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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1) Bc having THE PARTY pay Steele to then share with the FBI is *really not cool* (even if that's what GOP did w/Whitewater).
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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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