Former Acting DNI Richard “Ric” Grenell fires a warning shot across the bow of those within the intelligence community who are refusing to release documents. During an interview with Liz Mac, Grenell shared:
“I’m getting really impatient with those individual agencies that know exactly what I’m talking about, that know exactly what documents they need to release… they’re playing games.”
Then why didn’t he release them when he was the head honcho?
Who knows? I sure don’t; do you Perot?
Perhaps he couldn’t at that point in time; it’s complicated business.
I am not in a position to second-guess Ric Grenell, are you or anyone else?
retest the higher loyalty after you inform them YOU WILL LOSE SOON.
by seeing the higher loyalty continue (the not turning docs over) shows POTUS that the handlers invovled ARE BIGGER AND MORE OUTSIDE THIS COUNTRY than initially thought.
a Screw up versus a Treason.
I can only guess.
Let’s say on a 1 to 10 scale, Dan Coats was a negative -12.
So Grenell comes along and gives us a 5 or an 8, but it looks like a 10+ due to his predecessor. Eh?
But now he’s telling us there is lots more out there… that wouldn’t affect pending indictments or litigation?
Then why didn’t he release them? Meeting overload? It’s been 4 years…
P.S. I love Grenell.
Actually, he addressed this, in a previous appearance. I can’t give exact quote, or link, but I clearly remember him saying there were lots of “threads” he saw, but wasn’t,able to fully unravel, in the limited time he was there.
The Govt doesn’t do ANYTHING, without having all sorts of regulation it has,to follow, and it doesn’t do anything FAST,…well except in the new, limited Trump time.
I am sure declassifying is a lot more than just the ODNI saying “make it so”.
I spent 30+ yrs working for DOD, DoS, DHS.
ANY document is “classified” at some level, at the behest of the Originator or the Agency of the Originator. ONLY the “originator or originating agency” can rescind classification, or, a competent court of Law.
Declassifying ANYTHING opens up a Pandora’s Box. Like it or not.
The Declassifier has to know Why the thing was Classified, the Circumstances of Classification, The Precedent and Antecedent impacts of Declassification, the Legal implications of Declassification, the Cross Agency impacts upon collateral intelligence, security, Military, Economic, and Legislative impacts.
This is more complex than most people imagine.
Let’s say Congress wants Clarity on why the DoD ordered 2 tons of Hydrazine that was purchased via “Classified off book” black ops. Somebody demands “open investigations” and “declassification”. Well, Maybe it had something to do with missiles, or maybe torpedoes, or maybe Bunker Busters, or maybe Hypersonic Weapons. Or maybe it was a mistake in an order using the Supply System. Whatever. Declassifying that purchase order might impact a lot of things that Nobody was meant to see, or maybe it didn’t matter at all. Blanket Declassification is NOT an answer to Anything. Declassification is a serious business and does not need to be politicized. Yes, there is a process and it needs to be followed, and stupid responses need to get busted, and grand standers need to get clipped. But it is over simplistic and ignorant to demand that “everything” gets declassified.
On the other hand, Nobody wants to Classify ANYTHING that cannot be defended above “Confidential” unless it IS because they might wind up in Court or Courts Martial, and they know that. You can’t Un Ring the Bell. And you shouldn’t. But, Authorized Bodies Should hold the Classifiers Responsible for What they Classified and Why, not the general public, and not “reporters”. This is a complicated business, and for mostly good reasons.
The President has ultimate classification authority over all OCAs.
He can order a document declassified, but he cannot actually do it himself, unilaterally.
It still has to go through a serial process of review and sign off.
Sundance explained that process many moons ago.
Yeh buuuuuut,
What if they are classifying these documents to cover schitt up?
Not to protect sources and methods but to prevent sunlight? Isn’t over-classification against the law?
Overclassification is handled by disciplinary action the 1st time it happens. After that, your career is over. Covering for any crime or act against “the efficiency of the service” is grounds for Courts Martial, Prosecution, and Termination. There is no “but”. There is only Law and UCMJ. There are, however, bad people.
The problem is that much of the documents in question were classified in order to cover up malfeasance. A classic CYA move.
