Why did the Ruskis choose to leak their memo now?

[Champp]

We know the Russians depend on their Republican cronies to support their ongoing war against truth, decency, democracy, and America. So one has to wonder why they picked this moment in time to "leak" the memo showing how they worked overtime to subvert the 2016 election, thwart the will of legitimate American voters, an install their compromised Republican sleazebag puppet, aka TFG?

What's up with the timing? Did the Republicans signal the Russians that this was somehow the perfect moment to create further divisions in the US of A?

[kentuck]

1. Propaganda advantage.

Always looking for the opportune time to score a point against the West.

[Merlot]

2. They were bragging.

[PatSeg]

31. You know, that is a possibility

Putin likes bragging. Even when he denies something, it is rather tongue in cheek with a "wink wink".

[lagomorph777]

3. I'm still puzzling on that.

Maybe get the Reptilians even more excited about supporting Turd, since they are all enthusiastic traitors.

[underpants]

4. Putin is loved in rightwing circles

He’s string and was their ultimate anti-Obama before Trump piggybacked into it.

I’m just saying that it will very likely be seen (if they hear about it) as a show of support to Trump from Putin.

[Shellback Squid]

5. be careful, it might be Rathered

[Champp]

8. Yeah, that's always a possibility

Since we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that neither the Russians nor the Republicans have any moral integrity whatsoever. They could well be jerking America's chain once again with a FAKE leak.

Fakery is what they do best.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, and leave it up to the Russians to float false message to degrade confidence in sources

[Champp]

33. Confirmed or debunked?

What's it going to be? Other reporters, one hopes, are on the trail to verify or shitcan this "leak."

The thing is, it's so damn plausible one cannot help but...

[mopinko]

6. maybe it was joe's idea.

he'd know it exists.
he very well may have told him to make a gesture if he wanted any kind of relationship.

[world wide wally]

16. I was thinking the same thing since it all started after their meeting last month

[mopinko]

19. yeah, dont think he went in there w/o an ask.

[Klaralven]

36. According to the original Guardian article, the intelligence service had it before then

It was most likely leaked from the Russians to the Brits and then to the press.

[shelshaw]

22. Yes, and the hackers disappeared simultaneously

[zuul]

7. We don't know who leaked it or if it's real.

[hurple]

10. Perhaps...

Trump has gone too far into looney-tunes world for even them, and this is step #1 to cutting him loose and putting him out to pasture.

Step #2 will likely be leaking some of the kompromat.

[lagomorph777]

11. Looking forward to #2, because Trump is such a piece of #2.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Perfect timing to show it wasn't Trump's fault

They're just backing up their asset. TFG didn't do it. They did. This is a strategy for 2024.

[KS Toronado]

13. Love the meme with this article.

[Backseat Driver]

14. Reminded me to be careful about authenticity (being sort of a similar leak to the

"intelligence" about Saddam's/Niger "yellow cake" purchase document(s) leaked (by Italian journalist?) around the time that Valerie Plame's identity was outed way back when the GOPQ went seeking a chaotic American reaction for a different reason, no?

[wnylib]

15. I don't know why they would

leak this information. I only know that I don't trust them about anything they would leak.

[Bristlecone]

17. They are done with a Trump, and this is a message to the others

“You can easily be exposed.”

[Nexus2]

18. For the chronically out of the loop (me) What memo? [nt]

[Champp]

21. Here you go - get in the loop

According to the article, two Guardian reporters have come into possession of “exclusive documents”—mostly a memo supposedly passed among a who’s who in Russia collection of Kremlin insiders—that spells out in detail how Vladimir Putin ordered Russian intelligence and military resources to go all in on their support for Donald Trump in 2016. For bonus points, the memo makes clear that the reason for doing this is because Russian intelligence felt that there was nothing they could do that would be as destructive to the United States as promoting Trump.

The memo even contains a succinct psychological evaluation of Trump as “impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual who suffers from an inferiority complex.”

https://www.joripress.com/memo-could-provide-blockbuster-proof-of-how-russia-used-trump-to-damage-america-if-its-real

[Nexus2]

23. Thanks! [nt]

[bringthePaine]

20. struggling with loss of relevance, so stirring the pot with fingers crossed...

[Ohioboy]

24. I think such a leak could serve 2 purposes for Putin

1) It will change the narrative away from Trump's insurrection, and make it look like the "liberals" have nothing but old material on
Trump.

Keep in mind that Russian Kompromat on Trump means nothing to the average MAGAt. They have never read the Mueller Report and never will. They don't care about Trump's boot- licking behavior in Helsinki. To them the idea that Russia has Kompromat on Trump is a Liberal hoax. This "liberal hoax" idea has been supported by people like Bill Barr.

2) It is a reminder from Putin to Trump that he is still compromised, and to never forget it.

Things are getting bad for Trump legally, both in his business life and with investigations into the insurrection. Trump might actually be able to save himself a lot of trouble if he were to drop out of politics and just go away. Putin has too much invested in his favorite Asset for that to happen.

Just a thought.

[RainCaster]

29. #2 is a great thought

That never occurred to me. Yeah, Uncle Vlad wants to get more mileage out of whatever he has on DFT.

[Fiendish Thingy]

25. Marcy Wheeler has done an excellent analysis calling the authenticity of the memo into question

This memo alters the known timeline of Russian interference, and could be disinformation.

Go to empty wheel blog for more info.

[tishaLA]

26. And an RNC contractor was just hacked

a couple weeks ago.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. The Guardian article said western intelligence agencies saw them some months ago

"Western intelligence agencies are understood to have been aware of the documents for some months and to have carefully examined them"

So it's not a question of why "the Ruskis" (Putin, or someone working independently) leaked the memo now; they did that some time ago. Someone - either the same Russian, or a western intelligence agency - then did it again, recently.

[karin_sj]

28. Are they talking about this at all on cable news?

I was watching some of the shows yesterday and it wasn't mentioned. I was wondering if they were just being cautious.

[Warpy]

30. Somebody is taking a shot at Putin

because he miscalculated badly by installing Dumdum and destabilizing the country that has the most nukes. He failed to destroy NATO and he failed to destroy this country by installing a crazed despot. A destabilized US is a lot more dangerous to Russia than a stable US ever was. Putin outsmarted himself this time. He thought he could control Dumdum, and while we could tell when he snapped the choke chain, he ultimately failed to do so.

So don't make too much of this, it's not about us. It's an unsubtle reminder to Putin that he can be replaced no matter how many times he's gotten laws passed to keep him in power permanently.

[Baked Potato]

32. Kicking the losers to the curb and chasing the bandwagon. Nt

[Champp]

34. Confirmed or debunked?

Come on Big Badass Media. Do your job.

Confirm or debunk this BIGLY HUGE freaking story.

[FakeNoose]

35. Pootie would never admit that he hated and feared Hillary Clinton

... since her days as the Secretary of State under Obama. Perhaps even before then, who knows?

Of course he much preferred Chump, who was a useful idiot by comparison. I'm sure Pootie didn't mind at all when this memo hit the international news-stream. Odds are he may have even leaked it himself.