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Old 26th May 2017, 11:13 PM   #1041
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If I tell you that our spy in Austin gave me some intelligence, that is different from someone reporting that I gave away the city where my intelligence source was.
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Old 26th May 2017, 11:14 PM   #1042
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One leak in the public interest was the first big one, which torpedoed Flynn.
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Old 26th May 2017, 11:16 PM   #1043
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Originally Posted by marplots View Post
In this administration I'm thinking transparency is a good thing. Especially with a Republican Congress. It helps keep their feet to the fire and remind them who they are ultimately working for.
And given all the apologetics coming from GOP leaders and pundits, the leaks are more important than ever.
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Old 26th May 2017, 11:19 PM   #1044
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Originally Posted by xjx388 View Post
And let's not forget that CNN had that all that code-word secret info back in March when they were asked not to disclose it for their story on laptop bombs.
The leak predated Trump's revelation to the Russians.
Wait, what?

The media leaked Trump's leaking before Trump leaked it?

I'm gonna need a cite to make sense of your post.
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Old 27th May 2017, 08:39 AM   #1045
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Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger View Post
Wait, what?

The media leaked Trump's leaking before Trump leaked it?

I'm gonna need a cite to make sense of your post.
It's been cited. Someone in the US Intel Community leaked the "code-word" top-secret information, including the name of the city at issue, to CNN back in March when they were doing a report on the laptop bomb threat. CNN was asked to withhold the secret information because of its sensitivity. Then in May, Trump shared that same info with the Russians.

Someone leaked to CNN in March. That's the gist of it.
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Old 27th May 2017, 10:56 PM   #1046
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Originally Posted by Emily's Cat View Post
I end up seeing the two highlighted statements as being contradictory. I'm certain that isn't your perspective. How do you reconcile them?
I don't but that's because I don't see the contradiction that you do. Perhaps you could be more specific.

ETA: Others already expressed the same idea.

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Old 27th May 2017, 11:14 PM   #1047
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Originally Posted by Emily's Cat View Post
Total war on government there...
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post-World War II political and economic consensus is failing and should be replaced with a system that empowers ordinary people over coastal elites and international institutions.
How is that consensus failing? What measure does he use and what data support his conclusion. Without such information, it's just a meaningless blob of words.

He denigrates "coastal elites" and wants to replace them with ordinary people. No thanks. We live in a very complex, interconnected world. It's filled with people of all sorts with all sorts of goals and tools at their disposal. Some of those tools could destroy humanity. I think ordinary people aren't up to the task of keeping things under control much less improving life on Earth.

I've read some of Bannon's stuff. When he says "ordinary people" he means "white people". You should be careful who you cite ....
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Old 27th May 2017, 11:22 PM   #1048
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Originally Posted by SezMe View Post
He denigrates "coastal elites" and wants to replace them with ordinary people.
Except he doesn't. He's working for the elitest of coastal elites and that beast is an elitist as well. It's complete ******** designed to fool the so-called "ordinary people."
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Old 28th May 2017, 07:24 AM   #1049
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Originally Posted by xjx388 View Post
It's been cited. Someone in the US Intel Community leaked the "code-word" top-secret information, including the name of the city at issue, to CNN back in March when they were doing a report on the laptop bomb threat. CNN was asked to withhold the secret information because of its sensitivity. Then in May, Trump shared that same info with the Russians.

Someone leaked to CNN in March. That's the gist of it.
The gist of it is, CNN had the information but didn't go public with it or leak it to the Russians. President Bigmouth couldn't wait to tell his Russian friends about the good intelligence he gets.
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Old 30th May 2017, 10:51 AM   #1050
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Originally Posted by MuDPhuD View Post
Its not hyperbole, its almost a direct quote of the President's chief strategist, Steve Bannon. They are "battling" against the "deep state", that is, in a war with the government as it currently exists.
Not really, now. It's a battle against a shadow group acting covertly within our government. Declaring war on covert groups conspiring to exploit connections within our government for their own ends might be a conspiracy theory, but it's not declaring war on the government.

Unless you somehow think that these shadow actors are an implicit and appropriate element of how the US is governed?
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