And that is why Investigations happen. To be effective, Investigations result in airtight charges, proof at trial, and thin smiles at sentencing.
Malfeasance is a subjective, not legal objective, term. Abuse of Power, Criminal Negligence, sedition, Treason, RICO, etc, are provable objective matters of Law. Malfeasance is a subjective interpretation of responsibility unless there are provable violations of Law or Regulation. IOW, we all know what malfeasance smells like, looks like and feels like. But that don’t mean sh!t if it can’t be tied to a law or regulation that was broken. I want some of these B@sTurds playing “soap on a rope” as much as you do. But I want it done so they can never escape that reality by any excuse.
You sound like Nero while Rome burns. Comical you expect others to wait for justice from what everyone can see is an thoroughly corrupt system
Call me when you can prove any of it is being done outside of the lowest charge, to the lowest lackey.
You supported your fisa with a news article you created through a leak.
With that you illegally obtained, exported, and distributed this data of 16000 people.
Thos people were harmed from that action from career loss to death
Thanks Cowboy, very informative. You made me think and at 11:25 that is hard to do.
Thanks for the clarification. I knew this, but couldn’t express it with the authority of experience, as you so eloquently have!
That gave me a headache.
yeah. me too. for 30 years.
Thank you for joining the conversation, Cowboy. Your inside experiences help define the debate and explore the issues more succinctly. Apparently, our country has been operating under a CYA system for far too long.
The “Leadership” is doing CYA. The rank/file people are following procedures. It is the Leadership that needs a Draino enema. The SC, Senior FBI, Senior NSA, ODNI, knew exactly what they were doing. The grunts punching the keys were following orders they had no right to refuse because they were compartmentalized. No, it isn’t the Nazi Defense of “just following orders”. It is the corrupt authority of corrupt people corrupting a lawful activity. Put the Leadership in Prison.
And I would add the FISC court. They could disbar and ban any person that lied to them. They deliberately slow walked the required disclosures after the Mueller report was published. The court if it had integrity would also would have disciplined Contreras who approved the first warrant. Roberts knew this immediately as he had him replaced soon after the warrant was approved.
The Courts are also culpable. I am a National Security advocate but I have concluded that the FISA process too broken to continue.
Maybe so. But we now have proof of FBI classifications that have nothing to do with “sources or methods” but everything to do with hiding info go protect themselves from information the public has a right to know.
I understand there needs to be classification but when it is used for nefarious purposes as opposed to national security then there has to be a way to call B.S. This abusive classification of info that has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with hiding crimes from we the people is how governments implode. A system where anyone can classify anything and keep it from we the people is a system that can be controlled by infiltrators.
The problem is when those “authorized bodies” are compromised. Maybe that is why the POTUS has complete declass authority. I hope we find out someday why that authority has not been used, as all the stuff coming out now could have come out years ago. Anyone that thinks that “classification” ha snot helped coverup the biggest political scandal in our Republic’s history is fooling themselves. Time for accountability. Should not take 3 !/2 years to declassify crimes against the American people. The classification system is broke and needs fixing.
Abuse of classification authority to hide unlawful acts is a crime, punishable by UCMJ for Military and USC for civilians. The issue is proving it. That is why AG/DOJ/etc need to be very cautious in what they release publicly until the traps are sprung. Wish it were different. But it isn’t. If the prosecutors make a legal error, the rat bastard guilty as sin perp walks.
Comical, and concurrently vile, of you to posit a declassification as some type of “Pandoras Box” while ignoring the context of seditious treason.
Comical, and concurrently vile, of you to have an opinion on something you don’t begin to understand. Appreciate your vigor, don’t appreciate your ignorance.
Ad hominem, a logical fallacy and your response.
“On the other hand, Nobody wants to Classify ANYTHING that cannot be defended above “Confidential” unless it IS because they might wind up in Court or Courts Martial, and they know that.” I beg to differ. They aren’t worried about a damn thing happening to them.
the process of de classification sounds as if it were designed by Lawfare…the perfect maze inwhich to hide ones secrets…and internal bells and whistles to alert when someone is digging too deep…almost like an insurance policy…
MANY thanks for that explanation Cowboy! It answers my questions about why there is such a slow dribble of important classified information and begs the question of why those involved don’t make classified stuff disappear soonest.
