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Trump Tower Russia meeting: At least eight people in the room

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Starks 2 days ago#1
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/donald-trump-jr-meeting/

Washington (CNN)The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort included at least eight people.

The revelation of additional participants comes as The Associated Press first reported Friday that a Russian-American lobbyist named Rinat Akhmetshin said he also attended the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. CNN has reached out to Akhmetshin for comment.
So far acknowledged in attendance: Trump Jr., Kushner, Manafort, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Akhmetshin and publicist Rob Goldstone, who helped set up the meeting. A source familiar with the circumstances told CNN there were at least two other people in the room as well, a translator and a representative of the Russian family who had asked Goldstone to set up the meeting. The source did not provide the names.


Person #8 to be ID'ed shortly.
https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/885941730108997636

But Jr. told Hannity the other day that there was nothing else to this!
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Bullet_Wing 2 days ago#2
Starks posted...
Person #8 to be ID'ed shortly.
https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/885941730108997636

But Jr. told Hannity the other day that there was nothing else to this!

Gotta be Preibus
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Oh man, this may be a smoking gun after all.

Not that anybody will do s***, but stil.
MegatokyoEd 2 days ago#4
Going off CNN the eight are:

Kushner
Manafort
Jr. 
Veselnitskaya 
Akhmetshin 
Goldstone
Representative of the Agalarov's
Translator
[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]
kaiolino 2 days ago#5
Remember when this was a discussion about adoption between two people
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Starks 2 days ago#6
It's an Agalarov representative, don't get too excited. But yes, Priebus was in the building.

Russia must really want their compounds in my neighborhood back with all these leaks.
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OffDogs 2 days ago#7
kaiolino posted...
Remember when this was a discussion about abortion between two people

Adoption
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Starks 2 days ago#8
"Mr. Agalarov needs you to make a new pee fetish tape and explain the contents to him in excruciating detail. Just like last time."
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MegatokyoEd 2 days ago#9
Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) defended President Trump against allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia, saying "everybody colludes" in Washington.


http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/342090-gop-rep-on-trump-russia-collusion-everybody-colludes-in-this-city

We're reaching maximum spin.
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MegatokyoEd posted...
Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) defended President Trump against allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia, saying "everybody colludes" in Washington.


http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/342090-gop-rep-on-trump-russia-collusion-everybody-colludes-in-this-city

We're reaching maximum spin.

Feels like it's been a century since Trump was talking about draining the swamp
Starks 2 days ago#11
You guys gave up Cantor for a Brat
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Heineken14 2 days ago#12
kaiolino posted...
Remember when this was a discussion about adoption between two people


Seriously. It's completely insane how they have lied about sooooo f***ing much WITH JUST THIS ONE MEETING. Let alone their previous 6 months. Then add in the year or so of pre-president Donnie. 

And his cultists have the nerve to talk about Hillary's lies. LOL
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Starks posted...
Person #8 to be ID'ed shortly.
https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/885941730108997636


It's none other than Red Herring!
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kaiolino 2 days ago#14
Heineken14 posted...
kaiolino posted...
Remember when this was a discussion about adoption between two people


Seriously. It's completely insane how they have lied about sooooo f***ing much WITH JUST THIS ONE MEETING. Let alone their previous 6 months. Then add in the year or so of pre-president Donnie. 

And his cultists have the nerve to talk about Hillary's lies. LOL


Trumpists for 18 months: WHAT IS SHE HIDING!?

Trumpists now: nothingburger
Von23 2 days ago#15
MegatokyoEd posted...
Going off CNN the eight are:

Kushner
Manafort
Jr. 
Veselnitskaya 
Akhmetshin 
Goldstone
Representative of the Agalarov's
Translator


Turns out that Translator worked for the State Department and the FBI at one point.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/885935287137955841
"Decorating your own meltdowns is all well and good,but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic."
aarrgus 2 days ago#16
Rob_the_Ninja posted...
Starks posted...
Person #8 to be ID'ed shortly.
https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/885941730108997636


It's none other than Red Herring!
www5Qx2


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Starks 2 days ago#17
Von23 posted...
Turns out that Translator worked for the State Department and the FBI at one point.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/885935287137955841

That doesn't seem to be a red flag. If anything, that's a mitigating choice.
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MegatokyoEd 2 days ago#18
Von23 posted...
MegatokyoEd posted...
Going off CNN the eight are:

Kushner
Manafort
Jr. 
Veselnitskaya 
Akhmetshin 
Goldstone
Representative of the Agalarov's
Translator


Turns out that Translator worked for the State Department and the FBI at one point.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/885935287137955841


Call me when there's an actual source.
[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]
Starks 2 days ago#19
The translator already issued a non-denial and cited client privilege.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/live-updates-washington-dc-week-of-071017

"I am a freelance interpreter and an independent contractor," he told BuzzFeed News. "I am bound by non-disclosure agreements and am not able to comment on my clients."
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EmDubyaSee 2 days ago#20
CNN. Fake news.


Come to me with a real source sometime.
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treewojima 2 days ago#21
Starks posted...
You guys gave up Cantor for a Brat


he's not in my district, but I'm still ashamed that he was the best replacement for Cantor my state could come up with
LightSnake 2 days ago#22
MegatokyoEd posted...
Going off CNN the eight are:

Kushner
Manafort
Jr. 
Veselnitskaya 
Akhmetshin 
Goldstone
Representative of the Agalarov's
Translator


All people very, very passionate about adoptions.
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Please if there is any cosmic justice, let it be Priebus, Conway, or Gorka.
Gryffindor1 2 days ago#24
MegatokyoEd posted...
Going off CNN the eight are:

Kushner
Manafort
Jr. 
Veselnitskaya 
Akhmetshin 
Goldstone
Representative of the Agalarov's
Translator


I can see the Trumpkins new excuse. "The translator wasn't very good. Trump Jr. got a bad translation and didn't know what the Russians were actually saying."
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reallydontknow posted...
Please if there is any cosmic justice, let it be Priebus, Conway, or Gorka.



https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/740919802533908480
Starks 2 days ago#26
Something happened at this meeting. Trump's tenor and ferocity changed almost immediately in the days leading up to it and afterwards.
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Starks 2 days ago#27
Full disclosure: I was at the meeting
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Clutch 2 days ago#28
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting. Trump's tenor and ferocity changed almost immediately in the days leading up to it and afterwards.


