Memo Saturday

Dan McLaughlin has a good discussion of the oversold Nunes memo. However, I have my reservations about this:

It focuses on a very narrow subject, the obtaining of a single FISA warrant (subsequently renewed by Trump’s own Administration) on a fringe figure (Carter Page) who by all appearances deserved to be investigated, and surveillance of whom probably didn’t uncover very much about the Trump campaign that you wouldn’t have known from watching TV. 

Let's cut to Byron York:

Put it all together, and Page was the easiest guy to go after. Plus, the wiretap would allow the FBI not just to listen to Page's phone calls but to read his emails, not only going forward from the date of the warrant, but going backward for as long as Page had kept them. If Page truly were the beating heart of a Trump-Russia conspiracy, then there would likely be email evidence the FBI could use.

The point about emails holds my attention. Page may have been cc'ed on all sorts of things going back months, so legitimate access to that may have been investigatory gold.

Comments

[sbw]

Thank you, Clarice. From your keyboard to my FB page and Twitter.

[Old Lurker]

sbw "Thank you, Clarice. From your keyboard to my FB page and Twitter."

From the ONE guy here who should agree with me!

:-)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Joan Armatrading seems to specialize in those free flowing, melody free, introspective why-do-I-love-such-an-a-hole songs that pseudo-intellectual, New Yorker reading, upper middle class, prog white women seem to love, probably because they sound like the interminably tedious conversations pseudo intellectual prog white women have.

To paraphrase Raylan if everyone you have a relationship with is an a-hole; you're the a-hole.

[Momto2]

Since the news outlets are mostly partisan on steroids for the democrats, what I do is use Twitter to find out what's actually going on.

I liked that part of Newt's speech where he admonished the R's to realize and accept that the media WAS a part of the Dem party and just carry on. That is exactly what I have done. I NEVER sit down and watch any news program. Sometimes I hear or see a short clip that someone else has on but I immediately put up my filter (***This is Probably A Lie or at least is twisted***)

It is very dangerous and naive for any conservative politician to think of or treat the media as an ally or even as a fair party. They must assume they are engaging with the enemy when they go on these shows. Sadly, few of them seem to believe this obvious truth.

[Tom Bowler]

Great pieces, Clarice. So I was wondering, is lying to the FISC an intelligence gathering method that endangers national security if revealed?

[Old Lurker]

M2M "Sadly, few of them seem to believe this obvious truth."

Darwin will deal with those.

[Momto2]

Clarice's Pieces were wonderful today - I wish everyone would read it!

Hooray for opening with the Haman example ~ Brilliant!

Here is the link for anyone who missed it above:

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/the_constitutional_crisis_the_fourth_estate_birthed.html

[Old Lurker]

Tom B, if lying to Tim Russert almost sent Scooter to jail, what happens if a lawyer lies to a FISA Judge?

[sbw]

Attended the funeral funeral of the “Granny” of one of our son’s friends at an American Baptist church in town yesterday, a congregation I had never visited. (She was a wonderful lady who cared for the boy after his mom died when he was young.)

Best thing we did in a long time. Wonderful people, service, music, preaching, fellowship, warmth, humor ... I could go on. Character and class.

BTW, Marcus takes after his grandma and lights up with a smile for any reason and every reason.

[sbw]

Preview is your friend.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The vastly underrated Alison Moyet has a similar but to me more enjoyable voice as on Yaz's marvelous Mr. Blue.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

A couple of thoughts about Twitter, younger voters, etc.

I think rse could confirm this, but over the years with the use of the internet, I have noticed a shortening of my attention span.

The internet trains your brain to receive information in short bursts. Many of the people on Twitter who are most effective instinctively use this characteristic and post information in short bursts linked together (threads). For younger people it is more effective than linking to an essay.

Regarding my own short attention=span, I have mae an effort to read novels which are in actual book form. It takes me a while to get back into the pattern of reading paragraphs of text, but not only are the novels enjoyable, it's good for my brain.

[sbw]

From the ONE guy here who should agree with me!

I do! I do! And with rse, too.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Bingo, Tom Bowler.

[Extraneus]

This is a thread about Conteras, the judge who okayed the FISA request.

How do we know this? All I saw was from a link to an oddball site I'd never heard of.

