emptywheel

He was *head* of MI6's Russia desk & lived in Russia for 3 years. He also worked w US intel agents for years. Are you still seriously trying to argue that he was not, in fact, a professional spy? This is just silly of you...

i have never argued that. but nice try.

what, though, makes professional spies particularly credible? ever seen a spy get stuff, you know, wrong? like really, really wrong? that has NEVER happened, lol.

You literally just parroted back the "He himself is a pro" line in a mocking tone. Implication is you disagree.

the implication is that maybe the image/myth that's been constructed around steele publicly should be taken with a grain of salt.

Right, but there's no disputing that he's a professional. That doesn't mean he's a god.

"john schindler himself is a pro." what's the implication?

Also, @bernielosev said: "Maybe he’s wrong & was fed disinfo." He acknowledged that Steele isn't infallible.