When you know the process, you know the methods and purposes. Remember: CIA messaging is transmitted through the Washington Post; FBI messaging is transmitted through the New York Times; and State Dept. messaging is transmitted through CNN. This flow is the one constant in the narrative engineering process.
Ten days ago former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed by the investigative unit led by John Durham.
Two days ago Brennan told the “small group” of politicians and corrupt Obama officials what his official line to those Durham investigators was.
Brennan tells his allies this through an Op-Ed published in the Washington Post.
The motive, intent and purpose is the same as Dianne Feinstein’s leak of the Glenn Simpson testimony… get all messaging on the same page.
Here’s the Brennan narrative to assist the “by the book” justification:
[Washington Post – John Brennan] – […] President Barack Obama already knew the Russians were hacking into the networks of U.S. presidential campaigns, but on the afternoon of July 28, 2016, I informed him in a hurriedly scheduled meeting that Russian President Vladimir Putin had authorized his intelligence services to carry out activities to hurt Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and boost the election prospects of Donald Trump.
“Mr. President,” I said, “it appears that the Russian effort to undermine the integrity of the November election is much more intense, determined, and insidious than any we have seen before.”
My reference to the unprecedented scale and scope of Moscow’s efforts to harm the integrity of the election quickly riveted the president’s attention. It also triggered the immediate concern of the others in the room — including Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, who asked, after I was done speaking, “What are you planning to do on the congressional front?”
I thought for a brief moment and then recommended that the most sensitive intelligence be limited initially only to the “Gang of Eight” — the bipartisan leadership of both houses of Congress as well as the chairs and ranking minority-party members of the Intelligence Committees. I was concerned that briefing Congress more broadly on fragile intelligence sources and methods could lead to damaging leaks, harming our ability to learn more about Russian plans and capabilities.
Moreover, some U.S. persons affiliated with the Trump campaign appeared to be caught up, wittingly or unwittingly, in the Russian scheme, and I knew that the politically volatile nature of such information could have been used by Democrats to harm the Trump campaign.
In my more than 30 years of government service, I had witnessed some members of both political parties engage in unethical behavior by misusing intelligence, and I wanted to avoid that happening on the eve of a closely contested presidential election. Obama understood my concerns, but he said he wanted Congress briefed as appropriate and as required.
Congress was already on summer recess at the time, but three members of the Gang of Eight — Democrats Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.) and Sen. Harry M. Reid (Nev.) — made arrangements to receive the briefing in August in person or by secure phone. The other five — one Democrat and four Republicans — were briefed individually in secure congressional conference rooms on Sept. 6.
To underscore the sensitivity of the intelligence, I personally conducted all the briefings. Most of the eight immediately recognized the gravity of Russian efforts. A notable exception was Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who insinuated that the CIA was working with the Obama administration to prevent Trump from getting elected.
We conducted many subsequent briefings for members and staff in the run-up to the Nov. 8 presidential election. (more)
Smart move by Brennan to bring in President Obama; although this is the first time Brennan admits to briefing the White House on the Steele Dossier information specifically on July 28th 2016. Not accidentally three days before the official opening of FBI operation Crossfire Hurricane.
Yes, that timeline contradicts with other information provided by Lisa Page and various FBI officials in their depositions, but that can be reconciled internally, safely, based on obtuse distinctions around the actual content of the briefing itself.
Start by remembering the sworn testimony of John Brennan to congress on May 23rd, 2017. Listen carefully to the opening statement from former the former CIA director and pay close attention to the segment at 13:35 of this video [transcribed below]:
Brennan: [13:35] “Third, through the so-called Gang-of-Eight process we kept congress apprised of these issues as we identified them.”
“Again, in consultation with the White House, I PERSONALLY briefed the full details of our understanding of Russian attempts to interfere in the election to congressional leadership; specifically: Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr; and to representatives Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff between 11th August and 6th September [2016], I provided the same briefing to each of the gang of eight members.”
“Given the highly sensitive nature of what was an active counter-intelligence case [that means the FBI], involving an ongoing Russian effort, to interfere in our presidential election, the full details of what we knew at the time were shared only with those members of congress; each of whom was accompanied by one senior staff member.”…
Notice a few things from this testimony. First, where Brennan says “in consultation with the White House“. This was the first direct connection between Brennan’s activity and President Obama, National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Chief-of-Staff Denis McDonough, each of whom would have held knowledge of what Brennan was briefing to the Go8; Brennan confirms this in his August 31, 2020, Op-ed.
Secondly, Brennan is describing raw intelligence (obviously gathered prior to the Carter Page FISA Application/Warrant – October 21st, 2016) that he went on to brief the Gang-of-Eight (pictured below). Notice Brennan said he did briefings “individually”.
Brennan also says in his testimony that he began the briefings on August 11th, 2016. This is a key point because former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter to James Comey on August 27th, 2016, as an outcome of his briefing by John Brennan. But it is the content of Reid’s letter that really matters.
In the last paragraph of Reid’s letter to Comey he notes something that is only cited within the Christopher Steele Dossier [full letter pdf here]:
This letter is August 27th, 2016. The Trump advisor in the letter is Carter Page. The source of the information is Christopher Steele in his dossier. Two months later (October 21st, 2016) the FBI filed a FISA application against Carter Page using the Steele Dossier.
So what we are seeing here is CIA Director John Brennan briefing Harry Reid on the Steele dossier in August 2016, even before the dossier reached the FBI. However, John Brennan has denied seeing the dossier until December of 2016. A transparent lie.
Where are the pancakes?
