I didn't say I believe it. I said I wouldn't be surprised if it actually happened. — Agustino
Yeah, because he was conspiring into what information to share and what information to withhold from the President-elect of the United States. — Agustino
"The Obama White House was justifiably concerned about how comprehensive they should be in their briefings regarding Russia to members of the Trump transition team, particularly Lt. General Michael Flynn, given the concerning communications between him and Russian officials."
On January 5, following a briefing by IC leadership on Russian hacking during the 2016 Presidential election, President Obama had a brief follow-on conversation with FBI Director Jim Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates in the Oval Office. Vice President Biden and I were also present.
President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities “by the book”. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book.
From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia.
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The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would.
I was kidding actually about that part.So you just assume that it's underhanded, in lieu of any actual evidence? — Michael
I think that bit is underhanded, since he showed that he was willing to hide things from Trump and his team.From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia.
Why is that compromising? He's just watching a golden shower, he's not involved in the activity or anything of that sort.If there was a tape of you watching two prostitutes piss on a bed for you, wouldn't you want that kept out of the public eye? — Michael
Here's the published parts of Susan Rice's email to herself (to keep an official record, which would be a strange thing to do were this some illegal or unethical conspiracy): — Michael
I could very well be wrong though and I'm hoping we can get to the bottom of this Russian collusion thing in the near future. I don't doubt that he could do something like that, but I've not seen any solid evidence as of yet that he did and it's been some time. — Erik
Yes, however, there is danger even here. Because if it is a real blunder, then you will have missed an opportunity - and if it's not a real blunder, then you will have fallen into a trap. Sometimes the enemy may commit a grave blunder because, if the blunder is not attended to immediately, it will turn out to be profitable for him later on - and he is banking on the fact that you will interpret the blunder as deception.This line of paranoid thinking falls under a similar class of counter-intuitive observations made by Machiavelli: "when one sees an enemy commit a grave blunder, one ought to believe that there is deception beneath it." — Erik
No, that's not what I said. I said having others take pictures of you naked in the shower which are then shown to the public is embarrassing because it is invading your bodily privacy. So no more word twisting here please.No, you said that invading bodily privacy is embarrassing — Michael
No, that's not what I said. I said having others take pictures of you naked in the shower which are then shown to the public is embarrassing because it is invading your bodily privacy. So no more word twisting here please. — Agustino
Just like the little child, you keep pushing with the why. I've answered your first why, so if I answer this second order why, will you ask another why? Because if you will, we'll get nowhere. So you must decide to come to a stop with the whys at some point. When will this point occur?Why is invading bodily privacy cause for embarrassment? — Michael
Just like the little child, you keep pushing with the why. I've answered your first why, so if I answer this second order why, will you ask another why? Because if you will, we'll get nowhere. So you must decide to come to a stop with the whys at some point. When will this point occur? — Agustino
No.And it's reasonable to believe that somebody would be embarrassed by a video showing them watching prostitutes they've paid to piss on a bed, whatever the reason for the embarrassment would be. — Michael
Even if it happened, Trump didn't do anything himself, so I don't see why it would be embarrassing for him. — Agustino
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