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Hekate

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16. Pres Obama & his admin did everything they could & were stymied by politicians up & down the line
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 01:23 PM
Dec 2017

At the state level, secretaries of state were warned by AG Holder that they should make their voting systems a critical national infrastructure (someone please correct me on the right phrase) and he was roundly rejected because "states' rights."

After Trump was elected but well before he took office, President Obama and VP Biden told us they had piles of evidence and had made a point of distributing it widely among federal agencies "so that nobody could just go into one room and stuff it all in a sack to be shredded."

I have no special access. I saw this on reputable national television.

I will not have Obama, Biden, their administration, or Hillary Clinton blamed for this.

As for the people on DU who periodically pop up to demand that "the generals," the CIA, FBI, and so forth "do something," all I can say is that would play 100% into the hands of a growing authoritarian state.

Hold on let me check BannonsLiver Dec 2017 #1
I "watched" an "article" about how the host was "left speechless"... tandem5 Dec 2017 #22
"How (Fill in the blank) just destroyed the GOP". BannonsLiver Dec 2017 #29
All we need now is a, "Don Lemon utterly obliterates ridiculously over-the-top article headlines!" tandem5 Dec 2017 #35
+10000 fallout87 Dec 2017 #37
It must be depressing to KNOW. lostnfound Dec 2017 #2
Think there's little doubt . . . peggysue2 Dec 2017 #3
And don't forget Admiral Woolsey this past week... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2017 #25
Ooooo. No, I missed that dustup peggysue2 Dec 2017 #26
Please read this part too. hedda_foil Dec 2017 #32
I ask yet again, why did our entire IC fail to prevent this mess? BSdetect Dec 2017 #4
IC doesn't do everything ChicagoRonin Dec 2017 #5
We know members of Congress have taken Russian money. And some speaking out on Russia's behalf. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #8
Certainly Putin has more than one asset in the US government. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #7
Truly a fair and reasonable question. PdxSean Dec 2017 #10
This, totally this BBG Dec 2017 #19
Absolutely. I like that last line especially, nt stopwastingmymoney Dec 2017 #33
+1 leftstreet Dec 2017 #38
Very good post. And especially using the Franken thing as an example. pangaia Dec 2017 #40
They brought this to Obama before the election last year FakeNoose Dec 2017 #14
Pres Obama & his admin did everything they could & were stymied by politicians up & down the line Hekate Dec 2017 #16
Bitch McConnell is the f*ckstick who gave Putin a pass to hack us. lastlib Dec 2017 #36
a few of them need bdamomma Dec 2017 #51
Because Gerald Ford signed EO 11905 sir pball Dec 2017 #39
Because we do not aspire to be like all those countries where assassination overrules elections... Hekate Dec 2017 #46
Not good enough. think4yourself Dec 2017 #6
Not just words,they're damning words to counter trump's assault on the rule of law. alfredo Dec 2017 #17
Malcolm Nance has basically been saying this since 2016. nt SunSeeker Dec 2017 #9
Trump is Putin's "asset" and the planet's "asshole". nt oasis Dec 2017 #11
+1000 Pachamama Dec 2017 #15
This is the kind of sh*t the RW has gotten us into. ffr Dec 2017 #12
As Long As They Pass Massive Tax Cuts for Their Corporate Overlords, Republicans Don't Care dlk Dec 2017 #13
It really is a label that fits the facts as the public has seen them, and it will stick bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 #18
Must have been one of those small backpack nukes. dchill Dec 2017 #20
Let me correct that headline Orrex Dec 2017 #21
BOOM!! Ligyron Dec 2017 #24
Clapper is in a far better position than the rest of the country to say that with authority. Nitram Dec 2017 #43
In other words, he has simply corroborated what others have observed for months Orrex Dec 2017 #44
You personally had access to raw intelligence about Trump Campaign collusion with Russia? Nitram Dec 2017 #47
You're clearly addressing someone else Orrex Dec 2017 #49
Perhaps I misunderstood you. Who are the "others [who] have observed [the same thing] for months." Nitram Dec 2017 #52
But assets are usually abandoned once they are identified and prosecuted Farmer-Rick Dec 2017 #23
Trump hasn't been officially identified and prosecuted yet. Mueller's working on it. Nitram Dec 2017 #42
I am curious as to why Observer publishes stuff like this? Joseph Meyer is Jared Kushner's japple Dec 2017 #27
You know I've wondered about that too Farmer-Rick Dec 2017 #48
K&R red dog 1 Dec 2017 #28
Great quote by Clapper RandomAccess Dec 2017 #30
I believe it's spelled cp Dec 2017 #31
Clap on, Clap off, The Clapper! icymist Dec 2017 #34
That hurts! I imagine that caught the attention of conservatives who still have respect for our Nitram Dec 2017 #41
Trump's base doesn't care. They like Russia, cuz they hate gays & brown people, too. CrispyQ Dec 2017 #45
Yep. Blue_Roses Dec 2017 #50
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