Yeah no kidding! Great question with no answer.
I too am waiting for the pancakes… What is the hold up?
Maybe breakfast was cancelled and we will get a scrumptious brunch instead!!!
Did you not make them?
They can still be punished under Rule 308.
Unfortunately, Bill Clinton forced me to be come an English student of word meaning and parsing! Denied “seeing the document” Of course, he was “briefed on it.” So, no LIE.
That doesn’t give em enough time to reflect on the sins of their past.
Not that it would do any good..
If we have the right ingredients then when are we going to be able to make pancakes as well? We the people are ready. Time for Barr and company to serve up real food instead of half eaten apples and tofu.
Now begins the REAL government mating dance starting with the search for the truth and soon to be followed by the punishment of the innocent
the pancakes are in the elephants canoe
I don’t think they are clever. If they were we won’t know what Sundance has exposed. What they lack in IQ (they are the dumbest people on the planet) is overcome my numbers and cover. The entire us government is completely infested with indoctrinated boll weevils. The entire msm is infested with indoctrinated narrative engineers. Is it any wonder a honest person can’t get a fair shake?
You know, Teddy, after almost 3 1/2 years plus of knowing what is obvious, it makes me think that a great outcome for the 7th floor cadre at the Federal Obfuscation Bureau and DOJ would be a little Moe Green
Massage Table treatment for the lot of these seditionists, and for those who won’t prosecute them. Or Barzini style, if you prefer.
It’s becoming clearer every passing day that Clinesmith is about it, and Barr is all talk after 16 months of Durham.
Pray Sundance has some really damaging inside dope on Barr and his clown car that Patriots can use to ruin what is left of his reputation.
Sorry Treepers, we have waited way, way way, too long for Clinesmith and nothing else.
These subversives, and those who abet them, need to swing for this crime and its coverup.
It’s the truth, and all patriots know it.
I’ve been here 6 years, if I get banned for expressing what would have happened to all of these As% Clowns in a virtuous era, so be it.
Information without action is useless; right Treepers?
Lives, Fortunes, Sacred Honor.
“I thought for a brief moment”……sure you did
SSDD
i think more of mitch mcconnell than i had previously.
Have a drink, take a nap and hopefully that thought will pass….
McConnell is a shrewd wizard. I wish he was on our side more often.
Context–this is Brennan saying that’s what McConnell said, not McConnell actually saying it. Lying liars who lie, even about each other lying.
I’m so negative on Mitch, I just assumed Brennan was giving cover for him.
See how good CIA techniques are… you have never been wrong about either of them, yet you imply you are doubting your judgement.
Hit the breaks! Remember who we are talking about!!!!
Brennen is feeding mitch to keep mitch on board
^^^^This!
“I’m so negative on Mitch, I just assumed Brennan was giving cover for him.”
Same. EXACTLY, the same.
Bingo!
Absolutely agree! McConnell’s comments are very telling. Was there anything he could and should have done about this at that time? Which of the gang of 8 knew about the Steele dossier – the Democrats only, of course, particularly Reid as Sundance has demonstrated.
“A notable exception was Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who insinuated that the CIA was working with the Obama administration to prevent Trump from getting elected.”
Think back to the summer of 2016, do you buy that McConnell was in any way concerned about Trump’s election prospects?
Interesting the 3 he briefed immediately, Pelosi, Schaffer and Reid. Sounds more like a planning session to me. Also note the rest of the GO8 were briefed individually, we just have to trust that Brennan gave them all the exact same briefings.
I seem to recall that Nunes alleges that he did not get the same briefing.
I do not know the facts that lead Nunes to that conclusion, and sometimes he does not give much away, when he is being interviewd (partly because of him being referred to the ethics committee. Odd that someone like Numes would be referred to the ethics committee, but not someone like schiff !!).
Nunes says so here: (start @10:30)
Devin Nunes: The Origins of The Russia Probe
https://omny.fm/shows/the-trey-gowdy-podcast/devin-nunes-the-origins-of-the-russia-probe
He says nothing unusual going on, nothing about the Trump Campaign and even points out the Trump campaign was so small at that point, they could not be colluding with anyone.
Let us not forget that Mitch is not alone. He has a leadership team behind him . . . literally behind him whenever he approaches a microphone. And who’s the leader . . . the driving force, the inspirational genius . . . behind that leadership team? Yes . . . you know to whom I’m referring . . . it’s none other than Fightin’ Roy Blunt.
Fightin’ Roy has been our champion in so many ways. We could never face the future with any kind of optimism without Fightin’ Roy out there fightin’ for us.
mitch might be a scammer, but he prob has a very good bullshit detector…his ‘insinuation’ response to brennan was probably ‘nice try johnnie, go f yourself’
It was nice of Brennan to mention Beijing Mitch as a holdout, wasn’t it? I’d trust it about as far as I could throw an IHOP.
I thought it was a nice touch, not buying it, but a nice touch.
stuck out like a sore thumb. He who protests too much…
Brennan may be covering for Mitch but if not, you are right!
Brennan caught lying about when he first had the dossier…priceless! If you lie about one thing under oath, all that you say may be called into question. But we already knew that.
Brennan is here burnishing Turtle’s creds with Trump, while simultaneously using him to portray the truth as a political reaction from the feckless Republicans. Brennan is not only a slimeball, but a very clever slimeball.
No way Mitch’s “insinuation” was based on any serious concerns, instead he was probably giddy with excitement, prancing aroung asking “How can I help. What can I do. Ohh pleease let me help.” But that would look unseemly, so let the record state “McConnell Insinuated….”
i think more of mitch mcconnell than i had previously.
“Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who insinuated that the CIA was working with the Obama administration to prevent Trump from getting elected.”
For a Gang of Eight, Senate Majority Leader who has been there since 1984 (ironic)
“Insinuated” = “KNEW FOR A FACT”
Think LESS of Mitch.
Brennan is in this up to his eyeballs, and he is such a liar. And I still don’t believe that Devin Nunes got the same briefing as the others. They had isolated him with the ethics inquiry and were doing their best to destroy him.
The first piece of the Steele dossier was delivered to the FBI in Italy I think on July 5. That’s also where Mifsud had big connections. This was always run like a CIA op, and England is key too. That’s where they found Mifsud’s cell phones–about which we’ve heard crickets.
Absolutely, Sidney!
Brennan had no legitimate reason to give separate briefings other than to edit content depending on the particular audience….
I think Eddie Murphy is speaking directly to John Brennan in this clip…
A true nest of vipers. The good news, we can see the conspiracy more clearly every day.
God Bless you Sidney you’re doing Gods work.
Brennan’s private company is using the NSA intelligence stream. He stands to lose billions.
Brennan’s private company?? How can a private company (I didn’t realize Brennan had one) legally get access to he NSA data??? Are you saying he and his people as private citizens have access to everything the NSA has collected (wrongly) on all of us?
Second attempt: The documentary titled Shadowgate explains what Joe is talking about. (My previous reply attempt included a link to the documentary which may have prevented it from posting.)
You didn’t watch the Millenial Millie video? Explains just how it’s done.
That’s an extremely good question. His private company breaks into that stream and takes it.
It was a hurried and sloppy coverup operation of the original spying they got caught for when Admiral Rogers shut the database access down. The sloppiness has worked well in creating lots of shiny things to talk about while the original spying takes a back seat to any probing.
If Brennan had the Fusion GPS document before the FBI, it implies that it was a CIA operation funded by Hillary and the DNC. At this point, I am expecting Barr to go down as just another guy and not the person we needed at the DOJ.
Hurried and sloppy is fine. No biggy, when you have a corrupt “news” media and profoundly corrupt Do”J.” No worries.
They play hardball but our side doesn’t. What the he!! should we (U.S. citizens that care/the country as we once knew it) expect other than to lose.
It reminds me of the old adage, “the bureaucracy can work for ya or against ya.” Only way to get the bureaucracy on our side is to get Mc Turtle under PT’s thumb and separated from the globalists.
Sidney, all of us love you. God bless you dear lady.
Amen, Sidney! You are the best and you and Sundance are really our only hope for justice to be served or even for crimes to be exposed.
Thank you!
Sidney- thanks very much for you comment and for all the magnificent work you are doing on behalf of General Flynn and our Republic. We owe you a debt of gratitude for your patriotism and fortitude. God bless you and keep you safe!
Amen to that!
I hear Sidney’s voice when I read her commentary; distinctive, distinguished, devastating.
I told you that almost 4 years ago. Hersch just figured it out? Sheesh! You know how we KNOW it was a JB op? Because we KNOW about it.
Yep
Sidney Powell ????
Thank you !
I have for a long time been calling it — trying to give everybody that much insight at least — a “CIA In-Country Regime-Change Operation”. So it’s something of a pleasure to get an echo of that, and from no less a person than Sidney Powell. Thank you…
I just call it the Obama Spying Scandal. Simple, direct, and 100% on target.
Calling it “spying” (as opposed to fraudulently framing) is relegating it all to mere political trickery (which is what they are all trying to make it; Barr particularly now, as he says he won’t investigate mere “political” shenanigans). It was not that. It was and is criminal. It was attempted treason. The CIA is not permitted to do operations inside the UDA. That’s a crime. A “CIA In-Country Regime-Change Operation” is treason. That’s why I emphasize “In-Country”; for the CIA, that’s a crime. All of Washington DC wants to call it “political” and move on…I say, they are all committing the crime of aiding and abetting. Our criminal-minded government, apart from our current President’s efforts, is NOT legitimate (as I also keep harping on); it is criminal.
We love you, Sidney!
Sidney, have you looked into whether Stefan Halper was part of the original famous election dirty tricks op, Watergate? there are lots and lots of reasons to believe he was heavily involved. (his Nixon admin job was with the Domestic Policy Council, the creators of “The Plumbers” unit; he was Ray Cline’s son-in-law and Cline wanted to screw Nixon bc China, and much more)
if the nation was to see the 2016 anti Trump and anti Flynn activities for simply another (more sophisticated) Watergate, that would go a long way to helping your client and the president.
Thank you Sidney for all that you do. I wish there were some way that Judge Sullivans delay could be made painful for him and/or for others. If between you and the DOJ more evidence could be brought into court that would harm those who are against this country, or if certain witnesses could be called, maybe that would encourage the Judge to bring this charade to an end.
I have just read your comment. I have posted something similar above. I seem to recall Nunes, in one of his many interviews, saying that he was not given the same briefing.
It is possible that I am mistaken, and he said that he thought that he had not been given the same briefing.
Nunes knows a lot more than most, but has yet to lay out all the cards, face up, on the table.
Well, yeah, unlike the coupsters, he abides the law, so there’s that. 😉
(1) Priestap opened CH, so he said, on his own initiative, on 7/31/2016.
(2) On 8/1-2/2016, Strozk traveled to London to interview various persons.
(3) On his return, Strozk and Page exchanged a number of e-mails about an upcoming big meeting with at least one other redacted “Agency” re CH.