Lol, who's words are you parroting?
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Von23 2 days ago#29
So, Akhmetshin worked for Fusion GPS?


http://www.mediaite.com/online/rinat-akhmetshin-reportedly-worked-with-company-that-made-trump-pee-dossier/


Yeah, the people not Manafort, Jr and Jared are pretty interesting....
"Decorating your own meltdowns is all well and good,but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic."
Starks 2 days ago#30
It must have been very awkward in that room. The Elder agalarov was fingered in that dossier for the piss details.
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themastah 2 days ago#31
Rob_the_Ninja posted...
Starks posted...
Person #8 to be ID'ed shortly.
https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/885941730108997636


It's none other than Red Herring!
www5Qx2

Nice.
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lukabrosci 2 days ago#32
Hillary and the legion of doom

Poor Donnie jr had no chance
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Cynyn 2 days ago#34
Rob_the_Ninja posted...
Starks posted...
Person #8 to be ID'ed shortly.
https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/885941730108997636


It's none other than Red Herring!
www5Qx2

Lmao
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sfcalimari 2 days ago#35
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.
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TonyKojima 2 days ago#37
sfcalimari posted...
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

The smoking gun. We got him!!!!
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sfcalimari posted...
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.


wait what? Isn't this kinda big?
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Von23 2 days ago#39
TonyKojima posted...
sfcalimari posted...
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.
"Decorating your own meltdowns is all well and good,but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic."
Von23 posted...
TonyKojima posted...
sfcalimari posted...
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.

so then the lawyer was

get this

lying
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Von23 2 days ago#41
Genericgamer667 posted...
Von23 posted...
TonyKojima posted...
sfcalimari posted...
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.

so then the lawyer was

get this

lying


Or maybe 

*GASP*

IT'S FAKE NEWS!!!


Ya think?
"Decorating your own meltdowns is all well and good,but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic."
so you trust a random Russian lawyer of the freaking AP?

Do you really think all those people who were there were just disucsssing adoption?
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Genericgamer667 posted...
so you trust a random Russian lawyer of the freaking AP?

Do you really think all those people who were there were just disucsssing adoption?


Why are you asking him? Of course he trusts the Russians.
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TonyKojima posted...
The smoking gun. We got him!!!!

Glenn Greenwald: Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Aren't a "Smoking Gun" or Evidence of Criminal Collusion
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/7/13/glenn_greenwald_donald_trump_jrs_emails#transcript
You must be really Gullible to believe you got him.
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wally 2 days ago#45
KamenRiderBlade posted...
TonyKojima posted...
The smoking gun. We got him!!!!

Glenn Greenwald: Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Aren't a "Smoking Gun" or Evidence of Criminal Collusion
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/7/13/glenn_greenwald_donald_trump_jrs_emails#transcript
You must be really Gullible to believe you got him.


Oh, somebody said this wasn't a smoking gun before new evidence of this being worse than previously believed was released? Well that's that then.
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sfcalimari posted...
Starks posted...
Something happened at this meeting.


The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.


I have a feeling that Trump folks did not feel good about claiming illicit funds from Russia going into DNC. Probably way too close to home since they were more likely to be guilty of same. They probably wanted something different.....not Russia related.
OffDogs 2 days ago#47
If this is true manafort is f***ed right?
That Russian lawyer is a hottie
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TonyKojima 2 days ago#48
KamenRiderBlade posted...
TonyKojima posted...
The smoking gun. We got him!!!!

Glenn Greenwald: Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Aren't a "Smoking Gun" or Evidence of Criminal Collusion
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/7/13/glenn_greenwald_donald_trump_jrs_emails#transcript
You must be really Gullible to believe you got him.

Seriously Glenn Greenwald??? Hahahahahaha
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Wolfwood824 2 days ago#49
wally posted...
KamenRiderBlade posted...
TonyKojima posted...
The smoking gun. We got him!!!!

Glenn Greenwald: Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Aren't a "Smoking Gun" or Evidence of Criminal Collusion
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/7/13/glenn_greenwald_donald_trump_jrs_emails#transcript
You must be really Gullible to believe you got him.


Oh, somebody said this wasn't a smoking gun before new evidence of this being worse than previously believed was released? Well that's that then.

Not to mention Greenwald is a useful idiot for anti-western interests.
Starks 2 days ago#50
He's already f***ed a few times over if people ever pull weight with his activities in Ukraine and that metaphorically blood-soaked black book.
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    kaiolino 2 days ago#51
    Glenn Greenwalt is on Putin's payroll.
    Von23 posted...
    Genericgamer667 posted...
    Von23 posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    sfcalimari posted...
    Starks posted...
    Something happened at this meeting.


    The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

    The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


    Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.

    so then the lawyer was

    get this

    lying


    Or maybe 

    *GASP*

    IT'S FAKE NEWS!!!


    Ya think?


    Why are you so willing to trust the word of a Russian lawyer with strong Kremlin connections?
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    blood_and_bones posted...
    sfcalimari posted...
    Starks posted...
    Something happened at this meeting.


    The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.


    I have a feeling that Trump folks did not feel good about claiming illicit funds from Russia going into DNC. Probably way too close to home since they were more likely to be guilty of same. They probably wanted something different.....not Russia related.


