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2020-08-20 Home Front: Politix
Clinesmith Pleads Guilty w Explanation; Sentencing set for Dec 10
[DailyCaller] According to the criminal complaint, Kevin Clinesmith added the words "not a ‘source'" in reference to Page to a CIA liaison's email. Clinesmith shared the altered email with an FBI supervisory intelligence analyst working on the Page investigation.

Clinesmith, 38, said Wednesday that he knowingly altered the email, though he believed at the time the information he put in it was accurate.
[which means he thought that the CIA said, 'yes he works for us' when they meant 'no he doesn't work for us']
"At the time I believed the information I was providing in the email was accurate, but I am agreeing that the information I inserted into the email was not already there," Clinesmith said at his plea hearing, which was held before Judge James Boasberg.

Clinesmith served both on the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane team and the special counsel's investigation.
Posted by lord garth 2020-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 A blinding flash of the painfully obvious, but this is very likely a much larger issue than Kevin Clinesmith and his altering of mail.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-20 00:27||   2020-08-20 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Bigger than H2Ogate. Far bigger.

Sickening
Posted by Lonzo Sforza8073 2020-08-20 00:34||   2020-08-20 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 One reliable thing about an American leftist, once you have them dead to rights with no viable escape they all regress into 6 year olds explaining to teacher.
Posted by Cesare 2020-08-20 07:56||   2020-08-20 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Clinesmith worked as an attorney on the Hillary Clinton whitewash and also on the Mueller witch hunt.

He didn't just show up one day and say "I'm ready boss for the whitewash and Mueller witch hunt (sarc)?"
Posted by JohnQC 2020-08-20 08:59||   2020-08-20 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 U don't get intel source data on Google or the public library. There are official channels for requesting and approval for utilization.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-20 09:11||   2020-08-20 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 The sentence will tell the story. Going to bet it's a spit in the ocean compared to what they were planning to do to Flynn.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-20 11:23||   2020-08-20 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Exactly Mike. I'm sure Clinesmith is the designated 'goat' and legal action will drag on and on with the Deep State's hope no one will dig any deeper than Clinesmith and his actions.

Clinesmith is now under the bus, but the FBI and the entire intelligence community are seated comfortably ON the same bus.

Your mention of Mike Flynn is interesting. Perhaps Flynn had 'back channel' knowledge of the FBI's Carter Page project. Flynn was a lifelong Human Intelligence (HUMINT) officer. Might have been more to his removal from DIA and follow-on legal problems than meets the eye.

Just a thought.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-20 11:30||   2020-08-20 11:30|| Front Page Top

#8 1-6 months sentence in Club Fed sounds like a whitewash. Cynical? You bet.
Posted by Woozle Grundy1232 2020-08-20 11:30||   2020-08-20 11:30|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ If he lives that long.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-20 11:39||   2020-08-20 11:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Explanation?

But...but...but...
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-08-20 11:59||   2020-08-20 11:59|| Front Page Top

#11 "At the time I believed the information I was providing in the email was accurate, but I am agreeing that the information I inserted into the email was not already there"

"So, you see, I had this true document and all I did was make it more truthy by adding some true words to it..."

Right, and that's called "fraud on the court." At the very least he should lose his bar shingle. It wouldn't have mattered if he added true words, false words, or "For a good time call Hillary."
Posted by Matt 2020-08-20 12:27||   2020-08-20 12:27|| Front Page Top

#12 He has plea bargained promising cooperation. If he doesn't roll over on his comrades, throw the book at him
Posted by Frank G 2020-08-20 12:42||   2020-08-20 12:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Hope Kevin checked into the 'Clinton Body Count' before starting to talk.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-08-20 13:43||   2020-08-20 13:43|| Front Page Top

#14 I dunno but some have said he will get a wrist slap much like James Wolfe did (virtually no consequences).
Posted by JohnQC 2020-08-20 16:45||   2020-08-20 16:45|| Front Page Top

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