They were doing a Mahatma Gandhi to him. Noncooperation. That’s why Radcliffe was confirmed in a hurry. Because he was putting to the screws to the non-cooperators.
Where is Radcliffe?!?
Perhaps Grenell should give him a phone call or email.
Where is Radcliffe?!?
He didn’t mention his successor by name, John Ratcliffe; but, by his comments, I inferred he is disappointed Ratcliffe hasn’t released more documents/transcripts by now.
Where is ODNI John Ratliffe? Still filling out employee forms and getting checked on computer passwords and shopping for trendy lanyards for his photo ID badge?? Get the lead outta your pants!!!
Seems like it.
I disagree. I believe that he is running information through Durham before releasing. Also there is a process that has to be following. He declassified and allowed release of Jensen’s latest findings
The declassified congressional testimonies that he forced Schiff to release were finished when he got the interim position. He just used his authority to pressure Schiff. Note the Atkinson testimony is still classified because it wasn’t part of the original Russia interference testimonies. Is it going through the process of declassification. Don’t know.
Is the pace slow? Yes and frustrating. But let us assume that Radcliffe is working the process behind the scenes. He isn’t going to do flashy actions to draw attention to himself.
An addendum to my original comment. One thing that Grenell did that I found powerful was releasing the unmasking requests of Michael Flynn. I wish that effort would have been continued by Ratcliffe to all the unmasking requests. I posted before that the targets of the unmasking requests should be shown the information that was pulled and if known given too. Then give the target the unclassified information to do with what they will.
You know that the Republicans would have released that information. It would have made for a glorious civil rights suit with Class Action and RICO implications.
Time was not ripe? His replacement btw seems to operating at warp, NO, stagecoach speed.
I concur.
for a reason that is obviously beyond your knowledge … enough with the second guessing nonsense … you and I aren’t on the front lines … how about we don’t snipe at the folks that are ? maybe … just once …
Barium Test.
It’s likely that the docs are classified (hidden from view) to the point that by releasing them he would have broken the law. To release the docs will require a declassification that would have to be an action by the equity holders (or their superiors). That’s what he is saying to those equity holders, declassify and release. They won’t do that unless there is a reason that assists their cause. Someone with authority and above their pay grade will have to initiate that. Transparency is not their game, deceit is.
Uh, like POTUS?
Uh, like POTUS?
screw the “equity holders” …expose the truth and the people will back you…Recognizing “equity holders” is playing political games…they work for the people, they are paid by the people to develope the very product they claim and hide from the people…
Maybe because he get the approval for the heads that he knows overview but not each document, if that easy President Trump release them.
Why didn’t Barr just overrule every head and release everything.
Obviously it’s balance that get the heads some these like CIA and NSA on board to approve extracting the documents each to DNI to approve release.
Thank you, Abigail, for calling out Perot. Enough of the self righteous criticism, already.
Perot, do not kick at the guy who released more than any one else.
“I’m getting really impatient with those individual agencies that know exactly what I’m talking about, that know exactly what documents they need to release…”
I suspect that after the election, our VSGPDJT is going to do something about that problem.
If you are CIA, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are NSA, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are DOS, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are DOJ, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are FBI, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are IRS, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are EPA, you are a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are a flag officer, you are probably a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are a federal bureaucrat, at best you are an overpaid, underworked leech on the productive and possibly a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
If you are in Congress, you are most likely a bought and paid for hack with a significant chance of being a scumbag and an enemy of the American people.
Haha sounds pretty much right. So when you add all that up you get a big fat zero.
or, add all that up and you get a tall, skinny zero.
…who can press a 1Lb weight.
Pssst Lulu while I agree with you, Sundance does frown on bad language. I know, more then once I slipped into 4 letter words and I was called out. Just some friendly advice??♀️
I didn’t see any 4 letter words…only 3 letter ones which I agree are bad language but not 4 letters.
4-8 letters? ??♀️
Never use five letters when four letters will do.
Words to live by. 😉
“Scumbag” is perfectly descriptive but not indecent.