    Kushner and Manafort probably thought "this would be playing with fire, we can't touch this one"....
    TonyKojima posted...
    Seriously Glenn Greenwald??? Hahahahahaha

    He's way more credible then you.


    Wolfwood824 posted...
    Not to mention Greenwald is a useful idiot for anti-western interests.

    He's also the guy who helped reveal all the wrong doings our 3 letter spy agencies are doing by spying on Americans through the Edward Snowden links.

    I think he's more patriotic than most folks and have done more to help defend our right to privacy.

    Or does that not matter to you?
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    TonyKojima 2 days ago#55
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    Seriously Glenn Greenwald??? Hahahahahaha

    He's way more credible then you.


    Wolfwood824 posted...
    Not to mention Greenwald is a useful idiot for anti-western interests.

    He's also the guy who helped reveal all the wrong doings our 3 letter spy agencies are doing by spying on Americans through the Edward Snowden links.

    I think he's more patriotic than most folks and have done more to help defend our right to privacy.

    Or does that not matter to you?

    He is a nutcase. And for the record I think snowden should be tried for treason and sentenced to death if convicted.
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    MegatokyoEd 2 days ago#56
    Greenwald is far left "both sides" nausea at its worst.
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    TonyKojima posted...
    He is a nutcase. And for the record I think snowden should be tried for treason and sentenced to death if convicted.
    Careful, you sound like a conservative with that kind of rhetoric.

    Snowden is a Freedom Fighter / WhistleBlower IMO and has done plenty of good for this world.

    I still can't believe you support unlawful spying on citizens by our 3 letter agencies.

    Snowden should be protected as a WhistleBlower IMO and given a pardon for all the good he has done in revealing the anti-constitutional crimes that our 3 letter agencies have been doing in secret.
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    BREAKING: 8th person at TrumpTower meeting identified as "Collusivov Treasonovich"
    https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/885964205530140672
    Starks 2 days ago#59
    Greenwald and Eichenwald can have each other

    Journalists can be too dramatic at times
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    TonyKojima 2 days ago#60
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    He is a nutcase. And for the record I think snowden should be tried for treason and sentenced to death if convicted.
    Careful, you sound like a conservative with that kind of rhetoric.

    Snowden is a Freedom Fighter / WhistleBlower IMO and has done plenty of good for this world.

    I still can't believe you support unlawful spying on citizens by our 3 letter agencies.

    One has nothing to do with the other. Snowden stole documents and fled to Russia. How many lives did he put in danger? How many deaths is he responsible for all because he wanted to play spy.
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    TonyKojima posted...
    One has nothing to do with the other. Snowden stole documents and fled to Russia. How many lives did he put in danger? How many deaths is he responsible for all because he wanted to play spy.
    Obama and his State Department trapped him in Russia by revoking his Passport.
    He didn't want to remain there.
    He was on his way to somewhere else.

    And so far, there has been no deaths attributable to his release of information.

    And how many laws did our 3 letter agencies violate?
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    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    One has nothing to do with the other. Snowden stole documents and fled to Russia. How many lives did he put in danger? How many deaths is he responsible for all because he wanted to play spy.
    Obama and his State Department trapped him in Russia by revoking his Passport.
    He didn't want to remain there.
    He was on his way to somewhere else.

    And so far, there has been no deaths attributable to his release of information.

    And how many laws did our 3 letter agencies violate?


    He was certainly free to hand himself in to US authorities. Not having a passport isn't preventing that. He also didn't need to fly through Russia to go somewhere else. 

    Basically losing all SIGINT collection in Afghanistan didn't result in lost lives? You are naive. 

    Name some laws our 3 letter agencies broke that Snowden revealed.
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    I saw you walkin into Trump Tower (It wasn't me)
    I saw you meetin with the Russians (It wasn't me)
    I saw you talkin to their lawyer (It wasn't me)
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    Name some laws our 3 letter agencies broke that Snowden revealed.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
    The spying they do on US Citizens is Unconstitutional without a warrant.

    Mass Spying shouldn't be allowed on US Citizens, period.

    Spy on the rest of the world, we as citizens most likely don't care.

    But when it comes to us, you should need a Warrant to even begin spying on us.

    But they were given nearly cart blanche power to spy on us.
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    Basically losing all SIGINT collection in Afghanistan didn't result in lost lives? You are naive.
    If it was that bad, it should be provable that Snowden's action resulted in lost lives.
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    Siaperaz 2 days ago#66
    Hahahahahha, liberals have become parody accounts of themselves.
    GO KNICKS!!!
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    Name some laws our 3 letter agencies broke that Snowden revealed.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
    The spying they do on US Citizens is Unconstitutional without a warrant.

    Mass Spying shouldn't be allowed on US Citizens, period.

    Spy on the rest of the world, we as citizens most likely don't care.

    But when it comes to us, you should need a Warrant to even begin spying on us.

    But they were given nearly cart blanche power to spy on us.


    No they weren't. Telecommunication companies provided the metadata and they needed a judge to sign off if they wanted to obtain the name of a suspected US citizen, and at that point NSA is most likely passing them off to FBI who has the mandate to investigate US citizens. 

    There are also strong internal controls in place to minimize and account for when US citizens are inadvertently looked at. NSA takes that s*** seriously.
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    sfcalimari 2 days ago#68
    TonyKojima posted...
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    The smoking gun. We got him!!!!

    Glenn Greenwald: Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Aren't a "Smoking Gun" or Evidence of Criminal Collusion
    https://www.democracynow.org/2017/7/13/glenn_greenwald_donald_trump_jrs_emails#transcript
    You must be really Gullible to believe you got him.

    Seriously Glenn Greenwald??? Hahahahahaha


    Daily reminder that Greenwald is the worst kind of "leftist" who hates America so much he's become a pro-dictatorship Putin shill.
    Obama 2008
    Starks 2 days ago#69
    Sekulow sounds defeated
    This space for rent
    sfcalimari 2 days ago#70
    Before this is finished, it's going to turn out there were more people in this meeting than at Trump's inauguration
    Obama 2008
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    No they weren't. Telecommunication companies provided the metadata and they needed a judge to sign off if they wanted to obtain the name of a suspected US citizen, and at that point NSA is most likely passing them off to FBI who has the mandate to investigate US citizens.