Btw, I suspect he's a dirty judge and hope we find out all about him and his deeds. Just don't know how we can claim this fact just yet.

As far as I know, none of the materials on which the memo was based have been released to the public yet. Isn't that true?

[Tom Bowler]

I always thought Libby was guilty of criminal disagreement with Russert, not lying to him, OL. :)

[Tom Bowler]

AS to what happens to a lawyer who lies to a FISA judge, my bet is nothing.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

More precisely, Dems like Holder view themselves and their party as the only legitimate wielders of power in the nation and so any exposure of how they grasp and hold onto that power is endangering national security, because they are the nation.
The rest of us they tolerate...for now.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Some interesting legal comments on this TWITTER THREAD Old Lurker, which I have not seen written in any news source (scoop possible here, sbw!) and which are intriguing. The writer says he practices in the federal courts.

https://twitter.com/KGBTechnoFrog/status/959883183809540101

[jimmyk on iPhone]

"Boy do I miss old fashioned newspapers and mags which told a story in long organized essay fashion"

It's not Twitter's fault the newspapers (with one exception) all went insane.

[Porchlight]

LOL, Iggy at 9:33. Why is it that white prog women love that stuff? Because certainly that is 90% of the audience.

Laura Nyro, too.

[Robin, eff 'em all]

Jim in NJ:

Thank you for the story about the Mystic Massacre. It illustrates my theory about colonization and how the tribal societies were unable to detect the dangers of the explorers and sought to utilize them to further their own battles against other tribes. For me, it explains much about western civilization’s expansion into other continents, while having limited success in the Far East.

United we stand, divided we fall can be applied many places.

It also explains the careful and calculated measures Sessions and Trump are taking to deal with the corrupt rot in our government agencies. We do not operate in a vacuum and have many enemies who would take advantage (and probably have) of our weaknesses and divisions. They cannot destroy vast amounts of the deep state without making sure our enemies cannot take advantage of the situation. Faith is what we need now.

[Porchlight]

Excellent comment, Robin. Thanks.

[Robin, eff 'em all]

Porch, I hope you have an awesome New England dinner! I bet your weather doesn’t require the stick to your ribs qualities!

[Captain Hate]

if lying to Tim Russert almost sent Scooter to jail

Almost? Didn't he in fact serve time since GWB cowardly refused to act on his part?

[Extraneus]

Any comments on how the Rs are doing against the onslaught on the Sunday shows?

[Janet 🚬]

Let me be a curmudgeon & point out that decades of conservative writers pumping out their long articles & their books with 102 chapters, proving they were RIGHT 10 years after the event, has gotten us where we are today.

Some good short, "That is a damn lie!" is refreshing to me.

So?
Prove it!

Sowell's - At what cost?
Compared to what?
What hard evidence do you have?

[Captain Hate]

Although I assume that no news is good news, was Kiwi's successful teeth and ear cleaning ever reported?

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

I would really, REALLY appreciate it if the lawyers here would read the Twittter thread I posted at 9:49.

I am not legally trained nor do I play one on TV. The information on that thread regarding the actions of Judge Sullivan (Contrera's replacement) seem pretty interesting. I am wondering if that recusal and replacement were more important than we knew.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Two thoughts inspired by clarice's excellent pieces;

1. Can we stop calling it the "unverified" Steele dossier and instead substitute "false" or "Russian propaganda" instead?

2. The appeal to the left that they should also be concerned that these abuses might one day be applied to them is not going to work. They know Hoover and Nixon were both outliers while corrupt scum like Clinton, LBJ, Obama, FDR and the Kennedys are the core of the Dem party.

These abuses exist precisely because they know they'll never be used against them and there is virtually no chance they'll ever be punished for engaging in them.

[Janet 🚬]

No. Libby didn't go to jail. GWB commuted his sentence.
He was fined & lost his law license.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/02/libby.sentence/

[Bubarooni]

I'm ar a volleyball tournament till late afternoon. A synopsis on Sunday shows would be awesome!

[Captain Hate]

Thanks Janet. As usual Plame's fat turd husband mischaracterized what Libby did compared to his partner in obesity, Armitage. GWB was still a coward and RINO lowlife for not granting a full pardon.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Captain Hate,

Of all the actions Bush took or didn't take, the lack of a full pardon for Libby was the worst.

