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2017-12-23 Home Front: Politix

Secret Congressional Investigation Going On For Weeks, FBI, DOJ, & Mueller TRAPPED

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 So, with Hillary's history, are they all due to be dead before the holiday's are over?

Posted by 3dc 2017-12-23 00:50|| 2017-12-23 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Now you Must investigate it.

"Ar'nt you happy you shot at me?
Now you are going to die with that silly little hat on"

They are all corrupt to the core and need to be seen as so because they can not conduct business truthfully anymore.

Posted by newc 2017-12-23 00:50|| 2017-12-23 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Nunes and his supporters have lost their patience.

And so have we.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-23 01:32|| 2017-12-23 01:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, you can't fire public servants - no matter how much they violate their oath of office - but, maybe, you can jail some.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-12-23 03:45|| 2017-12-23 03:45|| Front Page Top

#5 There is that Executive Order very recently issued by Trump. Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption Issued 12/21/2017. This EO could be interpreted very broadly to include domestic corruption as I read it. Whether it will be, is unknown. It could be a powerful tool for POTUS swamp-draining and clean-up.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-12-23 07:45|| 2017-12-23 07:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Give the Prez 50 and each Dept Secretary 25 and every Deputy Secretary 10 opportunities to fire that many SES and GS (above level 7) annually without needing cause. Sort of a voir dire for higher government employment. The Donks practice it in reality. Just make it formal.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2017-12-23 08:14|| 2017-12-23 08:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Interestingly, the WSJ wrote an article yesterday that most of the collusion stuff and election meddling in the dossier is directly related to an editorial Fusion wrote for the WSJ almost 10 years ago.

So we have a dossier written by Fusion based upon their editorial written 10 years ago about Russian lobbying and influence peddling with regard to legislation. Interestingly, the article focuses on Paul Manafort...which seems to be the source of the Mueller investigation of Paul...

So the dossier in many ways is a closed loop, with much of the source research originating with the same group that wrote the dossier.

Pretty much shows the dossier was junk.

In my intelligence world I would have given the dossier a F-6 rating for source and reliability.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-12-23 09:55|| 2017-12-23 09:55|| Front Page Top

#8 #4 Well, you can't fire public servants - no matter how much they violate their oath of office

Not true. Malfeasance and crimes are fireable offenses. When they start losing pensions you'll see them roll

Posted by Frank G 2017-12-23 09:55|| 2017-12-23 09:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Inmy intelligence world I would have given the dossier a F-6 rating for source and reliability.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom

Single Source HUMINT reporting.... at best, yet they ran with it.

Posted by Grese Splat6431 2017-12-23 10:03|| 2017-12-23 10:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Curious isn't it? No one in our intelligence or law enforcement activities appeared to have paid much attention to the Russian intelligence reporting on the travels of the Tsarnaev bros.

Perhaps they thought Russian intelligence reporting was.....unreliable.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-23 10:10|| 2017-12-23 10:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Will anybody at the top get serious jail time for this? I doubt it. It will be mostly low level people that go to jail.

My faith in the political system is such that I'll bet nobody get any jail time and they all get off scot free.

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-12-23 10:12|| 2017-12-23 10:12|| Front Page Top

#12 I'll believe they are serious when the start arresting people.

Honestly, this is such a threat to a free republic that all these fucks deserve to be shot.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-12-23 10:59|| 2017-12-23 10:59|| Front Page Top

#13 #8 Perfectly acceptable - the only thing better would be to define their occupation as potential crime and demand proof of innocence.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-12-23 11:16|| 2017-12-23 11:16|| Front Page Top

#14 Silent Coup. Our memories are very short...Mark Felt, then Associate Director of the FBI, was the "Deep Throat" leak to WaPo that led to the pending impeachment of Nixon and his subsequent resignation.

The FBI is and has been as much a problem as the CIA. Hey Nunes - they must be investigated thoroughly and prosecuted for paying for the dossier, using it as a basis for unmasking, and leaking.

Posted by Tennessee 2017-12-23 12:07|| 2017-12-23 12:07|| Front Page Top

#15 I sincerely believe that because DJT is the POTUS, that people WILL be arrested and tried for all of this phony BS crap.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-12-23 12:12|| 2017-12-23 12:12|| Front Page Top

#16 At last... Thank God.

Serious question Burgs. Does anyone know if the Intel Committee can order the Capital police to physically hold anyone they find in contempt?

Now that would be interesting. "Security please escort Mr. Comey & crew to the lower basement".

Posted by Woodrow 2017-12-23 12:44|| 2017-12-23 12:44|| Front Page Top

#17 ...that would be the Sergeant at Arms of the House. He should get his own SWAT team like the Dept of Education et al.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2017-12-23 12:58|| 2017-12-23 12:58|| Front Page Top

#18 IN another time, I was a US Capitol Police Officer for 3 years. We had primary jurisdiction on US Capitol Property (defined by the Architect of the Capitol) and concurrent jurisdiction in the rest of the United States, including DC. Arrests for violations of DC statutes were referred to the Corporation Counsel (DA equivalent) and bookings were at the DC Jail. Arrests for violations of federal law were also booked a the DC Jail, but the referral was to the DoJ and the hold was a pending arraignment agreement. The Capitol back then had no holding cells beyond the 3 squad rooms (House, Senate Office Buildings and Capitol) and transport was always to DC Jail for booking.
So, absent DoJ support, you have trouble at the time of booking...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2017-12-23 13:28|| 2017-12-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#19 The FBI is and has been as much a problem as the CIA. Posted by: Tennessee

There is a reason for that when matters of intelligence collection are involved. Care to guess who has the regulatory upper hand ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-23 16:04|| 2017-12-23 16:04|| Front Page Top

#20 Do they have a wall or lamppost? That's all they needed except for a plastic drop cloth

Posted by Silentbrick 2017-12-23 17:40|| 2017-12-23 17:40|| Front Page Top

#21 Thank you for your service NoMore. Under a Congressional hearing, which might be considered a "court" no crime is committed but rather a contempt of court. Hence no arrest booking would be in affect.

The judges are the committee members. So it would actually make sense that a subpoenaed witness could possibly, be taken into custody until they testify. Which again is an open question. And should be forced as an issue against the FBI and DOJ members that will not talk. Since the committee actually oversees those deep staters, they in fact might possibly be able to call the Sergeant at Arms to take the witnesses into holdings.

I take it this has never been done. On the other hand I seem to recall something similar. Regardless it should be or at least tried.

Quite frankly without that in play, the contempt finding is a fricking joke. See Eric Holder as a party favor larger that life example.

At the least House members could demand cutting off funding to those agencies until asked testimony is provided, given. I'd pay a nickel to see a GOP leader try it.

I'm a little surprised no one has taken this to the hilt. Without the demand to hold in custody, cut funding or at least demanding firing. The Committee findings are questionable if not a toothless joke.

Thus endeth my Constitutional question rant of the day.

Posted by Woodrow 2017-12-23 17:51|| 2017-12-23 17:51|| Front Page Top

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