    There are also strong internal controls in place to minimize and account for when US citizens are inadvertently looked at. NSA takes that s*** seriously.
    They happen to have a near 100% approval rating, how convenient.
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    Starks 2 days ago#72
    And we were worried about Trump Tower being bugged or tapped lol
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    Bullet_Wing 2 days ago#73
    Starks posted...
    And we were worried about Trump Tower being bugged or tapped lol

    Explains a bit why they were so paranoid it was tapped, lol.
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    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    No they weren't. Telecommunication companies provided the metadata and they needed a judge to sign off if they wanted to obtain the name of a suspected US citizen, and at that point NSA is most likely passing them off to FBI who has the mandate to investigate US citizens.

    There are also strong internal controls in place to minimize and account for when US citizens are inadvertently looked at. NSA takes that s*** seriously.
    They happen to have a near 100% approval rating, how convenient.


    That's a testament to current internal controls and their training. There's no evidence of systemic violations of the regulations put in place after the Church Committee hearings. Who exactly do you think gets hired by agencies like NSA? They're not random scumbags off the street. They know what job they have to do and they have clean backgrounds. 

    When it comes to cases like LOVEINT and the like that activity is indeed illegal and they crack down pretty hard when violations are found out. That activity is not systemic.
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    That's a testament to current internal controls and their training. There's no evidence of systemic violations of the regulations put in place after the Church Committee hearings. Who exactly do you think gets hired by agencies like NSA? They're not random scumbags off the street. They know what job they have to do and they have clean backgrounds.

    When it comes to cases like LOVEINT and the like that activity is indeed illegal and they crack down pretty hard when violations are found out. That activity is not systemic.
    I still don't have faith in their internal controls.

    The fact that LOVEINT happened along with a convenient 100% approval, I want outside independent investigations into all cases of approval.

    The only way I would have faith is complete and utter open transparency.

    But given the nature of their spying; I highly doubt they would allow such a thing to happen, even to randomly validated US citizens not related to the Government.

    https://theintercept.com/2016/11/29/watergate-era-church-committee-staffers-urge-leniency-for-snowden/
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    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    I want outside independent investigations into all cases of approval.


    Who are you talking about here specifically? What is the mechanism you propose that would allow NSA to provide uncleared personnel access to classified information while ensuring that information would not be leaked? Currently they go to a judge or, at least, their General Counsel. Who else should they go to?
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    Who are you talking about here specifically? What is the mechanism you propose that would allow NSA to provide uncleared personnel access to classified information while ensuring that information would not be leaked? Currently they go to a judge or, at least, their General Counsel. Who else should they go to?
    Find US citizens who are outsiders, vet their background as if they were going to apply for a job with the NSA, but they would only be there to be a independent council to validate the approval cases.
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    They already do that. They're called lawyers and judges. Why would you want a bunch of people who aren't educated on the issues who don't have any judicial experience making those calls?
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    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    They already do that. They're called lawyers and judges. Why would you want a bunch of people who aren't educated on the issues who don't have any judicial experience making those calls?
    I don't have faith in those "Lawyers / Judges". They have a vested interest to be friendly to the government. Especially when their career is at stake + future networking connections.

    Regular folks aren't bound by that.
    Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
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    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    They already do that. They're called lawyers and judges. Why would you want a bunch of people who aren't educated on the issues who don't have any judicial experience making those calls?
    I don't have faith in those "Lawyers / Judges". They have a vested interest to be friendly to the government. Especially when their career is at stake + future networking connections.

    Regular folks aren't bound by that.


    So you're going to have a team of regular dudes hanging around waiting to get the call? What are they going to be doing during the day? We're not talking about a jury trial.
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    So you're going to have a team of regular dudes hanging around waiting to get the call? What are they going to be doing during the day? We're not talking about a jury trial.
    What are you talking about?
    I'm talking about reviewing the decisions already made and to validate that they weren't bogus / just rubber stamping.
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    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    , vet their background as if they were going to apply for a job with the NSA


    Do you know how long it takes and how much money it takes to get a security clearance? May as well just give them a job at NSA.
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    So you're going to have a team of regular dudes hanging around waiting to get the call? What are they going to be doing during the day? We're not talking about a jury trial.
    What are you talking about?
    I'm talking about reviewing the decisions already made and to validate that they weren't bogus / just rubber stamping.


    You haven't explained how they are qualified to vet these decisions when they don't know anything about what they're looking at. They have no training in the law, no understanding of the relevant statutes, no experience with intelligence, etc. It sounds to me like you're setting them up for failure and putting up a lot of unnecessary hurdles for extremely little benefit.
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
    Hell, when a judge grants a search warrant to law enforcement they don't even pull in regular people, and a law enforcement investigation is far more invasive than an intelligence collection operation targeted against an American.
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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    Orange Clockwork posted...
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    So you're going to have a team of regular dudes hanging around waiting to get the call? What are they going to be doing during the day? We're not talking about a jury trial.
    What are you talking about?
    I'm talking about reviewing the decisions already made and to validate that they weren't bogus / just rubber stamping.


    You haven't explained how they are qualified to vet these decisions when they don't know anything about what they're looking at. They have no training in the law, no understanding of the relevant statutes, no experience with intelligence, etc. It sounds to me like you're setting them up for failure and putting up a lot of unnecessary hurdles for extremely little benefit.