It is in Jersey
It has a particular and graphic meaning there
.. and no – I won’t clarify further, just to get ahead of anyone
Must be a local thing. I’ve heard it used by otherwise decent little kids around here for decades and no one gets upset. In fact adults chuckle when little kids use the word (in proper context..which they do).
“Lulu’s” post deserves a Triple Like!
Good job Dear Lady!
I’ve also been on this site for 10 years. Lurking now and then, but mostly fonting.
I like your attitude, Lulu. About time they prove otherwise, I’m going with you 100%. It’s unbelievable really, they don’t even know what dirt they are.
Come on tell us how you really feel.
Wow, I feel better now…thank you LuLu?
Lindsey Graham Must Ask Comey: Where Are The 47 ‘HAMMER’ Hard Drives Of Spygate Evidence That Comey Buried?
https://theamericanreport.org/2020/09/28/lindsey-graham-must-ask-comey-where-are-the-47-hammer-hard-drives-of-spygate-evidence-that-comey-buried/
Indeed, and I am getting tired of the neglect to cover this issue. I don’t care what side of the aisle they sit, people really do need to go to jail.
Don’t expect an act of courage from a coward like Sen. Graham, who, together with his former friend, the late Sen. McStain, pocketed kickbacks from the likes of Ukranian dictators. Both of them got state medals from Dictator Poroshenko; not by chance.
Testify!
@Lulu: Can we add: Most blue checkmark assets who call themselves journalists are most likely enemies of the American people.
Actually, I have in the past and currently working with some very fine patriots at DOJ and FBI. just because the head is foul, don’t condemn the rest of the organization that includes a lot of great people. just say’n
Lulu says it best. Starting with EPA. 35,000 bureaucrats in the DC version of the EPA alone. And every state has an EPA.
universities pumped out those degrees….gotta give em a job somewhere…
Over generalize much? Do You actually KNOW everyone in ALL of those agencies and KNOW via FACT that they are ALL “scumbags”?
I understand your frustration, but there are a LOT of hard working people who are innocent of what you just claimed.
I take particular exception to the “Flag Officers” comment. On that issue, you have no idea what you are talking about.
….Oboma dumped 250 flag officers, and replaced them with scumbags…
every dem/liberal/rino makes appointments to the academies…it is all political…
Clarification:
Flag Officers are of Rank O-7 to O-10 ( 1 to 4 Star Admiral, Navy or 1-4 Star General, Army/AF ). Flag Officers usually refer to Navy Ranks.
General Officers are Rank O-1 to O-6. ( Lt JG through Captain, Navy, or LT through Colonel , Army / AF)
Obama purged 9 Flag Officers, 197 General Officers and Lots of NCOs. a few of them, only a few, deserved it. Most did not.
Bad as that was, his real damage was done by replacing over 6,000 of the 8,000 SES (Senior Executive Service) positions. In effect, he created a “stay behind shadow army” to continue his policies after he left office. That’s the nut that will take years to crack. Those are the ones confounding Trump at every turn. They are the termites.
TY Cowboy79. There are patriots too working for us. Appreciate your input.
Thank you, lulu, I couldn’t agree more. Everytime one of them appears before congress, people, invariably say, thank you for your service. It makes me nauseous. They’re an overpaid bunch of feckless bureaucrats with fat pensions and lifetime premium medical care. It’s like hearing congresscritters being called “honorable”.
Exactly. Well said. And after the bodycams of the traumatizing arrest of Brad Parscale, I would add THE POLICE.
He landed on his elbow, one of the worst places for healing. He was not resisting arrest, adn was not armed. Our entire LE and IC are not to be trusted. I never thought I would say that.
Brad Parscales wife made the mistake many make. When you need help, the police may not be your friend. Her husband could have been killed. After all he is a Repub.