(4) On 8/5/2016, Strozk attended the meeting, then texted Page, in substance, “Good meeting, except for [name redacted] quote, ‘The White House is running this’ ” Strozk immediately recognized the problem and shot back, “Maybe for YOU they are.”
(5) Both Barr and Durham in December noted their disagreement with the IG’s conclusion that CH was properly predicated. Both said they had access and information far beyond that available to the IG.
(6) Barr and Durham know who redacted is, and why — whatever Priestap himself may have thought — the FBI was neither behind nor “running” the whole CH “enterprise.”
(7) Brennan’s comments add insight to the background.
(8) Will Barr/Durham DO anything about this?
P.S,. Great work Sundance, except I disagree with your statement that the group of corrupt Obama officials operating this criminal enterprise was “small.”
You’re absolutely correct….AND, Bill Barr knows that he is lying about his role in the coup that he most likely engineered. His “individualized” briefings were tailored for the greatest effect for each of the recipients with the (I’m sure) admonition, “don’t discuss this briefing with anyone!”, to stop comparisons of the brief received. Barr will do exactly what he has done…NOTHING. How do we get you appointed AG? I bet you would hold them to account…alas, I’ll keep hoping.
Sidney,
You really should listen to this, Gowdy and Nunes go through everything they knew and when:
Devin Nunes: The Origins of The Russia Probe
https://omny.fm/shows/the-trey-gowdy-podcast/devin-nunes-the-origins-of-the-russia-probe
Start @10:30 if you are pressed for time. (lol) (facepalm)
Sidney, I don’t know how you can stand to look at Sullivan. He’s one miserable wretch.
Mifsud is CIA. o back to previous posting by Sundance.
Sidney, thank you so very much for all you do. Our prayers are with you and Gen. Flynn.
I look forward to all of your comments. I am not on twitter but some great posters at CTH will sometimes post your tweets here.
Stay Safe, Stay Strong, Never Give Up and Never Give In. You are much loved here.
Blessings to all.
Where in the world is William Aldenberg?
(Never more)
Hangin out with Huber and the other obedient heroes.
Quoth the Raven?
For anyone who believes a single word of what Brennan said, I have some fantastically priced seafront property to sell you in Idaho.
Spooks are trained to lie and to cover their tracks. It’s simply what they do. For the good of the Republic, of course…
It would be interesting to know if Brennan-Obama trust one another or if each has a secondary plan that will shive the other if need be.
The latter. Brennan doesn’t need Obamao, but vice versa is vice versa. Also, their both greedy and narcissistic, but one of them is relatively smart and competent–i.e., the one who was tasked with providing a public/yet private briefing for the whole cabal.
ugh, they’re not their!
Brennan needed no training to lie, it is his nature, He does it constantly and poorly. His effectiveness is his ruthlessness.
Brennan didn’t just “say”, he embroidered (very carefully, very precisely) a complete cover story. Honest narrators can’t even approach such earnest craftsmanship, of blatantly false statements. Once you see THAT, you can’t unsee it either. Brennan doing a Mark Twain story-telling impression…
How much?
Asking for a friend………..
Liars lie.
thank goodness Devin Nunes was one of the gang of 8 – it was 7 to 1
and nobody thought to brief Trump – such BS
Feinstein leaked in the same way – even admitted it – and no accountability
“So what we are seeing here is CIA Director John Brennan briefing Harry Reid on the Steele dossier in August 2016, even before the dossier reached the FBI. However, John Brennan has denied seeing the dossier until December of 2016. A transparent lie.”
What else would we expect?
John 8:44 KJV
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
I find it interesting that Brennan managed to brief the Democrat members of the Go8 at least 3 weeks before he got around to briefing the Republican leaders.
Reid was asking for an investigation nearly 10 days before any Republican had even been briefed.
Brennan was SO concerned about political abuse of the intelligence that he gave the DNC three weeks advance notice.
As long as these pieces of garbage are not charged and prosecuted for perjury, they know they can say anything they want and nothing will happen to them
You are 100% right about that. This country’s judicial system is rotten to the core.
Sundance, love you much however, We already know he is a liar and a cheat as you have proved once again. My problem is what can be done to call these treasonous snakes out and tattoo “seditious enemy of the people” on their foreheads..
Firing squad at a minimum.
I agree we have enough already personally I don’t need to see or hear anymore, I motion to hang em’ can I get a second to that
I second!
Good, but no one would even notice the scar on Brennan’s craggy mask of degeneracy and deceit.
So the muslim Brennan informed a member of the Muslim Brotherhood ,who covered for major Nidal Hassan’s “workplace violence” ,about foreign interference into what….?
Indeed, and with the additional help of the DoD and (are we ever so lucky to have them too) the Do”J.”
While I agree with your comment and I have no proof, I still believe obama was/is just an errand boy answering to a higher authority.
One can tell that Brennan is lying … when his lips move.
I’m forwarding Brennan’s Op-Ed to all of my bulimic friends to make the purging part easier. This guy isn’t nearly as smart as he imagines he is. Hope he keeps talking.
So what’s one more lie. We know but is anything going to be done about it. Rhetorical question; we also know that answer.
I wonder how much the “Brennan narrative” differs from the answers to “Durham questions”?
How is Brennan not arrested for disclosing his interrogation with Durham? This shows me there are NO forthcoming indictments!
Very disappointing!!
Freepetta — I’m on the same side as you, but there’s nothing illegal about an interviewee disclosing the contents of his interview with prosecutors. (Whether any information so disclosed is classified and criminal to reveal is an entirely separate question.)