    If it were up to me, I'd trust a team of trained professionals over regular people who have little to no experience and may have biases that can potentially get in the way of the process.
    Humble_Novice posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Orange Clockwork posted...
    So you're going to have a team of regular dudes hanging around waiting to get the call? What are they going to be doing during the day? We're not talking about a jury trial.
    What are you talking about?
    I'm talking about reviewing the decisions already made and to validate that they weren't bogus / just rubber stamping.


    You haven't explained how they are qualified to vet these decisions when they don't know anything about what they're looking at. They have no training in the law, no understanding of the relevant statutes, no experience with intelligence, etc. It sounds to me like you're setting them up for failure and putting up a lot of unnecessary hurdles for extremely little benefit.

    If it were up to me, I'd trust a team of trained professionals over regular people who have little to no experience and may have biases that can potentially get in the way of the process.


    Yeah, that's what we have now. A regular person certainly isn't going to know the difference between a well reasoned argument and a "rubber stamping" as it relates to intelligence operations and the law. For starters, "rubber stamping" isn't exactly a technical term. What precisely is the threshold? You need some training to understand it.
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
    If the laws are written in such a overly complex manner, then we need to start simplifying the laws so that the average person can read it and interpret it properly.

    As far as "Rubber Stamping", we need to verify that there were no consitutional / Federal statute violations or using unintentional loop holes to bypass it or use lose interpretations to bypass the law or have judges give obviously faulty logic to approve warrants.
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    Oh look, it is Orange Clockwork pretending there wasn't multiple systemic violations of the law by telecommunications companies and the NSA, again. Not like they literally re-wrote the law to retroactively give telecomms a pass or anything right OC? What a tool you are.
    TheShadowViper posted...
    Oh look, it is Orange Clockwork pretending there wasn't multiple systemic violations of the law by telecommunications companies and the NSA, again. Not like they literally re-wrote the law to retroactively give telecomms a pass or anything right OC? What a tool you are.

    The only Tool around here is TonyKojima
    Orange Clockwork is a cool dude.
    I may not agree with him, but still a cool person.
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    TonyKojima 2 days ago#90
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TheShadowViper posted...
    Oh look, it is Orange Clockwork pretending there wasn't multiple systemic violations of the law by telecommunications companies and the NSA, again. Not like they literally re-wrote the law to retroactively give telecomms a pass or anything right OC? What a tool you are.

    The only Tool around here is TonyKojima
    Orange Clockwork is a cool dude.
    I may not agree with him, but still a cool person.

    I greatly dislike you. Im not even joking. I don't like you.
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    PSN - Guncrazy56
    Von23 2 days ago#91
    TonyKojima posted...
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TheShadowViper posted...
    Oh look, it is Orange Clockwork pretending there wasn't multiple systemic violations of the law by telecommunications companies and the NSA, again. Not like they literally re-wrote the law to retroactively give telecomms a pass or anything right OC? What a tool you are.

    The only Tool around here is TonyKojima
    Orange Clockwork is a cool dude.
    I may not agree with him, but still a cool person.

    I greatly dislike you. Im not even joking. I don't like you.


    You say some wild s***, even for a liberal, Tony.

    Who doesn't invite family over because they have a different political view?
    "Decorating your own meltdowns is all well and good,but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic."
    TonyKojima 2 days ago#92
    Von23 posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TheShadowViper posted...
    Oh look, it is Orange Clockwork pretending there wasn't multiple systemic violations of the law by telecommunications companies and the NSA, again. Not like they literally re-wrote the law to retroactively give telecomms a pass or anything right OC? What a tool you are.

    The only Tool around here is TonyKojima
    Orange Clockwork is a cool dude.
    I may not agree with him, but still a cool person.

    I greatly dislike you. Im not even joking. I don't like you.


    You say some wild s***, even for a liberal, Tony.

    Who doesn't invite family over because they have a different political view?

    More than you think.
    Though the XBOX 360 is good in theory, it's hardware limitations say otherwise - Hideo Kojima 
    PSN - Guncrazy56
    TonyKojima posted...
    I greatly dislike you. Im not even joking. I don't like you

    The feeling is mutual. I don't joke around either.
    Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
    Heineken14 2 days ago#94
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    TonyKojima posted...
    I greatly dislike you. Im not even joking. I don't like you

    The feeling is mutual. I don't joke around either.


    Yeah, you should probably wear that one like a badge of honor. lol
    Rage is a hell of an anesthetic.
    Von23 posted...
    Who doesn't invite family over because they have a different political view?
    TonyKojima doesn't invite his conservative family members over apparently.
    Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
    Heineken14 posted...
    Yeah, you should probably wear that one like a badge of honor. lol
    He wants to keep up with his non-sense, I choose to challenge him every step of the way over it.
    I won't make his life easy here.
    I can keep impeding him for years on end.

    How many years do you want this enmity to go on?

    I'm game for the rest of my life if you are.
    Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
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    TonyKojima 2 days ago#97
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    Von23 posted...
    Who doesn't invite family over because they have a different political view?
    TonyKojima doesn't invite his conservative family members over apparently.

    Thats right I don't.
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    PSN - Guncrazy56
    KamenRiderBlade posted...
    If the laws are written in such a overly complex manner, then we need to start simplifying the laws so that the average person can read it and interpret it properly.


    Everyone involved who either does the intelligence work (executive), reviews it (judicial), or provides oversight (legislative) understands it. Why should laws be simplified just so that regular people can understand it when it has no impact on them? The stakes are too important to lower our standards. The world is too complex and specialized. 

    You're not just talking about laws either, you're talking about technical collection methods and intelligence trade craft which requires a certain aptitude to understand. Intelligence work isn't exactly unskilled labor.

    As far as "Rubber Stamping", we need to verify that there were no consitutional / Federal statute violations or using unintentional loop holes to bypass it or use lose interpretations to bypass the law or have judges give obviously faulty logic to approve warrants.


    A judge is already well aware of any statute violations and a layperson isn't going to be able to detect a loop hole very easily. If there is a loop hole it is the responsibility of the legislative branch in its oversight role to correct. You don't think they're aware of the issues? 

