dagblog - Comments for "Доброе утро, Америка - Notes from Underground"

I still consider Comey as

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:24:51 +0000

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I still consider Comey as possibly captured by the Russians as well. No proof, but I'm beyond giving benefit of doubt to these guys - he acted quite bizarrely for someone who should know the rules. Suddenly for guy with foot-in-mouth disease he's quite quiet - what gives?

Has the burden of evidence

Richard Day — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:16:22 +0000

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Has the burden of evidence now fallen upon the Trump Administration?

As soon as some Federal or State agency determines that there is enough evidence against the tyrant will the tyrant be forced to produce thousands of pages of tax returns relevant to all the corporations involved.

And then the American Public might see some bit of truth.

I just love the idea of some court ordering the IRS to produce these returns.

All hell will break loose.

Considering 1 of the pieces

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:04:00 +0000

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Considering 1 of the pieces was a WaPo breaking story months back, I'd guess they know a fair amount already. While the dossier last summer wasn't completely vetted, it was known and partly actionable - how come no one did anything.

I'm sorry, but at NY Times I only know Judy Woodward (& I'm afraid she's gone... to Fox?) and 1 other reporter I did an intervew with maybe 7 years ago. I am familiar with a Friedman unit, perhaps the amount of time he'd take to respond with something relevant? Or Paul Krugman, but he's used to speaking into a vacuum.... Anyway, since I'm only cutting-and-pasting, I imagine they know the same sources as I do.

But in any case, I think we're talking about combinations of illegal activity tied together with cross-border Russian espionage and industrial infiltration, intrigues that have been going on for longer than the campaign, seemingly with some attempt to co-opt Mr. Trump as just 1 of a bevy of greedy co-conspirators. There were certainly reports of funny Trump-Russia dealings over a year ago among this background info, so why specifically did it not rise to at least a reasonable internal report, rather than delayed to post-election?

And certainly some of this is NSA and CIA, not just FBI, so I can't drop it all on Comey's shoulders. But basically, what *IS* required for something to rise to the official threshold for suspicion and investigation? with all the money spent on airport scanners and such, how much do we spend on high level security? (well, recently someone walked out with Bradley Manning-like secret documents, apparently broken security still 5 years later). If our only definition of "terrorist" is uneducated bomb-throwing idiot on the ground, there's a lot of damage that can be done at higher levels. Anyway, hoping the outrage will build much faster.

Um, could you send all this

CVille Dem — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:10:17 +0000

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Um, could you send all this to WAPO and the NYT? This is beyond my comprehension...I don't understand the passivity that allows all this to happen. I also didn't get your allusion as to why Obama wasn't out in front about what Russia was up to BEFORE the election. Nor do I understand why everyone said over and over that Comey didn't do what he did intentionally to scuttle Clinton (I know this isn't the crux of your excellent piece, but it is part of the overall lack of outrage and concern of what seems to me the biggest crisis our country has ever faced.)