Even grand jury witnesses are free to reveal what they said.
Durham should be infuriated.
Brennan is just playing cute (too clever by half) with “dossier” which is a compilation of memos. He can safely say he didn’t see the dossier b/c he only saw some of the memos. I’m sure it’s nothing more than that (reminiscent of Bill Clinton’s “is”). Or he will argue that it’s ok to lie b/c “natsec” or “sources and methods” or “ongoing investigation.” They all have too many built-in excuses.
This just reinforces our knowledge of the DemonRATs strategy when their lying and disingenuousness has been caught Red-handed and proven false: the Liars simply double down on their lies.
Lies and gaslighting is their method. The worse the lie the more it is repeated, the most obvious gaslighting is performed without a hint of embarrassment. Incredible beings.
So where does this leave us “silo” wise/
Harry Reid is dying from what I have heard. Could he POSSIBLY be having a ‘come to Jesus’ moment in wanting to get all his sins forgiven by the many he has hurt so fecklessly . . .?
I doubt it, Debra. He is surely the father of many lies and would not reveal the truth on any front. In case you had not noticed, the Democrats believe that if you lie often enough and long enough that people will (tire of waiting for the truth) begin to believe the lies. They are all beyond redemption.
“I doubt it, Debra. He is surely the father of many lies and would not reveal the truth on any front.
I doubt it, too.”
True repentance is never too late, but late repentance is seldom true.
He is a liar about his father, claimed a religion for political expediency, so, you are probably right, but it is not my place to judge the sincerity of anybody’s deathbed confession . . .
I try not to speak poorly of anyone, but I literally had to change the station when this guy came on or I heard his voice even.
He is cringe-worthy . . .
I bet he was the cringe-hug granddad for sure.
I think he radiates evil and malice….rather like Hillary when her guard is down.
Debra- that’s weird, I thought he was already dead!
Guys like that are not living the life God intended. So he might not be dead but he is wasting the precious life given to him
A sign of life I saw posted lately: a tweet by him re: UFO’s.
Harry Reid was a nobody who came out of nowhere to become the worst Senate Majority Leader in modern history.
“Whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on. But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, FALSE WITNESS, SLANDER. This is the excrement that defiles a man.
Only a truly evil person who has no shame or fear of God and eternal damnation could say the outrageous things that Harry Reid spewed continually. Even those condemned to the Lake of Fire will shun him when he arrives, which I pray will be shortly.
A $2M check, Harry Reid and one frustrated prosecutor
Davis County prosecutor wants to know if feds backed away from allegations surrounding the powerful Nevada senator.
And from there, Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings is investigating whether it went into a Marshall Islands account in the name of Searchlight Holding Inc. to benefit, or even bribe, Harry Reid, the once-powerful majority leader of the U.S. Senate whom online poker companies had been courting to push a bill to legalize their gaming across the nation.
But documents gathered by The Salt Lake Tribune from state and federal investigations, court filings and public records requests — including audio recordings of interviews and thousands of pages of transcripts, summaries by investigators, emails, requests for evidence and other materials — show that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI failed to pursue a vigorous investigation of this money and any potential tie to Reid.
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4533272&itype=CMSID
SLT => Probably one of the last newspapers in the nation trying actually investigate something.
His price seems fairly low for the going rate of the rest of his fellow brothel-inhabitants . . .
He’s a RICO gangster MADE MAN .
A “goodfella”.
So Brennan coordinated with Reid, Pelosi, and Schiff nearly a month before bringing this “imperative breaking news” to the attention of the Republicans in the Gang of Eight.
And gave them (Go8) dossier information: 1) That Brennan claimed never to rely on and 2) was written about to Comey by slimy Harry Reid on 8/27 prior to October’s FISA and release of the dossier 4 months later
Not to mention a defensive briefing for then candidate Trump. This was normal protocol up and until the hag (Hillary) was in trouble and free America was ready for some real “change”.
the timeline begs the question: if brennan ‘knew’ by July 28 that Putin authorized blah blah, and informed Obama then, then why did he not inform the FBI at that point? Why do the FBI claim that it was the memory of Papa dop’s convo with Downer that piqued their interest and not Brennan?
which begs other questions:
where did Brennan get this info about Putin’s intentions? Was it through some nebulous Kremlin source? Has anyone asked Brennan this yet?
he states that he knew at this point (or perhaps just prior to briefing of congress, it is unclear what his bs story is) that some members of the trump team were involved wittingly or unwttingly etc: where did he get that information? was he monitoring carter page, et al himself? was he receiving info from FBI? hadnt brennan claimed to have no knowledge of alleged trump campaign involvement until much much later, ‘mosaic of information’ bullshit notwithstanding.
and perhaps most importantly, what info did durham present him with that forced him to make this mea culpa? how did durham find out about the july 28 meeting with obama? was it dennis mcdonough? and thats why mcdonough is mentioned here? or was it someone else and is brennan signalling to mcdonough what to say to durham if and when he is interviewed?
So here is a question to the group and my background may address some of zimbalistjr question. Remember Brennan had the interagency task force. This group takes on a new meaning after seeing the list of people that were unmasking towards the end of the Obama admin.
The interagency fusion cell was to have started in June or very early in 2016. Recall the hand handwritten invitation only meetings in the situation room in the basement of the Whitehouse?
Brennan claimed he received intel from a Baltic state about Trump campaign contributions. This info was given to him as a tape recording. When was the last time you received a tape recording of any sort? I wonder if it was an 8 track tape recording.
