You have commented 0 times on Rantburg.

We're sorry, but only human beings are allowed to comment on Rantburg. If you're a human being, please take this simple test to prove it. If you're not, get lost.

Teapot
Santa Claus groping a comely young maiden
Swine in love
A rose, possibly the Rose of San Antone but not the Yellow Rose of Texas
Now, that's a sandwitch!
Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Photo
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Who Ran Crossfire Hurricane? Barr's investigators should focus on John Brennan and Gina Haspel.
2019-06-04
[American Spectator] Crossfire Hurricane" ‐ the melodramatic code name for the FBI/CIA spy operation on candidate Trump and his early presidency ‐ was run for the FBI by then-FBI Director James Comey, his deputy Andrew McCabe, Special Agent Peter Strzok, and a few others.

Then-CIA director John Brennan ran it for the CIA. Brennan had to have help, but who was it? A lot of evidence points to the CIA’s then-chief of station in London in 2016-2017, and now the Director of Central Intelligence, Gina Haspel.

President Trump claimed that the FBI and CIA’s spying on his campaign and early presidency was treason. Attorney General William Barr said that, legally, it wasn’t.
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  Always thought there was a niche for a krewe of total milquetoasts...

"Before we vamoose, let us promise:
Dum vivimus, vatos, vivamus.
Go loco! Hot mamas
And vocative commas
Await, Caballeros de Domus!"
Posted by: Uloling Grinesing3767   2019-06-04 23:48  

#15  Trump should order Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS, yes even republicans. Just so it's fair. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: Creting Uneang3721   2019-06-04 21:14  

#14  Maybe the Knights of Malta are the ones in charge

I'd prefer the Knights of Pythias. More drinking.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-04 17:20  

#13  Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese academic

And Peter's Buttgag is Maltese too.

Maybe the Knights of Malta are the ones in charge
Posted by: charger   2019-06-04 17:01  

#12  Although I hope Barr gets to the bottom of this mess that was created, I vacillate between optimism and pessimism. Daylight and honesty, at some point, would be helpful to Americans in deciding for whom they should vote and who should govern. So far, we have seen little that has been done to drain the swamp and clean up the left-over corruption.

Presently, there is too much disinformation, fake news and B.S. from swamp denizens.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-06-04 15:54  

#11  and malfeasance
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-06-04 11:51  

#10  It certainly is sedition.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-06-04 11:51  

#9  As I recall, P2K posted a sedition definition not long ago that says it all.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-06-04 11:47  

#8  The Constitution carefully defines what treason is. Mostly because Americans were tired of the King calling anything he didn't like "treason".

So, no, what the deep state/Democrats did was not treason.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2019-06-04 09:21  

#7  President Trump claimed that the FBI and CIA’s spying on his campaign and early presidency was treason. Attorney General William Barr said that, legally, it wasn’t. Barr is correct.

It seems premature to say treason is off the table when the facts are not all in. Is conspiring with an ally rather than an enemy to nullify an election and duly-elected POTUS treasonous? Adam Yahiye Gadahn was charged with treason for conspiring with an enemy. IMO the ramifications of what was done in Spygate are more serious and far-reaching than the treasonous Gadahn's crimes...but then I'm not a lawyer.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-06-04 08:42  

#6  Yeah, B. In retrospect the 2000 election looks interesting...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-04 06:26  

#5  Ref #3: Where might we be today if Boosh had just cleaned house at CIA (and DoS too, but that's crazy talk...

Yes, very difficult to fire the people who hired you.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-06-04 06:23  

#4  As DeGaulle said (paraphrased for the PC era): "The graveyards are full of indispensable people."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-04 06:18  

#3  Ill go all Herb for a moment. Where might we be today if Boosh had just cleaned house at CIA (and DoS too, but that's crazy talk, I know) the day after his inauguration? No way it would have changed 9/11 but everything after that, especially Iraq would probably have been (not saying turned out different, too many cooks and all that) quite different. The permanent parade of professional poltroons inside the Beltway is 99.99997% of the problem.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-04 06:14  

#2  ...Cripes, and I thought the Russians ran convoluted ops...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-06-04 04:26  

#1  Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese academic (amongst other "things")
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-06-04 02:35