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| Why Is The FBI Outing Stefan Halper As Their Informant In The Trump Campaign? |
| 2018-05-20 |
| [Red State] This is just stupid. The law clearly defines who it covers as employees of an intelligence agency. This does not cover informants or sources and intelligence agencies are forbidden by law from collecting information on US persons. And the very idea that the Department of Justice is going to okay a grand jury investigation and indictment of a member of Congress when the FBI has leaked the same information to multiple media outlets is simply insane. The ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee made a similar threat today: The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee warned Friday that his colleagues could be committing a crime if they obtain the identity of a secret FBI source and use it to undermine the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.If Warner were truly concerned about irresponsible or illegal he’s be worried about the FBI and Justice because they have effectively outed their informant. Last week, there was speculation that the informant was a US academic teaching at Cambridge named Stefan Halper. He had a connection to US intelligence. He had a friendship with a retired head of MI6. He contacted George Papadopoulos out of the blue and paid for his flight to London in addition to several thousand dollars for a "research paper." Papadopoulos broke off contact with Halper started asking about Clinton emails. Halper struck up a friendship with Carter Page. Today, the FBI and Justice go back the the leak well and give us enough information that we can say pretty conclusively that Halper is the man. Secret FBI source for Russia investigation met with three Trump advisers during campaign. Down to the last paragraph: The identity of the informant could not be more clear. And the identification didn’t come from a leak by Congress, it came from multiple leaks by the FBI and DOJ who are burning Halper to the ground for their own reasons And I think those reasons will be come abundantly clear as the DOJ IG finishes up his investigations. He's an old man, long-time Klingon stringer and non-gov't employee. As such, he has no rights. Load him up with blame and call for the Budweiser truck. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Paging G Gordon Liddy. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2018-05-20 21:12 |
| #12 Thinking the same thing, Deacon. As BrerRabbit said about kneecapping. Betting they do this a few times more until November. If Dems win even one part of Congress, then the top folks can breath easy. That's why the DNC is fielding candidates who sound conservative and stuff, but will vote lockstep with Pelosi after January. But then so is the RNC. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-05-20 21:10 |
| #11 Sacrifice? Fall guy? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2018-05-20 19:30 |
| #10 If anywhere needs swamp clearing it's here in Londonistan. Posted by Bright Pebbles I doubt Albion could hold a candle to your colonial cousins. We've perfected political buggering on a grande scale. While your draining the bogs, give us a Benghazi update on Blue Mountain Security, any Aegis connections as well. I so enjoyed reading Jones' The Embassy House. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-20 16:40 |
| #9 It goes along with the bear joke where you dont have to outrun the bear. You just kneecap someone else and the bear will eat them and you escape. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2018-05-20 15:33 |
| #8 It's pretty clear that MIx is Establishment protection agency central. If anywhere needs swamp clearing it's here in Londonistan. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-05-20 15:08 |
| #7 #5 Nope. He's just geographically and chronologically confused. Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on 25 February 1927 to arrest those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities. 58-1: Definition of counter-revolutionary activity: A counter-revolutionary action is any action aimed at overthrowing, undermining or weakening of the power of |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-05-20 15:03 |
| #6 Meant to hit the preview button instead of the submit button. Didn't mean for all of that to be in bold font, just the part about potentially illegal. No wonder it takes these people forever to get anything done. They don't know legal from illegal and yet it's their job to make laws. They're all a bunch of freaking morons. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-05-20 14:33 |
| #5 "It would be at best irresponsible, and at worst potentially illegal, for members of Congress to use their positions to learn the identity of an FBI source for the purpose of undermining the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in our election," Warner said. OK, wait a minute. Potentially illegal?This are the words of a United States Senator who apparently doesn't know what is illegal and what isn't. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-05-20 14:30 |
| #4 I know! Like that's a bad thing |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-20 11:45 |
| #3 SenWarner is a leg humping stooge on his best day. Posted by Cesare A clear defamation of 'leg humping stooges' everywhere. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-20 11:31 |
| #2 Messrs. Steele and Halper on extended holiday and unavailable for comment. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-20 11:27 |
| #1 Sen Warner is a leg humping stooge on his best day. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2018-05-20 11:25 |