Reasons why the Democrats have been fucking stupid on the Steele dossier, a long essay. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/03/on-the-lawfare-surrounding-the-steele-dossier/ …
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2) Bc it made the dossier and Steele toxic when David Corn went and made it public in October.
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3) Bc the standard for collusion Dems embraced after first hints of June 9 Trump Tower meeting is politicos paying $ to Russian intelligence
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4) Bc it means Steele's involvement was a RESPONSE to learning RU hacked the Dems & to FBI's unwillingness to go public.
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[Ironic side note: Dems were willing to launder their private intel to the FBI but not willing to share their server.]
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5) Bc having hired an expert on RU intel in response to getting hacked by RU intel, Dems didn't even hire someone competent on hacking.
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6) Bc this is going to make Alfa Bank's defamation lawsuit (advised by powerful GOP lawyers) very explosive.
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7) Because if Elias had just admitted this 10 months ago this would have been mostly manageable blowup.
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I still don’t follow the syllogistic link with this point. That’s like saying Miami Vice colluded w/ drug dealers for ATF busts in the 80’s.
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Miami Vice is law enforcement in this country, correct? Because neither Fusion nor Steele are.
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That’s inapposite to the point, but I’ll try again for clarity: That’s like saying MI-6 colluded with Abwehr for Operation Mincemeat...
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Again, nope. You keep wanting to compare this to a country's LE/Intel. It's not. There is no LEGAL difference bt Veselnitskaya and Fusion.
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Which is of course backed by the fact that Veselnitskaya and Fusion worked together.
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... point was it’s irrelevant. Mens rea is the criteria. I pretend to further a Ponzi scheme to share malfeasance w/ FBI. I’m RICO screwed?
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No, it was for collusion. Not intelligence gathering. Quid pro quo for hacking & release of contents.
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Read the post and the underlying post. The Dems have hung themselves on this point. Stupidly.
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Not really, you are distorting what their issues with Trussian Affair are.
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Wasn't it trade-off for removing sanctions, "adoptions" being code for Magnitsky?
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