It WAS cowardly.

[Captain Hate]

From the Horde's book thread:

Because we had the Nunes memo released this week I am going to recommend The New Class: Analysis of the Communist System by Milovan Djilas. Djilas was a partisan during the war and a member of the politburo in Yugoslavia under Tito. He argues that instead of creating a classless society, the communists have replaced the capitalists with a New Class of rulers: the bureaucrat. As Marx predicted, the ruling class bureaucrats act in their own class interest by expanding their power and controlling institutions to consolidate their power. It is interesting history, and an insight into the mindset of Comey, McCabe, Strzok and the rest of the swamp.
Posted by: Bucky at February 04, 2018 10:09 AM (/aiGx)

[jimmyk on iPhone]

Clarice's Pieces was great as far as I could get with it. But then the Google pop up ads stopped me from finishing it. Suspicious.

On Twitter again, I do find it the format annoying, but it is useful as a newsfeed with links to more in depth articles.

[Momto2]

A bit OT but has anyone read Libby's novel, "The Apprentice?"

He did get his license reinstated as per Clarice here:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/11/scooter_libby_reinstated_to_the_bar.html

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Animated cartoon, non-political.

https://twitter.com/MysteriousLucid/status/960167119378944002

[Bunky]

Trump should pardon Libby this month. For justice of course but also the mind f/-k it would give the left

[Extraneus]

IANAL but that exculpatory evidence order is pretty interesting, MM. Has that been discussed here before? It's from December, 5 days after Contreras was recused. (I don't think we know whether he recused himself or not.)

[Momto2]

This is why we can't have nice things...

https://nypost.com/2018/02/03/pc-culture-killed-our-schools-father-daughter-dance-parents/

[Extraneus]

Gowdy on Face the Nation:

“I get that Adam Schiff and others are worried about what’s not in my memo,” Gowdy said on “Face The Nation.” “I wish that they were equally concerned about what’s not in the FISA application”

...

“But it’s both the Steele dossier, and who paid for it, and whether or not it was vetted, but it’s also what was not in it. This is an application to a court. So, I get that Adam Schiff and others are worried about what’s not in my memo,” Gowdy said.

“I wish that they were equally concerned about what’s not in the FISA application, which is a lot of really important information about the source, and its sub-sources, and the fact that he was hired by the DNC and the Clinton campaign, and the fact that he was biased against President Trump. That is all information that the– that the finder of fact is entitled to.”

http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/04/gowdy-nunes-fisa-memo/

[Extraneus]

Maybe Gowdy is retiring to become the Special Counsel for the FBI and DoJ. :-)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--A synopsis on Sunday shows would be awesome!--

Trump is a Hitlerian maniac, the FBI is the most important institution in American history and Devin Nunes is Putin's toady for suggesting Trump is not Hitler and the FBI is not the only thing between us and the Fourth Reich.
Oh, and isn't it great we have a free, unbiased and independent press to hold the Hitlerian maniac to account?

[Clarice Feldman]

Thanks.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

l B. Pollak‏ @joelpollak

Dick Durbin says the fact that the dossier was paid for by Hilary Clinton and the Democrats is only relevant to a judge or jury - i.e. once Trump is charged with a crime. Disgusting @CNNSotu
===============================

I see this slimeball has resurfaaced.

[Bubarooni]

Thanks Ig. Same as last week's synopsis, eh?

[James D.]

I stand 100% with OL @ 9:28

Yes, Twitter is a valuable tool for our side, and I appreciate it for that. But on a purely personal level, I absolutely HATE it. I find it impossible to follow conversations there.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Chadwick Moore‏Verified account @Chadwick_Moore

Wow. @MeetThePress is out of the gate this morning running at the #FISAMemo with fists and elbows. This week will prove to even moderates that the media isn't just a little biased, but an actual propaganda wing of the Democrat party.

[Clarice Feldman]

CH, Libby did not serve time though he paid a substantial fine. Bush did not pardon him but did commute his sentence. Cowardly.