So that is the background I recall but here is my question. He also claimed later on the he was receiving this info from a well placed spy who had access to Putin. Lisa Page later claimed the insurance policy involved burning an important undercover person.
Could that person they are talking about uncovering be Carter Page?
Does Brennan still have a classified access? If not, they can’t ask him and he can not disclose classified information.
Comey gave his up voluntarily so he wouldn’t have to answer any of those questions.
And of course we will never see the intelligence reports that show Russian Interference on levels never seen before. And all $30 million got us was a Russian Troll Farm that Mueller didn’t have the evidence to prosecute. Not exactly Missles of October.
He may also already have a pardon from Obama. I’m purely speculating but since I don’t know the pardon process and it was within Obama’s “purview” to issue them without any restrictions, I’m just assuming that there are lots of them that we won’t know about for a while.
Obama pardon?
A co-conspirator cannot pardon his fellow conspirators.
Additionally, the conspiracy continues today, the crime is ongoing, acts taken after 1/20/2016 cannot be pardoned by Obama, simple.
Gosh, I’m over these people dodging bullets. Makes me feel like I should work for the gov and he invincible too ??♀️
Maybe the new saying should be, If you tell a lie long enough even the DOJ begins to believe it.
Mmmm….me thunks it may be more of a case of–if the DoJ tells many lies often and long enough they believe we the people will all believe it! Which makes sense as it seems to also better align with what most of Congress, most politicians at all levels, most bureaucrats, many in the judiciary, and my Great Uncle Bluto Bon Buttvia always believed and developed into a fine,if putrid, art form.
Fortunately Great Uncle BBB had to contend with my Great Aunt Giantesse Gertrude the III, which at least kept him partially in line! (grin)
DeWalt- lmao!!
Like Superstar Ms. Powell said, where ARE those cell phones of Mifsud’s that Barr supposedly grabbed in Italy?
And where is that Weiner laptop?
Everyone wants something to happen right this second. There are many things that can be prosecuted. many that can not be prosecuted because they can’t be proven in court. I think people are crazy thinking Barr is running out the clock. They are doing what they can against a group that had years to cover their tracks. Soon a bunch will be indicted but likely not for the specific things everyone wants. just the ones they can prove in court.
You are so right about how much time they’ve had to cover their tracks, build plausible narratives, act like a victim (book deals, talking head MSDNC gigs, etc.). It’s incredibly infuriating. PT must win in November. That’s our only hope of righting some of the wrongs.
it is all obstruction of justice conspiracy
in that it is all directly connected to a definite obstruction of justice that in some way began this ordeal: the exoneration of Hillary Clinton. The same players that purposefully botched that investigation (by sending agents to interrogate her who would provide the “best outcome”, by misstating the law in at least two obvious ways, etc), would seamlessly segue into doing everything they could to ensure Hillary would win, and then after that would do everything to ensure that Trump would be impeached or at least severely constrained.
by ‘silo-ing’ the conspiracy –by segmenting it into constituent and independent parts- and by specifically not examining the Hillary investigation, Barr and Durham are ensuring that noone will be held accountable, except Clinesmith and maybe another sucker or two
Brennan only mentioned Obama because Durham must have shown him documentation of something that proved communication to the White House that was incontrovertible.
Yep, I bet Durham can place Obama in the conspiracy way before 7/28, and Brennan is in damage control mode.
Absolutely amazing. You are always the best SD. You know Kayne says his brain sometimes gets too big for his head? Be careful, we dont want that happening to you. We need you!!!
So they’re all guilty as hell. But Barr and Durham will ensure nobody is indicted and the entire conspiracy is swept under the rug.
Hahahahahahahaha. I’m sorry. Hahahahahahahaa. JB tells Obama “there’s snipes out there.” JB then goes and briefs GO8 on snipes. And he buzzes in Comey’s ear about snipes. Then he sits back and watches the snipe hunt. And any time anyone even thinks about questioning JB about any of it in any depth he RAGES about Trump the Chief Snipe Collaborator seeking to sell America to the snipes, thus appearing to continue to fully believe in and support a continued snipe hunt.
This guy was career agency that must not be named. He spent his entire adult life lying about lies he lied about when he lied about the dates he told other lies. Layer upon layer upon layer. That agency has its own agendas and missions, and they don’t share what those are. And their people don’t need anybody to tell them the reasons why they do what they do for their country. Some are good at it., some less so. What was JB really up to with his snipe hunt charade? Who the hell knows? Only him probably.
But now GH is in charge, and everything has gone silent. All the screw ups, blown ops, entire network roundups, all behind us. A gentle breeze rustles the curtain. You walk over to close the window, but it is not open. And the entire world knows that we can reach out and touch anyone we want any time we want any where in the world we want. Boom! And no one knows how we do it. A certain group is back in business.
I think the CIA became extremely bored after the fall of the USSR and loss of mission. Decided pissing with Americans would be fun.
GH = Gina Haspel? I would think she is knee deep in this mess as she was the CIA London Station Chief. She had to know about this plot. Britain MI6 was involved. So is she helping the investigation to save herself? Let’s see.
Of course she knew, and she participated in it. What else could she do? Quit? Real world is you stiff upper lip it and wait for the current boss to be gone. That doesn’t taint her. She is helping by fixing what’s broken, doing her job. I could be wrong. That’s just my take.
Doubful, but hopeful. Thanks for a little optimism.
