The HPSCI report actually DOESN'T contest that Manafort, Page, Papadopoulos, and Flynn all presented real concerns. They just think FBI should have done nothing but call Trump and let him know EVEN AFTER they left campaign.
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Aside from the fact that this is from Strassel, who's a raving nutjob, consider what the GOP has argued in recent weeks. 1) FBI should have warned Trump that his campaign was infiltrated w/suspected RU CI problems 2) FBI should have done nothing else about themhttps://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/994731844095668224 …
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And the thing is, these are the very same people where, if the CI/CT target is Asian or Muslim, they want them to lose all due process.
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Disagree w/ you about Strassel. Don't necessarily disagree w/ you on inconsistencies in arguments about how FBI should have handled Trump intel. Either way, implications of what this source was up to will be significant. Will test the denials of spying on Trump campaign proper
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Chuck, you're not that dumb. You remember that the denial of spying was about SIGINT. Remember that? What she's talking abt is a foreign partner pursuing HUMINT abt suspected spies. See the difference?
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Moreover, what's she's talking about is counterintelligence. I get that it sucks that Trump attracted RU targets like fleas. But to suggest that USG should have done nothing is crazypants.
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I mean, where this right wing crusade is at is arguing that Republicans who are suspected spies/spy targets cannot be investigated because they're Republicans. Is that the new rule?
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All future campaigns automatically come with a mole and an investigation from the incumbents DOJ etc.
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Why not? Precedent says it’s ok now.
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So your proposal is that if a campaign is infiltrated w/suspected spying targets bc they did absolutely no vetting and liked people who would work for free, the FBI should do nothing after those suspected targets leave the campaign? Is that it?
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That column is straight up bonkers
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I always figured that the WSJ used line engraved images of their editorialists to make kooks look sane.
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FBI did warn the campaign Russians might try to infiltrate.
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