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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017

      emptywheel Retweeted Michael Tracey

      No, actually this is Chuck Johnson's lawyer asking to narrow SSCI request to exclude known participants in 2016 op. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/12/28/chuck-johnsons-narrowed-scope-of-what-a-russian-is/ …https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/946130278128455680 …

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      Michael TraceyVerified account @mtracey
      Anyone of "Russian descent" is now a potential target of the Senate Intelligence Committee https://tytnetwork.com/2017/12/27/anyone-of-russian-descent-now-targeted-in-senate-investigation/ …
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 28 Dec 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      SSCI counsel Doss specifically says that the criteria for their investigatory inquiry is whether a person Johnson knows is of "Russian descent"

      2 replies 4 retweets 9 likes
    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
      Replying to @mtracey

      Yes. And she specifically says that's a "narrowing" requested by Johnson's lawyer, which you misrepresented as a "clarification."

      1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 28 Dec 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      Doss herself refers to it as a "clarification." Her "narrowing" of the definition is in response to a request for clarification.pic.twitter.com/Z8Eh5VTSAn

      1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
      Replying to @mtracey

      Yes. But not until after calling it a "narrowing." Again, you're misrepresenting what went on. Congrats to Johnson for making you his dupe.

      3 replies 2 retweets 26 likes
    6. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 28 Dec 2017
      Replying to @emptywheel

      Doss might claim it's a "narrowing," but in what conceivable universe does using "Russian descent" as investigatory criteria actually *narrow* the range of the people implicated here? It expands it.

      1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
      Replying to @mtracey

      Did you read the post, where I explain that?

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        2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @mtracey

          Again, you're being Johnson's dupe. Congratulations for doing the work of a racist idiot.

          3 replies 3 retweets 41 likes
        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I read your post. SSCI's definition of who it deems relevant isn't limited to "Russian persons," it also includes persons operating on behalf of "Russian interests," so the Kazakh you mentioned wouldn't be excluded per this "narrowed" criteria.

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @mtracey

          He might! But glad that you now recognize that change you object to came in response to Johnson's lawyer's request. Maybe you should call him the xenophobe?

          1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @mtracey

          Actually Ike doesn't work for a Russian. He works for an Azeri.

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
        6. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel

          He could be said to "represent Russian interests" according to this. And so, still implicated even with the purportedly "narrowed" criteria.pic.twitter.com/M1yXOF8rZl

          2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @mtracey

          He could. Except that Johnson, the guy who asked for this narrowing, gets to define it.

          3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        8. Truman Chipotle (a ghost)‏ @LoganJames 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @mtracey

          Constantly amazed by now Bad @mtracey is at his job 😂

          0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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        2. Glenn Greenwald‏Verified account @ggreenwald 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @mtracey

          1) How would the pre-"narrowed" phrase - "Russian persons" - have included Karim Baratov or Ike Kaveladze? 2) How is it "narrowing" the phrase "Russian persons" to include people of "Russian descent"? Sounds like an expansion. 3) Can one object & still hate Chuck Johnson?

          5 replies 3 retweets 30 likes
        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @ggreenwald @mtracey

          Ultimately this lets the racist define who he believes to be Russian or acting on behalf thereof. And the case can be made for both Ike and Baratov.

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 28 Dec 2017
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald

          The only one providing a definition of anything here is Doss.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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