    Based on what you've said here I think you have a serious problem with trusting authority. That's not a justification to move toward the system you propose. Honestly, I understand why you think your idea might be good, but to me it just sounds like a big waste of time and money.
    If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
    TonyKojima posted...
    Thats right I don't.
    What a small petty person you are.
    To disinvite family over politics.
    What would your parents say if they were here to see you now.
    To see how you've become.

    I'd bet they would be ashamed that you shunned family members over politics.
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    TheShadowViper posted...
    Oh look, it is Orange Clockwork pretending there wasn't multiple systemic violations of the law by telecommunications companies and the NSA, again. Not like they literally re-wrote the law to retroactively give telecomms a pass or anything right OC? What a tool you are.


    Still waiting for someone like you to show me how metadata alone without a name of a person can be abused by anyone.
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    If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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      TonyKojima 2 days ago#101
      KamenRiderBlade posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      Thats right I don't.
      What a small petty person you are.
      To disinvite family over politics.
      What would your parents say if they were here to see you now.
      To see how you've become.

      I'd bet they would be ashamed that you shunned family members over politics.

      Perhaps they would. But they are gone.
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      PSN - Guncrazy56
      Orange Clockwork posted...
      Everyone involved who either does the intelligence work (executive), reviews it (judicial), or provides oversight (legislative) understands it. Why should laws be simplified just so that regular people can understand it when it has no impact on them? The stakes are too important to lower our standards. The world is too complex and specialized.

      You're not just talking about laws either, you're talking about technical collection methods and intelligence trade craft which requires a certain aptitude to understand. Intelligence work isn't exactly unskilled labor.
      I'm not asking for unskilled labor, but there are people who aren't connected who could qualify, but if that's too much to ask for a independent assessment; then the government will forever be distrusted by it's citizenry.
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      Orange Clockwork posted...
      A judge is already well aware of any statute violations and a layperson isn't going to be able to detect a loop hole very easily. If there is a loop hole it is the responsibility of the legislative branch in its oversight role to correct. You don't think they're aware of the issues?

      Based on what you've said here I think you have a serious problem with trusting authority. That's not a justification to move toward the system you propose. Honestly, I understand why you think your idea might be good, but to me it just sounds like a big waste of time and money.
      They have to offer me some way of verifying the Judge / Legislators are on the up and up; otherwise I don't trust their interpretations / results.
      Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
      TonyKojima posted...
      Perhaps they would. But they are gone.
      I bet you were quite the different person when your parents were still around, not so extreme SJW-ish back then.

      What happened to you?
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      KamenRiderBlade posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      Thats right I don't.
      What a small petty person you are.
      To disinvite family over politics.
      What would your parents say if they were here to see you now.
      To see how you've become.

      I'd bet they would be ashamed that you shunned family members over politics.


      Silly point of view. Being a Nazi or not is a matter of politics. Should I just invite a Nazi family member over without question? When I also have Jewish family members?
      PSN: TheUndying84
      TonyKojima 2 days ago#106
      KamenRiderBlade posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      Perhaps they would. But they are gone.
      I bet you were quite the different person when your parents were still around, not so extreme SJW-ish back then.

      What happened to you?

      Reality
      Though the XBOX 360 is good in theory, it's hardware limitations say otherwise - Hideo Kojima 
      PSN - Guncrazy56
      The_Undying_84 posted...
      Silly point of view. Being a Nazi or not is a matter of politics. Should I just invite a Nazi family member over without question? When I also have Jewish family members?
      So are you claiming to associate / analogolize all Conservatives as Nazi's and all Liberals as Jewish?
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      KamenRiderBlade posted...
      Orange Clockwork posted...
      A judge is already well aware of any statute violations and a layperson isn't going to be able to detect a loop hole very easily. If there is a loop hole it is the responsibility of the legislative branch in its oversight role to correct. You don't think they're aware of the issues?

      Based on what you've said here I think you have a serious problem with trusting authority. That's not a justification to move toward the system you propose. Honestly, I understand why you think your idea might be good, but to me it just sounds like a big waste of time and money.
      They have to offer me some way of verifying the Judge / Legislators are on the up and up; otherwise I don't trust their interpretations / results.


      You do that by voting.
      If you build a man a fire, he is warm for the rest of the night.
      If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
      Orange Clockwork posted...
      You do that by voting.
      Then fine, I choose to vote them all out.
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      KamenRiderBlade posted...
      The_Undying_84 posted...
      Silly point of view. Being a Nazi or not is a matter of politics. Should I just invite a Nazi family member over without question? When I also have Jewish family members?
      So are you claiming to associate / analogolize all Conservatives as Nazi's and all Liberals as Jewish?


      Sigh, some people just don't understand how arguments work.

      No. I jumped straight to the most extreme example to rapidly prove your argument fails on principle. I proved it is not universally applicable. And Nazis vs. Jews is obviously not the sole exception to it. 

      If your argument is not universally applicable then it's not a very good one given you don't know a goddamn thing about TonyKojima or his family, and anything, including the Nazi example, could be true for him.
      PSN: TheUndying84
      The_Undying_84 posted...
      Sigh, some people just don't understand how arguments work.

      No. I jumped straight to the most extreme example to rapidly prove your argument fails on principle. I proved it is not universally applicable. And Nazis vs. Jews is obviously not the sole exception to it.

      If your argument is not universally applicable then it's not a very good one given you don't know a goddamn thing about TonyKojima or his family, and anything, including the Nazi example, could be true for him.
      Somehow I highly doubt he has Nazi's for relatives, even Neo Nazi's for relatives.
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      Kradek 2 days ago#112
      Von23 posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      sfcalimari posted...
      Starks posted...
      Something happened at this meeting.


      The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

      The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


      Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.


