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International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Senior Editor @ArcDigi. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.

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    Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Jan 23

    Nicholas Grossman Retweeted Kurt Eichenwald

    The Senate Majority Leader cannot "block" the president from making public statements, about intelligence or anything else. I understand McConnell threatened to play politics with the issue, but Obama could have warned Americans if he wanted. He chose not to.https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/955922458355404804 …

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    Kurt EichenwaldVerified account @kurteichenwald
    Biden confirms reports McConnell blocked Obama from warning Americans about Russian election interference https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/biden-confirms-reports-mcconnell-blocked-obama-warning-americans-russian-election-interference/#.WmevxgCXYOg.twitter …
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      1. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Jan 23

        What, exactly, Obama should have done in 2016 about Russia's efforts to interfere in the election is a difficult question. (I wrote an article about it). And a lot of the criticism exhibits hindsight bias. But the buck stops with POTUS. It's on him.https://arcdigital.media/what-should-obama-have-done-about-russian-hacking-6430536a84e8 …

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      2. Shayan Farooqi‏ @ShayanFarooqi Jan 24
        Replying to @NGrossman81

        Maybe the evidence was not as solid as president Obama would have liked to run with publicly; and it seriously would have had the look of impropriety as Clinton was in his cabinet

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      3. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Jan 24
        Replying to @ShayanFarooqi

        Perhaps, yes. My point is that the decision was Obama's. If he made the decision using the logic you lay out, it was still his decision. McConnell, nor anyone else, blocked him from making a different decision.

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      4. kabeech‏ @hogsback10 Jan 24
        Replying to @NGrossman81 @ShayanFarooqi

        You're saying that Biden shouldn't be calling out McConnell?

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      5. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Jan 24
        Replying to @hogsback10 @ShayanFarooqi

        I'm saying Biden is wrong when he claimed that McConnell blocked Obama. The Senate majority leader cannot block the president from making a public statement.

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      6. Mykhal C‏ @basschakra Jan 24
        Replying to @NGrossman81 @hogsback10 @ShayanFarooqi

        @SenateMajLdr blocked it from being a bipartisan announcement...which is what @BarackObama was after. he was after a non-politicized announcement...which is 'probably' the only way he thought citizens would really be able to hear it...

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      7. Relic‏ @ConcernedVet3 Jan 24
        Replying to @basschakra @NGrossman81 and

        Precisely. What is currently happening with the investigation is indicative of this. It does no good to announce it to a public that is just going to try to crucify you with it. He all but taped his actual mouth shut... I mean... they don't even believe our intelligence agencies.

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      8. Mykhal C‏ @basschakra Jan 24
        Replying to @ConcernedVet3 @NGrossman81 and

        no they believe em imo. they just scream to their base they dont believe them!! #PropagandaShit

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      9. Relic‏ @ConcernedVet3 Jan 24
        Replying to @basschakra @NGrossman81 and

        I actually meant his "base" when I said "they". Everyone in the former and current administration knows VERY well, I am sure.

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      2. Peter Wolf‏ @peterawolf Jan 23
        Replying to @NGrossman81 @AviWoolf

        McConnell threatened to take any "warning" by the Obama administration as a partisan attack and refused to support the bipartisan statement. Obama deserves a lot of criticism for a lot of things; he doesn't deserve blame for McConnell putting the Republican Party over country.pic.twitter.com/6K7h7BBr5V

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      3. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Jan 23
        Replying to @peterawolf @AviWoolf

        McConnell's decision was McConnell's, but Obama's decision was Obama's. No one can tell the president what he can and cannot say to the public. This is even formalized in law--POTUS can declassify anything at will. The Senate majority leader cannot. Nor can he stop the president.

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      4. Peter Wolf‏ @peterawolf Jan 23
        Replying to @NGrossman81 @AviWoolf

        pic.twitter.com/gtocS0f9QO

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      2. Safiyah Noor‏ @SafiyahNoor1 Jan 24
        Replying to @NGrossman81

        Go back to that time that seems 100 years ago. You remember the climate; Republicans pushed conspiracies of a cabal of people that intended to subvert the will of the People. Polite discussion of whether Trump loons wouldn’t accept a result of a Trump loss. Fear of their rage.

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      3. Nicholas Grossman‏ @NGrossman81 Jan 24
        Replying to @SafiyahNoor1

        I remember. But I don't think conspiracy theorists should get a veto over presidential decisions. As I said in the article, it's complicated, and there's a lot of hindsight bias. But Biden's wrong that McConnell blocked Obama. Obama could've gone public anyway if he wanted to.

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      4. Safiyah Noor‏ @SafiyahNoor1 Jan 24
        Replying to @NGrossman81

        Of course Obama had the agency to do it BUT what effect would it have had and couldn’t it have been wildly counterproductive? The affected populations was Mitch’s and without him participating in the joint warning...Come on, climate was toxic.

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      1. DocWashburn ❌‏ @DocWashburn Jan 23
        Replying to @NGrossman81 @AviWoolf

        Bless his heart, Kurt writes for Newsweek and apparently their tentacles are everywhere. I'll see myself out. :-)

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      2. Chris Wilhelm‏ @cwilhelm2014 Jan 23
        Replying to @NGrossman81

        And I love President Obama, but that was one of his greatest errors.

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      1. Kim AF Brat‏ @winetast3r Jan 23
        Replying to @NGrossman81

        Exactly. I agree, and I love Obama.

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      1. Naveed‏ @NhasanNaveed Jan 24
        Replying to @NGrossman81

        They need to put that theory a rest. Russia or any other countries have preferences and they might’ve work towards that but we invented election meddling. Ask a Haitian, El Salvadoran or maybe an African?

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