[Jane]

Kiwi is fine, thanks for asking. They cancelled her cleaning on Monday due to bad blood work (kidneys). I fretted all day Tuesday (planning on donating one of my kidneys to her) until the doc called at 7:30 Tuesday night to tell me her kidneys are fine but there is a creatin problem - but that she can get her teeth and ears done.

Completed on Friday. She was high as a kite when I brought her home, but back to her very cool self today.

[Clarice Feldman]

jimmyk--instal ad block

I don't find anything nefarious about the J Sullivan action-

I do think Comey and Lynch and McCabe might be guilty of perjury re the FISC applications. As for Rosenstein signing on to the extension request, it may well be that he was not fully aware of the underlying facts, was handed it and treated it as a pro forma, routine matter. we'll see, of course, but that's my present impression.

[Jane]

I watched the first 5 minutes of MTP - Brennen and Priebus scheduled. I only lasted 5 minutes because the host started out by stating lies as facts and I couldn't bear it.

[Momto2]

Comey brags about his cufflinks! So clueless - I cannot fathom being this out-of-touch.

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2018/02/04/wrong-cuffs-james-comey-brags-about-wearing-his-fbi-cufflinks-gets-hilariously-dragged/

[Robin, eff 'em all]

This is also why we can’t have nice things:

http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2018/01/29/new-project-planned-place-ithaca-musical-hunchback-notre-dame-cancelled-amid-outcry-diversify-castin/1074212001/

[Extraneus]

So many confusing pieces out there.

Here's Gateway Pundit saying that Contreras "recused himself."

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/02/obama-appointed-fisa-court-judges-involved-numerous-questionable-controversial-actions/

He links to his own earlier post:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/judge-presided-michael-flynns-case-resigned-today-obama-appointee-also-sat-fisa-court/

The earlier post links to this tweet:

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras of DC recuses from fmr Trump national security advisor Michael T. Flynn's criminal case, court says. Emmet G. Sullivan, a 1994 Clinton appointee and fmr Reagan and Bush I judicial appointee, takes over by random draw https://t.co/4PWa0CLIPI pic.twitter.com/XubybAtXIc

— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) December 7, 2017

Which links a photo of the communication from the U.S. District Court:

(Click here for full size.)

It doesn't say anything about Contreras recusing himself. It says "Contreras is no longer assigned to the case."

[Extraneus]

Oh brother.

Scaramucci to Trump: Don’t Fire Rosenstein Over the Memo

[Captain Hate]

Trump should pardon Libby this month. For justice of course but also the mind f/-k it would give the left

It would be the ultimate grand master troll move.

[Clarice Feldman]

FISA Memo Fallout: Fear of our own intelligence agencies has been normalized
https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/02/fisa-memo-fallout-fea . . .

[Clarice Feldman]

EXt--the accounts which were credible said "{he was recused", not "he recused himself". Looks like the chief judge of the district removed him. Contreras took the plea deal and if his removal was based on his role on the FISC that approved the warrant, he should have recused himself before doing that. Some very fishy inexplicable stuff going on with the Flynn case. I think Wictor is something of a crackpot and while I can't fully accept his theory on the case, we are right to keep an eye on what's happening with it IMO.

[Clarice Feldman]

I recall DeGenova saying he confirmed that Contreras was removed from the case,and that he did not recuse himself,

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Chuck Ross
‏ @ChuckRossDC
4m4 minutes ago

Trey Gowdy w/ two tidbits of news in @FaceTheNation interview: 1.) the disclosure that dossier was politically motivated was contained in a footnote in FISA application; 2.) he has never met President Trump.

=======================================

1. How come he's the only one who noticed the footnote. I think this comment smells fidhy.

2. He has NEVER met President Trump, as the head of a Congressional committee and Trump having been in office for over a year? What is THAT crap?

I now am leaning towards putting a black hat on Gowdy and letting him ride off into private practice.

[Extraneus]

Thanks, Clarice. That's what I remembered, too. Hard to keep track.

[Another Bob]

Hey OL, I did a little writing about our trip on the old thread.

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2018/02/please-retire-to-a-secure-reading-area.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2d73b44970c#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2d73b44970c

Lemme know if you need more.

[lurkersusie]

Knowing the information had a political motivation of some
sort is a far cry from knowing it was paid for by HRC/DNC
and compiled by a firm concurrently on the Russian payroll.