      Yeah, that explains why the story has changed at least 3 times and the Trump team isn't even mentiong adoption anymore. 

      Turns out people who could most be hurt by a claim have the highest chance to lie in their favor. Who knew?
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      Von23 2 days ago#113
      Kradek posted...
      Von23 posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      sfcalimari posted...
      Starks posted...
      Something happened at this meeting.


      The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

      The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


      Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.


      Yeah, that explains why the story has changed at least 3 times and the Trump team isn't even mentiong adoption anymore. 

      Turns out people who could most be hurt by a claim have the highest chance to lie in their favor. Who knew?


      Her claim matches with Jr's statement. I really don't give a s*** about how you feel about the intial story changing.
      "Decorating your own meltdowns is all well and good,but a trainwreck is a trainwreck and it might be time to get a paramedic."
      Hexagon 2 days ago#114
      Von23 posted...
      Kradek posted...
      Von23 posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      sfcalimari posted...
      Starks posted...
      Something happened at this meeting.


      The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

      The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


      Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.


      Yeah, that explains why the story has changed at least 3 times and the Trump team isn't even mentiong adoption anymore. 

      Turns out people who could most be hurt by a claim have the highest chance to lie in their favor. Who knew?


      Her claim matches with Jr's statement. I really don't give a s*** about how you feel about the intial story changing.


      Someone else possibly complicit in the crime is also trying to protect herself by saying nothing bad happened and they came up with an alibi. This is brand new behavior.
      wally 1 day ago#115
      Von23 posted...
      Kradek posted...
      Von23 posted...
      TonyKojima posted...
      sfcalimari posted...
      Starks posted...
      Something happened at this meeting.


      The AP reported: “During the meeting, Akhmetshin said Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the Trump campaign, he said.

      The smoking gun. We got him!!!!


      Except that conflicts with the lawyers earlier statement that she was only there to talk about the Russian adoption issue and nothing of the sort happened.


      Yeah, that explains why the story has changed at least 3 times and the Trump team isn't even mentiong adoption anymore. 

      Turns out people who could most be hurt by a claim have the highest chance to lie in their favor. Who knew?


      Her claim matches with Jr's statement. I really don't give a s*** about how you feel about the intial story changing.


      And sure, she and Jr. have already been confirmed liars on this meeting already, but THIS time I'm sure they're both telling the truth!
      Home is behind, the world ahead. And there are many paths to tread
      Through shadow to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight
      So Lynch gave the Russian lawyer (w/o government ties btw) a special entry into the country. Obama's Russian ambassador invited her to a Congressional speaking session. She's tied to the firm that made the false hooker dossier.

      The Dems colluded w/ Russians to perpetuate a Trump-Russia narrative. 

      First Trump colluded with Russia to rig the vote. Then Trump colluded with Russia to hack the DNC. Now Don Jr colluded with Russia...by getting dirt on Hillary from a non-governmental individual. 

      Failing narrative every step of the way.

      DNC actually meets with Ukrainian government to get dirt on Trump and Dems don't care at all.

      Dems don't care about foreign government collusion they are just anti-Trump at all costs. Disgusting hypocrisy.
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      "What the **** is that...barbeques and ball games?"
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      "Disgusting" is advocating torture and the death penalty for illegal immigrants.
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      I wonder if they know all of this because Lynch illegally wiretapped Manafort's phone? Obama administration is proving to be one of the dirtiest, most corrupt admins we've had but Dems won't say a word because he's their savior.
      "So you never wanted a regular type life?"
      "What the **** is that...barbeques and ball games?"
      wally 1 day ago#119
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      TheHonorableOne posted...
      I wonder if they know all of this because Lynch illegally wiretapped Manafort's phone? Obama administration is proving to be one of the dirtiest, most corrupt admins we've had but Dems won't say a word because he's their savior.


      No, on the contrary the Obama administration has proven to be one of the least corrupt administrations we've had. He didn't have a real scandal.

      If they learned this from a wiretap it shows they had justification to tap him the first place and probably wasn't illegal.
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      Genericgamer667 posted...
      so thedumbassone is back is he?


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      Orange Clockwork posted...
      No, on the contrary the Obama administration has proven to be one of the least corrupt administrations we've had. He didn't have a real scandal.


      Fast & Furious
      IRS targeting conservative groups
      silence on Russian interference in election
      Using DOJ victim money to fund Democrat activist groups
      Eric Holder being held in contempt
      Illegal wiretap on reporters
      Benghazi
      firing Gerald Walpin who was investigating Obama associates for misuse of federal funds 
      Susan Rice unlawfully unmasking US citizens 
      Unethical meeting between hillary & lynch


      Scandal free. lol. fake news.
      "So you never wanted a regular type life?"
      "What the **** is that...barbeques and ball games?"
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      divot1338 1 day ago#124
      It's astonishing how willing people are to just go along with whatever random brainfart Trump has on a given day. This goes way beyond tunnel vision; they've completely stopped registering right/wrong or even whether something is an obviously bad choice.

      Trashing their entire professional reputations, risking felony prosecution ... it's like watching someone who doesn't know to fold a bad hand.

      Anyone foolish enough to keep working for Trump deserves what happens.
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      divot1338 posted...
      Trashing their entire professional reputations, risking felony prosecution ... it's like watching someone who doesn't know to fold a bad hand.


      lol, Dems went along with Hillary Clinton. Decades of corruption and political malfeasance completely ignored by Dem voters.
      "So you never wanted a regular type life?"
      "What the **** is that...barbeques and ball games?"
      Von23 1 day ago#126
      Orange Clockwork posted...
      TheHonorableOne posted...
      I wonder if they know all of this because Lynch illegally wiretapped Manafort's phone? Obama administration is proving to be one of the dirtiest, most corrupt admins we've had but Dems won't say a word because he's their savior.


      No, on the contrary the Obama administration has proven to be one of the least corrupt administrations we've had. He didn't have a real scandal.

