LavrovUpdated 1158 GMT (1958 HKT) May 17, 2017 http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/russia-us-trump-lavrov-intel/index.htmlRussian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is ready to provide US Congress with a transcript of the talks between President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.Speaking at a press conference, Putin said the transcript could be provided "if the US administration finds it appropriate."
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/alan-dershowitz-james-comey-memo-fbi/2017/05/16/id/790555/Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that former FBI Director James Comey's memo on his February conversation with President Donald Trump "has to be seen" because "tone is everything.""For a president – and tone is everything – that's why the memo has to be seen and that's why, if there are tapes, we should hear them," Dershowitz told Anderson Cooper on CNN."If the president politely suggests to the director of the FBI: 'He's a good guy, [Michael] Flynn. I would appreciate if you let him off the hook. I fired him.'"That doesn't become" a case of obstruction of justice," he said.