9 weeks
Expect a treacherous road to Election Day that’s for sure. In the mean time the 3 Debate moderators ( if they occur) have been chosen. Chris Wallace from FOX News, Kristen Welker from NBC News, and Steve Scully from C-SPAN. In other words three anti-conservatives, as usual.
They will replace Biden by then. They know Biden is senile.
They are scamming their voters who are out there wearing Biden T-shirts making fool of themselves.
Biden is senile, does’t qualify to be President yet, there he is is, running for President!
What a scam! Democrat really think very little of their voters… and they are right. People are falling for it, blindly.
It’s just sad all the way around.
Dems can get away with running a senile candidate by hiding him from public and lying non-stop about it. Even attacking those of us who bring it up.
Biden is a place holder.
Michelle or Cuomo I think.
Depravity Party pols think very little of their voters, and even less of this Republic they are so desperate to “lead” … into oblivion. It’s just a game of scrape and rape to them. When they’re done with America, they’ll cash out here and live like Mandarins in great walled compounds in the People’s Republic of China.
Biden cannot be replaced.
They think “Reagan got away with it. So will we.”
He’s the perfect candidate for their Treason.
Whose counting….
Brennan: “It wasn’t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had
Comey:” it was part of a “broader mosaic of facts.”
McCabe: “Articulable Facts”
Biden: “No Malarkey”
Pelosi: “I am sorry for falling for a set-up”
Everyone w/ half a brain: “BullSh/t!”
Trump: “Checkmate! “
What do you bet Durhams interview of Brennan reads a lot like Mifsud’s 302
“So what we are seeing here is CIA Director John Brennan briefing Harry Reid on the Steele dossier in August 2016, even before the dossier reached the FBI. However, John Brennan has denied seeing the dossier until December of 2016. A transparent lie.”
But then the CIA rarely does anything but connive and lie.
Information laundering.
We’re not going to get anything resembling justice. DC Circuit will make sure Judge Sullivan hears any cases that fall out of this.
It’s so interesting to me how Reid and Feinstein became soooo quiet when this all blew up in their faces. Reid retired, no? Feinstein gave up her chairmanship. Slimy Paul Ryan gets bought out to go run a big company (board position?). McConnell has been around a looong time, so he’s going to help the President and try to keep from getting his ass in a sling. Pelosi and Schiff haven’t stopped for one minute trying to convince the American people that Trump is a “Russian agent”. Burr… what a loser. Did I miss anyone?
The ONLY GOOD GUY IS DEVIN NUNES. Did Brennan actually brief Nunes?
Honestly, If Brennan doesn’t end up in an orange jump suit, he’ll get his in Eternity. That’s not something any of them can avoid. Heaven or Hell.
I’m fairly certain Nunes has said from the beginning that he wasn’t told ANY of this.
The matter below was investigated by federal authorities.
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Criminal complaint says California man stalked and threatened wife of Devin Nunes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/criminal-complaint-says-california-man-stalked-and-threatened-wife-of-devin-nunes
Affiliated with leftist organization, Southern California Americans for Democratic Action. Another communist front.
Senators hang on until they can’t go any longer, and yet Reid retired?
Shady as all get out . . .
Right after he lost an eye in an “exercise equipment failure”.
Prostate cancer.& a broken eye socket with love, from his godfather….
Like Sidney said, Nunes’ briefing was probably very different. They knew who they owned and who was a risk.
You missed Burr on the SSCI.
Traitor Warner.
The thing to keep in mind is that EVERYBODY THEN thought that Hillary was going to win in a cake walk and ALL OF THIS NOW is a reach back and story realignment effort, as SD points out.
THIS!!!! So …. what was the purpose of this op? Settle an old score with Putin? Poison the well for Putin in a Hillary presidency?
Hmmmmmmm, so this article drops when the Milsud 302 was released. Another breadcrumb. This is battle space preparation where Brennen is signalling that if he goes down the temple pillars will be pulled down too. You other perp’s get ready and line up to my story no matter what it does to you.
Who is this message aimed at? Obama has to be the main one. Ie. get ready because this crap is going to get real.
I note that there is a bit of serenity in Sundance’s posts lately. Take his advice and live your best life now!
ah, good point.
it is possible brennan comes out now admitting that crossfire hurricane started with him and not with papadopolous bs story
and the cover is ‘national security’ and ‘sources and methods’
Brennan: we got this info from a source within Kremlin and we didnt want to blow his cover so we instructed FBI to convey the Papa dop cock and bull story.
Sorry about that, but we had to lie to you for 4 years: “national security”
And run Papadopolis through the wringer. Not good. And illegal as hell. A felony.
History:
Lt for life John F. Kerry lied in writing to obtain his awards and citations to include his Purple Hearts.
Did this to avoid staying longer in VN and enhance his political ambitions.
Ran for President almost won.
Bill Clintion, life long liar and sexual abuser.
LBJ, voter fraud his entire time.
Now Obama a total lie , not one part of his life story is true.
Now this LIE on Trump and U S A.
Do you want to be the LIE too, do we want to be the lie that died, to be the ones who allowed these lies to live.
All men are not created equal, some are born evil and lie life long.
Its us to U S to sort it out.
Its up to U S
Umm…Treepers…OK, so I’ve been off of any type of media for the month of August, and have been back on TCTH for two day now catching up.
I was watching a music video on YouTube (Time Has Come Today – the Chambers Brothers) and an AD – a movie trailer – for a showtime movie being released called the “Comey Rules” was played….WTF!!!
Again WTF?!!
Being released in September 2020 – anybody else seen this trailer?
I’m in shock – seriously!
