The hysteria about the "intel leak" about the Manchester bomber looks like a takedown attempt to me
On both CNN and Fox today they have been covering, with increasing levels of hysteria, the "intel leak" that appeared in The NY Times having to do with the suicide bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. This leak involved the release of the suspect's name and close-up photos of possible sections of the bomb that the suspect used in the attack. The English gov has expressed extreme displeasure at the leaking of this info by US sources.
What I noticed about it immediately, and why I am suspicious about the possible source and motivation, is that pro-Trump forces are immediately spinning this story, and doing so ferociously -- claiming that this leak shows that our intel community is deeply flawed and that reforms must be made now as it is damaging our reputation for the handling of intel AND THAT THIS IS WHY THE RUSSIA RELATED LEAKS ARE SO DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY NOT TRUSTWORTHY. It directs attention to our press and away from the leaker in chief (or at least that is what they seem to hope).
It just seems so convenient, doesn't it? I don't want to be paranoid but I do remember the Rove take-down of Rather and our press needs to be certain that their sources -- and the timing of release of info -- all of it -- needs to be very trustworthy. They need to be expecting a takedown attempt by Priebus et al.
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The WH can spin all it wants, but the British are directing their warnings to the WH specifically. The WH needs to be running scared because the press are reporting this story.
running around like chicken little looking for a way out in the WH. One'd think they'd have fallen exhausted and just be lying there moaning, waiting for relief from their misery well before this. 