[Clarice Feldman]

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸‏Verified account
@JackPosobiec
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Scoop: FBI agents told McCabe if the case went to grand jury they would testify on Flynn’s behalf that he did not intend to mislead them. 302 was then altered. Days later edited 302 details leaked to WaPo
8:27 PM - 2 Feb 2018

[Extraneus]

"An Organized Effort By Republicans To Obstruct": Democrats Draft Talking Points To Refute FISA Memo

Nadler's talking points - which are separate from the official response by House Intel Committee Democrats - call the GOP-authored memo "deeply misleading," according to Bloomberg, and claims that Republicans are now "part and parcel to an organized effort to obstruct" Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“Until now, we could only really accuse House Republicans of ignoring the President’s open attempts to block the Russia investigation,” Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee said in the four-page letter released on Saturday. The document provided a point-by-point rebuttal to the Republican memo alleging bias in Mueller’s probe of possible links between Russia and Trump’s campaign, according to Bloomberg's summary.

“With the release of the Nunes memo -- a backhanded attempt to cast doubt on the origins of the Special Counsel’s investigation -- we can only conclude that House Republicans are complicit in the effort to help the President avoid accountability for his actions and for the actions of his campaign,” reads the talking points.

The "Nunes memo," as Democrats call it, claims that the FBI obtained a FISA warrant against one-time low-level Trump advisor, Carter Page.

“Carter Page was, more likely than not, an agent of a foreign power. The Department of Justice thought so. A federal judge agreed. The consensus, supported by the facts, forms the basis of the warrant issued,” Nadler writes in the rebuttal.

More at the link.

[Clarice Feldman]

If Posobiec's scoop is right, the pre-sentence investigation presented by Mueller to the Court would have to reveal this information.

[Another Bob]

Damn shame none of those FBI agents will come forward, Clarice.

I thought they would all resign if they found the FBI was dirty?

[Captain Hate]

I wish I had faith in Gowdy to be motivated by something other than to be thought of as the most enigmatic person in the room.

[Another Bob]

Nadler's talking points amount to shouting the stuff the dems have already been pushing, just louder.

[Captain Hate]

Being a hero isn't for everybody, AB.

[Clarice Feldman]

If the minority report had been made available (does it even exist?) to all the committee and the Congress as Nunes' report was and transmitted to the wh for clearance, he'd have an argument, He doesn't.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

I have Adblock on my PC, but not iPhone. Is there a reliable one for the iPhone?

Nadler is full of BS. After 5 years, where are the charges against Page? Or even evidence?

[Another Bob]

CH, at minimum Gowdy is a show pony. Wants to look good, but does no real work.

Still not convinced that he isn't one of the many so-called "tea party" candidates who promptly became swamp creatures after being elected.

[James D.]

CH @ 11:38

But they tell us all the time that they ARE heroes. And they are given power and privileges (and pay and pension) accordingly. If they don’t want to be heroes, they can turn in their badges and refuse their lavish (taxpayer funded) pensions.

[-peter]

racing through the threads,
skimming as I go,
Not going to watch the super bowl
since this morning's New york Post gives a preview of all the commercials, and they all stink.

http://nyp.st/2GKutwA (also at the LUN)

And I am pretty sure Pink will mangle the National Anthem. So looks like a good day to catch up on reading.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Clarice,

I didn't mean to infer that Sullivan's actions were nefarious. What it looked like to me was that the judge he replaced was the one who had some shady actions.

I also want to know more about those 302's being altered, especially what portions were changed.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
2m2 minutes ago

My thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims involved in this mornings train collision in South Carolina. Thank you to our incredible First Responders for the work they’ve done!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Progs still think Sean Spicier is spicy.
Hilarious.

[Clarice Feldman]

so far we only have twitters on FLynn from Cernowich and Posobiac but Herridge has reported the agents who interviewed him thought he was not lying; other accounts that agents were told to rewrite 302 reports and the inexplicable delay in the Flynn sentencing. And of course the sleazy way the interview with FLynn was conducted which suggests they really wanted to nab him..

