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Tommy Carcetti
Tommy Carcetti's Journal
Tommy Carcetti's Journal
April 28, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/trump-russia-intelligence-uk-government-m16-kremlin
If that's true, and intelligence confirms this....holy balls.
And it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
Why do I think that tidbit--and the possibility that it was confirmed--is what caused all the grim faces from the Senate Intelligence Committee after their FBI briefings a couple of months ago?
That's major, major, major stuff.
"The hackers were paid by the Trump organisation, but were under the control of Vladimir Putin[ ]"
The December memo alleged that four Trump representatives travelled to Prague in August or September in 2016 for “secret discussions with Kremlin representatives and associated operators/hackers”, about how to pay hackers secretly for penetrating Democratic party computer systems and “contingency plans for covering up operations”.
Between March and September, the December memo alleges, the hackers used botnets and porn traffic to transmit viruses, plant bugs and steal data online from Democratic party leadership. Two of the hackers had been “recruited under duress by the FSB” the memo said. The hackers were paid by the Trump organisation, but were under the control of Vladimir Putin’s presidential administration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/trump-russia-intelligence-uk-government-m16-kremlin
If that's true, and intelligence confirms this....holy balls.
And it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
Why do I think that tidbit--and the possibility that it was confirmed--is what caused all the grim faces from the Senate Intelligence Committee after their FBI briefings a couple of months ago?
That's major, major, major stuff.
April 10, 2017
So you see the guy across the street viciously beating his wife.
Because you think time is of the essence, rather than just calling police, you decide you need to confront the guy yourself.
But before you go, you decide to call the guy's best friend (who you yourself are in debt to).
The guy's best friend calls the guy, and he runs out of the house before you get there.
And when you get to the guy's house, instead of checking on the wife, you just decide to kick over the guy's trash cans by the curb. To send a message.
And the next day you see the guy beating his wife again.
But it's okay. You don't need to do anything else.
Because you showed you were strong and decisive.
And that you sent a message.