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2018-02-17 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Mueller: Russians conducted 'information warfare' against US during election

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Posted by Fred 2018-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I thought we had agreed that her permanent tag line should read "well connected sadistic sociopath"

But perhaps that is too kind for such a malevolent and odious person.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-17 00:58|| 2018-02-17 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Ergo the tag line should be" well connected sadistic sociopath and a malevolent odious person "

Posted by newc 2018-02-17 02:04|| 2018-02-17 02:04|| Front Page Top

News? No, I believe I saw that movie in 1972.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-17 02:08|| 2018-02-17 02:08|| Front Page Top

#4 No! How dare they!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-17 03:42|| 2018-02-17 03:42|| Front Page Top

#5 all leaks about further collusion are coming from a guy totally not named Madam Skiff

Posted by Frank G 2018-02-17 07:49|| 2018-02-17 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Now about that 'information warfare' conducted by the Obama administration in the Israel election....

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-02-17 08:04|| 2018-02-17 08:04|| Front Page Top

#7 ...Read "Sword and Shield" and "The World Was Going Our Way" by Professor Christoper Andrew and Vasily Mitrokhin. Mr Mitrokhin was the man who watched over the old KGB archives and defected with literal tons of information from said archives. Bottom line - the Russians have been doing this for decades, and aren't about to stop now. If any of this is a surprise to Mr. Muller and his band of merry men, then the Republic is doomed.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-02-17 08:50|| 2018-02-17 08:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Mueller's problem was how to support the narrative as the smoke disappated. All he needed was someone he could indict, and at this point I would not be suprised if he hasn't been in secret talks with some of the indictees to have them come forward with their own second hand stories about collusion.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-02-17 09:11|| 2018-02-17 09:11|| Front Page Top

#9 So does this mean Mueller will go after Comley, Lynch, Holder, and the rest - including himself? Because they pretty much did, and are doing, the same thing.
Russians would have been more effective if they had joined simply the top levels of the FBI and DOJ.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-02-17 09:34|| 2018-02-17 09:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Could be a convenient covor the upcoming IG report release.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-17 09:42|| 2018-02-17 09:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Over and over again we're finding that these incidents were preventable so if they're not being prevented then somebody needs to be held accountable.

No. I did not double post this comment. I just thought it applies to both stories.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-02-17 11:05|| 2018-02-17 11:05|| Front Page Top

#12 I think either (a) the Russians do this every election and the FBI knows about it and used it as a plan B if the Trump witch-hunt came up empty or (b) the Russians were simply testing this go around for future meddling and that if one compared different actions with poll effects that sort of thing might become apparent. Also that their timing was bad in that this happened to be the election Hillary couldn't lose but managed to leading to investigations.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-17 11:22|| 2018-02-17 11:22|| Front Page Top

#13 Option C is that Mueller and company made up this stuff as a CYA after wasting so much time on the witch-hunt. We will see what happens with the 13 Russian nationals, I suspect they'll be back in Russia within a year (if they aren't there already).

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-17 11:23|| 2018-02-17 11:23|| Front Page Top

#14 Over and over again we're finding that these incidents were preventable so if they're not being prevented then somebody needs to be held accountable.

But Abu Uluque, this particular event could only have been prevented by not electing Barack Obama or his opponent as president in 2008.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-17 11:26|| 2018-02-17 11:26|| Front Page Top

#15 Why didn't the FBI or CIA find this "interference"?

Did we really need a 'Special Consul' to ....

Oh, nevermind. We all know the answer to the second question.

Posted by Bobby 2018-02-17 12:18|| 2018-02-17 12:18|| Front Page Top

#16 This is neither new nor exclusive to The Rooskies™. Remember this?: Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-02-17 12:26|| 2018-02-17 12:26|| Front Page Top

#17 Truly, Anomalous Sources.

My apologies:

or his opponent as president in 2008.

should be

...his opponent in the Democratic primary....

As I wrote it, it unfairly impugns Mitt Romney, whose faults lie elsewhere.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-17 12:31|| 2018-02-17 12:31|| Front Page Top

#18 Still no word on who hacked the DNC email server. I guess all that sophisticated electronic monitoring has no chance against a disgruntled operative with a thumb drive.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-02-17 13:02|| 2018-02-17 13:02|| Front Page Top

#19 This should prevent the Russisns from cooperating with the Uranium One investigation vrry nicely.

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-02-17 13:02|| 2018-02-17 13:02|| Front Page Top

#20 Starting to wonder what would be different if we didn't have an FBI.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-17 20:52|| 2018-02-17 20:52|| Front Page Top

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