[Extraneus]

Trey Gowdy: There are 5 FBI employees the House Intelligence Committee is looking at, not the whole bureau

“People can quibble about Andy McCabe, I spent 15 hours with him in two different interviews, he is a professional witness even though I disagree with some of the decision he made,” Gowdy said. “I think we’ve got to get to some point in life where you can disagree with the decision-making process that someone engaged in without believing that they are corrupt or somehow part of the deep state, whatever that means.”

[Giacomo]

Carter Page was, more likely than not, an agent of a foreign power.“

i thought the feds had an eye on carter since 2013? If he was more likely than not a foreign agent was he not charged with anything in the 3 years before the 2016 fisa app? Did the Feds warn the Trump campaign if they were so concerned? or did they need carter because the primary objective was to use the intel community to spy on a presidential candidate?

If the Dems say the judge knew the dossier was a hit job paid for by the Dems then the judge(s) needs to be questioned. we are not talking about spying on Carter here, we are talking about spying on a Presidential candidate with an unverified dossier paid for by the opposing candidate.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Clarice,

This is why I am so appreciative of the people on Twitter and Sundance at Conservative Treehouse. I simply cannot keep up with everything, especially with the legal actions because I miss the significance of certain events and filings.

[Rocco]

Wow, and then Mueller delays Flynn's sentencing.

[Another Bob]

If Gowdy thinks this is a problem with the "decisionmaking process", I need him out of politics sooner rather than later.

SMH

[Another Bob]

Rocco, Mueller didn't delay it, the parties agreed to delay it.

Whether that's because the new judge has this "altered 302" information in the pre-sentencing report, we likely will never know.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Giacomo,

That is what I asked yesterday. Why did they not WARN the President? I wish someone would ask the FBI people that question.

[narciso]

Because page was a dangle as was papafob, the idea was to provoke action. Mostly he,was ignored that's why he had to inflate his performance.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld has passed away at the age of 91. Long-time viewers will remember he used to be on Fox on the weekends with Jamie Colby, giving medical commentary and advice.

[narciso]

That explains why page was so provocatively cloying in that Moscow speech, why papafob allegedly blabbed to the Aussie version of lurch.

[lurkersusie]

This

Michael P Pregent
@MPPregent
Bar for FBI probe was pretty low: Papadopoulos investigation based on what an Aussie heard him embellish while drunk in a bar - Page investigation based on what Russian intel said about him "he's an idiot" and Steele Dossier on par with Fire and Fury

[Old Lurker]

Tom B "AS to what happens to a lawyer who lies to a FISA judge, my bet is nothing."

Ain't secret clubs meeting in secret grand?

[anonamom]

Trump can pardon Libby, right?

[Beasts of England]

Great Pieces, Clarice!!

[jimmyk]

Seems like Gowdy is just angling for more invitations to come on Sunday MSM gabfests. Maybe he'll get a job with CNN.

[Rocco]

Ahh thanks AB, curious timing to say the least.

Regarding Rosenstein, I don't trust him based on Presidents Trumps tweet in July, "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt" And after we find out he signed the FISA, President Trump, when asked if he should be fired says, "You figure that one out."

And Mueller goes back to Uranium One so I don't trust him either.

My 2 cents

[lurkersusie]

This morning on Fox and Friends

Sara Carter: The second memo that the House Intelligence Committee is putting together. We’re still waiting for the Inspector General’s report that is going to be coming out. That’s going to be directed at Andrew McCabe, now former director Andrew McCabe, and others. And I think they’re terrified what’s going to come out here.

Here’s what we know. There was a second dossier that was put together by a person named Cody Shearer. He is a very controversial activist, a former reporter who worked with the Clintons in the past. And the FBI was also using this second dossier as part of what they were doing to back up the other dossier by Christopher Steele, an unverified dossier. And we believe Chistopher Steele was also sending information to the State Department in bits and snippets. But I think the most important thing here and one of the things they are going to be looking at very closely are the leaks. There were a number of leaks out unverified information by possibly senior members of the Obama administration.

[Old Lurker]

ABob, your 11:22 was fantastic! Thanks.

[narciso]

So how does one continue to make money as a,consultant or an asset, you tell people what they already want to hear.

Steeles reputation was that of a staunch anticorruption fighter, the expectation relayed down the line was to find evidence of possible state connected or you don't get paid.