      If they learned this from a wiretap it shows they had justification to tap him the first place and probably wasn't illegal.



      Imagine actually thinking this?
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      Taharqa_ 1 day ago#127
      TheHonorableOne posted...
      divot1338 posted...
      Trashing their entire professional reputations, risking felony prosecution ... it's like watching someone who doesn't know to fold a bad hand.


      lol, Dems went along with Hillary Clinton. Decades of corruption and political malfeasance completely ignored by Dem voters.


      We're still going with the b-b-but Hillary deflection?
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      TheHonorableOne posted...
      Orange Clockwork posted...
      No, on the contrary the Obama administration has proven to be one of the least corrupt administrations we've had. He didn't have a real scandal.


      Fast & Furious
      IRS targeting conservative groups
      silence on Russian interference in election
      Using DOJ victim money to fund Democrat activist groups
      Eric Holder being held in contempt
      Illegal wiretap on reporters
      Benghazi
      firing Gerald Walpin who was investigating Obama associates for misuse of federal funds 
      Susan Rice unlawfully unmasking US citizens 
      Unethical meeting between hillary & lynch


      Scandal free. lol. fake news.


      Fast and Furious was mostly about a regional ATF office letting an operation get out of hand. Obama's fingerprints aren't on it. Even Holden barely had anything to do with it. I believe it was the Assistant Attorney General who bungled that down there and he was basically fired. 

      The IRS issue was the case of an overworked office cutting corners and using key word searches to do their job more efficiently. This had nothing to do with any senior administration official. 

      Silence on Russian interference in election? Not a scandal. The administration already credibly explained their thought process on this.

      Eric Holder being held in contempt? You already f***ing talked about Fast and Furious. You're double counting. With this Congress that's a badge of honor anyway. 

      Illegal wiretap on reporters? Not actually illegal. It was related to a valid investigation into illegal leaks. 

      Benghazi wasn't an actual scandal. The GOP for damn sure tried to make it one, but it wasn't.

      Susan Rice unlawfully unmasking US citizens? Didn't actually happen. She lawfully had that power and it happens all the time. 

      Unethical meeting between hillary & lynch? Didn't actually happen. It was Bill and the only scandal about it was the bad optics for Hillary. In reality AGs meet with people under investigation all the time when they run in the same circles. This was tremendously beneficial for the opposing side.

      I don't know much about this firing of Gerald Walpin, but if it's like these other examples I suspect it's a whole lot of nothing.
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      If you set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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      That's mean the way you keep effortlessly shredding all of THO's childish, substandard arguments.
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      Hexagon 23 hours ago#130
      TheHonorableOne posted...
      Orange Clockwork posted...
      No, on the contrary the Obama administration has proven to be one of the least corrupt administrations we've had. He didn't have a real scandal.


      Fast & Furious
      IRS targeting conservative groups
      silence on Russian interference in election
      Using DOJ victim money to fund Democrat activist groups
      Eric Holder being held in contempt
      Illegal wiretap on reporters
      Benghazi
      firing Gerald Walpin who was investigating Obama associates for misuse of federal funds 
      Susan Rice unlawfully unmasking US citizens 
      Unethical meeting between hillary & lynch


      Scandal free. lol. fake news.


      How many of these supposed claims took place during his final year of office?
      Unmasking becomes necessary when the name of the american citizen is required in order to get a better understanding of the context.

      In this case there are criminal cases being built based on these intercepts involving Trump associates. So it became necessary to unmask. 

      Also, do not confuse unmasking with "leaking". Not the same thing.
      Heineken14 14 hours ago#132
      divot1338 posted...
      It's astonishing how willing people are to just go along with whatever random brainfart Trump has on a given day. This goes way beyond tunnel vision; they've completely stopped registering right/wrong or even whether something is an obviously bad choice.

      Trashing their entire professional reputations, risking felony prosecution ... it's like watching someone who doesn't know to fold a bad hand.

      Anyone foolish enough to keep working for Trump deserves what happens.


      Seriously. The fact you have people willing to contort themselves and think contradictory things from day to day to support their buffoon of a cult leader is worrisome.
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      young_flip 10 hours ago#133
      Orange Clockwork posted...

      If they learned this from a wiretap it shows they had justification to tap him the first place and probably wasn't illegal.

      this was pretty funny...."anytime the govt wiretaps you, they must've had a legal and not political reason!"

      yeah sure buddy.
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      Unknown8050 10 hours ago#134
      young_flip posted...
      Orange Clockwork posted...

      If they learned this from a wiretap it shows they had justification to tap him the first place and probably wasn't illegal.

      this was pretty funny...."anytime the govt wiretaps you, they must've had a legal and not political reason!"

      yeah sure buddy.

      He's not wrong though.
      young_flip 10 hours ago#135
      I think he is far too comfortable in placing unquestioning trust with people in power. I'm not sure whether its something he genuinely believes though, or if he's just selling it to us random plebes.
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      young_flip posted...
      I think he is far too comfortable in placing unquestioning trust with people in power. I'm not sure whether its something he genuinely believes though, or if he's just selling it to us random plebes.

      And everyone in prison is innocent, all victims of political witch hunts......
      Unknown8050 posted...
      young_flip posted...
      Orange Clockwork posted...

      If they learned this from a wiretap it shows they had justification to tap him the first place and probably wasn't illegal.

      this was pretty funny...."anytime the govt wiretaps you, they must've had a legal and not political reason!"

      yeah sure buddy.

      He's not wrong though.


      Actually he is right on this issue, people shouldn't put blind faith in the government when it comes to wiretaps(etc)... That's not to say they were overstepping in this case.
      The internet, where people come to be a dumbass.
      Starks 30 minutes ago#138
      https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/886950594220568576

      Most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one Don jr attended in order to get info on an opponent. That's politics!


      He's directly contradicting his would-be FBI director
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