This will be my thread on TRMS special on the Dossier. But first, two posts: https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/25/democrats-continue-to-score-massive-own-goals-with-steele-dossier/ … https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/12/07/cognitive-rot-and-the-steele-dossier/ …
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When is Rachel going to tell us abt the Steele cyber dossier, dated 7/26, which was so embarrassingly behind cyber it should discredit the entire piece? Oh. She's not going to tell us.
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Dilanian makes it clear he was getting briefing on the dossier. Which I think (though need to confirm) conflicts with sworn declarations.
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Is this really the third commercial break? I'm going to have to get some PHARMA company to sponsor my dossier reporting.
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Wait?!?! We skipped August and September? Those are key dossier fail months.
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The truth is WikiLeaks completely buried the most important Podesta emails (on speech transcripts) by posting against Access Hollywood. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/04/06/the-october-non-surprise/ …
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"I was told about the memos in great detail." Trying to adhere to sworn court docs. Not always succeeding.
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Note how Rachel doesn't tell us that reporters [Isikoff had already published off the dossier] were already being briefed in September, meaning RU probably knew if not by June 9.
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Corn suggests he vetted the claims. But then doesn't describe vetting them, at all.
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FACT CHECK. No, the first glimpse was the September Isikoff story.
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Rachel here suggests that Corn's post wasn't a response to Comey reopening investigation. I ... doubt that.
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Hmm. By my count we heard about ~6 dossier reports, maybe. Out of 17. Why don't we hear about the other ones?
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Another report -- the most dubious one!! -- ignored thus far in TRMS entire hour story on this.
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It'd be REALLY awesome for Rachel to report on who gave Buzzfeed this dossier bc Steele has NOT listed them as an official recipient.
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"The question we ask ourselves is why would we keep this from our audience." Trying to help out Buzzfeed's lawsuits. But
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The good n ews with all of this is Mueller will get to the bottom of everything.
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