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Source: Comey thought it was too political to say Russians were meddling in election

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  1. Space Ghost

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    Unless they were intentionally leaked by US government officials, it doesnt matter where they came from.

    The fact liberals are busy deflecting and blaming Russia proves the point. Any means, foreign governments or activist, are going to try to get their hands on sensitive media. This is why cyber security is so damn important. Instead of faulting Hillary for being sloppy and incompetent, they want to blame Russia for exposing her.

    Anyone who has a professional job knows not to put anything in writing (IE: Email) that you're not willing to stand behind if it should ever come to light.

    The liberal logic is baffling.
     
  2. CometsWin

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    I didn't even mention Russia. I don't care if it's freaking Iceland. The truth is a foreign power is hacking one political party to the benefit of another. You don't grasp the very serious implications of it for our own sovereignty and our Democracy. You think it's funny because you're a schmuck. There's no playbook required to identify how out of your league you are on the issue.
     
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  4. mc mark

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    So let’s recap

    When the FBI uncovered emails that they had not read, had not yet obtained a warrant to read, and had not in any way confirmed would reveal anything at all about Hillary Clinton, Comey rushed to convey this information to Clinton’s political enemies in a letter that was light on facts and easy to misrepresent to the press.

    Yet, when the FBI learned that a hostile foreign power was literally trying to shape the result of the election, he opposed disclosing this information to the American people.
     
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  5. Space Ghost

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    Don't forget folks, Trump has ties to Russia. It's no coincidence that Russia prefers a doormat president.
     
  7. mc mark

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    amen brother
     
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    Odd the republicans are so supportive of the Russians nowadays. Telling...
     
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  9. FranchiseBlade

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    They aren't random folks, they are intelligence agencies and experts on the subject.
     
  10. Bobbythegreat

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    Wow, the Hillary spinsters are out in force tonight.
     
  11. FranchiseBlade

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    There is more certainty that it's Russia than is mandatory to order a military strike on a target that results in the death of people. So in the intelligence world it's pretty much confirmed that it's Russia behind it.
     
  12. Bobbythegreat

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    Out of curiosity, do you have any actual first hand experience in "the intelligence world" in order to make that statement? Do you have access to the intelligence gathered supporting a theory that it is Russia?

    Just curious.
     
  13. FranchiseBlade

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    Well if I did know anyone in the intelligence world, they wouldn't be allowed to tell me. The most they would be able to do would be to speak in very broad and general terms. Anyway, when 17 different agencies believe the Russians are behind it, we know the Russians are behind it.
     
  14. No Worries

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    Wow, the Trump spinsters are out in force tonight.
     
  15. Bobbythegreat

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    So that's a no then? I thought that might be the case.

    When it comes to 17 different agencies thinking something.....isn't that kind of like all of the different agencies that were talking about Iraqi WMD's? I'm pretty sure the Democrat talking points (and Trump talking points) are that there were no Iraqi WMD's.....could all of those agencies have been wrong? Was it all a "vast right wing conspiracy"?

    Anyway, I'm not saying that it's not the Russians, in fact, it probably is, but wouldn't intelligence about foreign threats come more from the CIA than the FBI? Also, what difference does it make if the FBI signs on to something if so many other agencies do?

    It just seems like a convenient distraction to take away from more incriminating evidence coming to light about Hillary's disastrous term as Secretary of State.
     
  16. FranchiseBlade

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    Actually it wasn't exactly the case with Iraqi WMD. Remember the weapons inspector Scott Ritter? He was an inspector who was saying all along they didn't have WMD's he was called all kinds of names and accused of being a traitor. Later he had his own horrible issues, but he was an official weapons inspector who was claiming from the get go that Iraq didn't have WMD's.
     
  17. Bobbythegreat

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    So you're saying that even when an agency says something, that they might not all agree? This is shocking to me. I thought if a lot of agencies said something that made it fact. How could anyone inside those agencies not agree?

    Anyway, the point is that this is a non-story meant to distract from a really big story. One of the candidates for president could legitimately do time once they get out of office or be impeached assuming she doesn't receive political immunity due to partisanship. That's a MUCH bigger story than the FBI not signing on to a statement about Russia.
     
  18. tmacfor35

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    How out of league? We are in an oligarchy. Some people are to blind to see it. You are one of them. You are voting for 4 more years of the past 8 which have been a failure. It's comical, that you are playing the oh he's out of his league card. It looks like you are refusing to open your eyes.

    You will see on November 8th how wrong you are!
     
  19. tmacfor35

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    Exactly. It was funny you mentioned the email writing. My college professor years back talked about this.

    People fail to see that the "Russians" got a hold of these emails because of Clinton being irresponsible. The democrats have morphed in to their candidate. Let's not talk about the problem, but shoot the messenger.

    The liberal playbook is scream racist, Russia, uneducated. That is all I see on social media. Trump has been the one whose actually talking policies now. Momentum is in his favor and it shows as Hilary had a mental breakdown on Twitter today.
     
  20. tmacfor35

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    The spinsters? Isn't that what the Russia card is.

    It's a spin from private server and the wrongs that are coming out through Wikileaks.
     

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