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2017-09-24 Home Front: Politix

Clapper: Intelligence community ‘cast doubt on the legitimacy' of Trump's victory

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-24 03:14|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 While the report did not find evidence that Russians had actually influenced the results of the election

So there's no there.... there.

But Clapper is right about one thing. "Casting Doubt" certainly appears to have been (and remain) an Intelligence Community goal.

Please, let us be honest. Forget everything else, her history, husband, and campaign. Having observed the post-election Hillary Clinton, is there really anyone who believes she would have been the better choice ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-24 03:21|| 2017-09-24 03:21|| Front Page Top

#2 A butterfly flapping its wings in Amazonian delta had some influence on your elections - unless Russians can be shown to hack your voting machines, or to bus in loads of fake voters (and you probably don't want to go there) - what the hell does it matter?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-24 04:26|| 2017-09-24 04:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Clapper is a perjurer and simply an outright POS. Lock him up, too!

Posted by Clem 2017-09-24 06:28|| 2017-09-24 06:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The "Intelligence Community " has its own Proctoscope? Isn't Science wonderful?

It's really dark in there. Somebody bring a flashlight.

Posted by Hupilet Sposh8835 2017-09-24 06:40|| 2017-09-24 06:40|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm casting doubt on the legitimacy of the alphabet agencies...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-09-24 09:01|| 2017-09-24 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Bush's biggest mistake after 9/11 was that he didn't take a machete to the intelligence agencies who all dropped the ball, because he knew they were all good guys. It came back to bite him, and has created a situation where you can't take what they say at face value, because you don't know the motivation.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-09-24 09:44|| 2017-09-24 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Bush's biggest mistake after 9/11 was that he didn't take a machete to the intelligence agencies who all dropped the ball

Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-24 11:11|| 2017-09-24 11:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Traitors

Posted by newc 2017-09-24 14:31|| 2017-09-24 14:31|| Front Page Top

#9 The CIA were drug lords of sort in the Vietnam war. Did they ever reform?

Posted by 3dc 2017-09-24 14:42|| 2017-09-24 14:42|| Front Page Top

#10 #7 He hurts the good who spares the bad (Publilius Syrus)

A student of Latin, g(r)om?

Posted by Bobby 2017-09-24 16:04|| 2017-09-24 16:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Just remember some tags - it does sounds better, sonorous.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-24 16:05|| 2017-09-24 16:05|| Front Page Top

#12 #7 Bush's biggest mistake after 9/11 was that he didn't take a machete to the intelligence agencies who all dropped the ball

And it's looking like Trump is making the same mistake.

Posted by charger 2017-09-24 19:05|| 2017-09-24 19:05|| Front Page Top

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Posted by 746 2017-09-24 20:18|| 2017-09-24 20:18|| Front Page Top

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