No but it is a mini series coming out. Political bashing of President Trump for the elections. Paid for DNC propaganda. Should have to be listed as a political donation.
“Paid for DNC propaganda”
And then they show it on NPR so the people paying for it are the taxpayers, R’s and D’s. What a racket.
When I was 12 yrs old, I studied piano with the illustrious Lt.Comdr. Piyaphan Sanitwongse na Ayudhyathe, conductor of the Royal Thai Navy Orchestra, who happened to be flamboyantly gay and had a thing for pre-pubescent boys … like me. My father, a USAF Lt. Col. assigned to the Joint US Military Assistance Group/Military Assistance Command Thailand, said Lt. Comdr. Piyaphan came highly recommended, and it would be prestigious to be his student. (Actually, the honor accrued to my father, since he basically pimped me out to curry favor with his Thai military buddies.)
At home, Lt.Comdr. Piyaphan was always dressed casually, in a traditional Thai sarong with no underwear under there. He’d join me on the piano bench and couldn’t keep his hands off me. He just loved me to pieces. With each week’s “lesson,” things devolved from bad to worse. I felt like I was between the proverbial rock and a hard place and dared not quit my “lessons” lest I disappoint my father. But the afternoon I showed up at Lt.Comdr. Piyaphan at my regularly scheduled lesson time to find a gay orgy in full swing was too much.
I finally got up the nerve to quit and, as I feared, my father was not happy about it (mostly because of how it might reflect poorly on him). When I told him why, he demanded to know what I had done to ENCOURAGE Lt.Comdr. Piyaphan’s advances.
John Brennan is like a cross between Lt.Comdr. Piyaphan and my father.
God bless and lift you up from that evil! You’re not far wrong on Brennan, I suspect, though I’d expect him to be even more aggressively evil and degenerate than Piyaphan or Pa. With Brennan in either position, I doubt you’d be able to tell this story.
No question about that. But that’s why my gaydar is so finely dialed in. Don’t get me wrong: If a person’s gay, OK. It’s the pederasty thing that infuriates me. And California passing legislation saying it’s OK is NOT OK with me.
Thank God for ardent patriots such as Richard Grenell, who did more in his brief time as Acting DNI than his predecessor did in three years to reveal the TRUTH and advance the ball. Look, too, Brandon Straka and the incredible @walkaway movement he has spearheaded. And Scott Presler, a Navy brat whose “Persistence” effort to register new
Republican voters and help clean up neglected neighborhoods nationwide has taken on a life of its own. And Andy Ngo, who’s put his life on the line to document Antifa’s growing presence in Blue Cities nationwide.
We’re all fighting for the same things. And everyone of these gay men are welcome to share my foxhole anytime!
I am so sorry this happened to you.
That is an insult to the Lt. Comdr. and your father.
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but you’re right. Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, L. Page, are all utterly devoid of character. They are all cut from the same wretched cloth: They’re nothing but amoral, perverse, duplicitous sociopaths who are drawn to the “intelligence” sphere because they just love to be about everybody else’s business. And they do so without a thought of the tables ever being turned on them.
Most are yellow & pusillanimous.
They are Deep in Brennan’s web.
No way out.
From Brennan’s WaPoOpEd:
“Mr. President,” I said, “it appears that the Russian effort to undermine the integrity of the November election is much more intense, determined, and insidious than any we have seen before.”
Is this Brennan quoting himself?
I’m sorry, that sounds like bad dialog from a Adam Schiff movie script. NOBODY talks like that. Not even John Brennan.
Sounds more like a Lawfare piece of (legislation) ?!
Brennan has always tried to apply “big words” in his grammar. It never comes out sounding right, its awkward. Because he forces the matter, trying to sound articulate, well versed, it has the exact opposite effect on what he aspires for. It exposes him as the ham-handed, calculating, bumbling thug, that he is at heart. I actually enjoy watching him speak, he’s a complete blowhard and laughing stock.
On with it please, Mr. Durham ….
Rip — In light of your longevity, you can wait a lot longer than most of us! We appreciate your urging action in our lifetimes.
And the dossier wasn’t a part of the corpus of any intelligence… it was in the appendix. All these are just legalisms and Washington is mostly lawyers.
It all depends on what the meaning of the word is is. That’s who is in charge of our country now… a bunch of legal wizards. And now we have gone full Orwell… not surprising.
Do something Barr.
INTERESTING THAT DEVIN NUNES WAS BRIEFED BY BRENNAN
However, his briefing must have been very different than the briefing Brennan gave to Harry Reid. Here in a podcast with Trey Gowdy (start@10:30) Nunes says there was absolutely nothing unusual going on with Russia except the same-old same-old kind of stuff.
Devin Nunes: The Origins of The Russia Probe
https://omny.fm/shows/the-trey-gowdy-podcast/devin-nunes-the-origins-of-the-russia-probe
So, my guess is Brennan had different version of the briefings for the Republicans & the Democrats, hence the insistence on “individual briefings”. (Podcast worth listening to in its entirety. IMHO)
It seems that the Intel Community and the rest of the Federal Government sees the elected politicians (and the people, by extension) as nothing more as annoyances or “useful idiots” in running the country.
The “individual” briefing line always had a stench about it. Maybe he got 7 at once and Nunes got an “individual” briefing since the other 7 were in the Obama gang and only Nunes is a good and honest man!
Anon: The Intel Community and the rest of FedGov would be seeing things accurately.
Dang, did Brennan write Schiff’s opening tale at the impeachment hearing or did Schifft dream up this little oops-ed?
Has anybody answered the question why they did not brief Trump?