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Replying to @empiricalerror
You're suggesting they didn't need unmasking to discover it bc it leaked in Israel afterwards, or suggesting it leaked in Israel bc it was unmasked? Adding: my larger point is there seems to be a continuity bt 2017 unmasking panic and 2015 Bibi unmasking panic.
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Replying to @emptywheel
i'm suggesting the unmasking panic is probably not about this particular episode (the cohen visit), but rather about the pre-inauguration UN machinations.
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Replying to @empiricalerror
These machinations, which this same article predicts 5 days before they happened?? Again, I'm making a larger point abt probable continuity in Bibi unmasking panic, w/a range of inappropriate outreach.pic.twitter.com/ewMwOm7IS0
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Replying to @emptywheel
perhaps you could better explain why you think these episodes induced "panic" and whether it was genuine panic as opposed to manufactured outrage to deflect and distract. i guess your "larger point" is lost on me.
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Replying to @empiricalerror
In more verbose contexts I have referred to it as a "pseudo-scandal." https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/19/did-nunes-unmasking-panic-betray-knowledge-of-the-collusion-with-the-saudis-and-emirates/ … The panic [used with sarcasm] is interesting to me bc it suggests Trump & Nunes were more worried abt certain non-RU comms being discovered than Ru ones.
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Replying to @emptywheel @empiricalerror
To the extent that we continue to map the Israeli-KSA-UAE activities that 1) are a continuation of earlier efforts to kill JCPOA 2) demonstrate new violations of norms that might be embarrassing if surveilled, I'm interested in that. YMMV
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Replying to @emptywheel
fair enough. i still don't understand though: are trump & nunes genuinely worried about (aka real panic) or not (aka pseudo-scandal, manufactured outrage, panic used w/ sarcasm)? which is it? your response suggests... both?
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Replying to @empiricalerror
Given the 2015 parallel (that is, Bibi working directly w/GOP MoCs to undercut JPCOA), I think they are genuinely upset the comms got read.
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Replying to @emptywheel @empiricalerror
And the "panic," such as it exists, suggests concern that the GOP will be held accountable for interactions that, were it any other country, might merit a legal investigation (and might here, only insofar as they get sucked into RU investigation).
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Replying to @emptywheel @empiricalerror
For Trump's campaign and transition interactions with Israel, is this a FARA violation if none of them got money from Israel or Gulf States?
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