Lulu: Except for Jim Jordan…
I saw this video earlier, which angered me because, as much as I admire and respect Mr. Grenell, he often uses the “mistakes” euphemism to describe what many coup plotters did. “Mistakes” by definition impliesUNINTENTIONAL. What transpired over the last 4+ years was ABSOLUTELY INTENTIONAL and we have proof.
i think he is using mistake, in the context of :
you were lured to commit treason, and made that mistake..
its the same language you use when you bring a person back to Team USA after they have been feeding information to another country…
….. you start your convo with them by saying ” i know you made a mistake”…. and hten you get into fixing it..
you want the traitor to feel there is redemption – or otherwise they may feel they have no hope but to SELL THAT EXPORTED DATA to IRAN OR CHINA for safe haven.
mistake mistake mistake mistake.
FYI i was addressing if if he did say mistake – cause Grennel is one of the few guys i trust 100%.
I commented quickly to help the positive light back on Ric. See my comment below for an update on what Ric just said on Hannity ( he specified what type of docs )
I have no idea what goes into bringing someone back to “Team USA”. But ask Agent Barnett if these guys make “mistakes”. These guys are not idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing and made CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES. ??♀️
@WhiteBoard: REDEMPTION!!!! It’s like William Wallace in Braveheart yelling, “Freedom!!!” Redemption is a reality BUT recognizing error (mistake) and then having repentance and contrition and asking for forgiveness are necessary precursors to redemption. Nowadays it seems that people seldom admit having erred–too much moral relativism, maybe?
What a liar you are, not once does the word ‘mistake” come out of his mouth…I assume you think people wouldn’t watch the video and just read the comments.
Explicitly says hat they’re playing games hiding documents and protecting their own.
That we to need to keep a outsider because of how they weaponizing it is how governments fall.
I didn’t say this video. He has used it in previous interviews/ videos discussing those involved in the Mueller cover-up. I am not lying. But thanks for your nasty response.
I agree…maybe he actually is outraged but trying to be polite enough to make it home alive tonight. Or is he just another ex-politician ingratiating himself with the MSM to make a buck. Until something happens, we’ll never really know.
I did not hear Ric Grenell say “mistake” during this interview. Maybe he started the ball rolling when he was in as Acting Director of ODNI and was assured by his successor that all of the information would be released. I for one am happy that he did start the ball rolling, and I for one, believe all of it will come out. The documents released recently are extremely damning for certain players, and I am certain that once PDJT wins reelection, he will put the hammer down. WRAY is toast. Looking forward to the show!!
I left out a clarifying sentence then, because since he left the WH position, he is using euphemisms moreso than usual. Perhaps to be nicer. I don’t know. I said he often uses “mistakes”. To Clarify: Not in this video, but previous interview(s). In this interview, He uses other phrases like “warning signs”, “fix this problem”. Never calling it crimes against the president or crimes against the American people. I expected him to say what it is because he has seen the unredacted versions.
yeah, I’m happy to go with “crimes”
works for me
Last time I looked Barr was in charge of declassifying anything and everything.
So what does that say about Mr. One System of Justice?
It is one system, CORRUPT!
FBI product – Wray OWnership
CIA product – CIA Ownership
im assuming SCIF products are per where they are located.
i could be wrong. if it was simpy AG Barr saying DO it, then it would be easy for POTUS to assign responsibility/blame/consequence to him
Whomever produces the document retains authority over declassification…. No matter where the documents or copies are stored. Level of classification denotes storage requirements.
Perfect!
Hence the new cth article …. crimes!
Both of those Intelligence Agency goons pictured above look like they each have a mess in their depends….just sayin
We have all lost our patience long ago Ric. Let’s getter done!
This is all getting so tiresome.
That’s the plan.
.
Yes, perhaps there really is nothing else to say….
Those agencies are not playing games.
They are deadly serious.
Apparently there is no one in a position of authority who is willing and able to stop them, call them to account, and punish them.
CHICKEN DINNER HERE !!!!!
That’s “BIG CHICKEN DINNER” isn’t it ??
There, I fixed it for you…. (haven’t done one of these before….a first !!)
Ha!
Those agencies aren’t playing games but they are bureaucrats doing whatever bureaucrats do on computers until Donald Trump goes away. (They hope he goes away because they don’t pray)
We all need to channel our rage at these developments into redoubling our efforts to re-elect the President!
And help elect some Congress Critters who will help!
Made my list of 23 based on their performance during the Mueller & Impeachment Hearings, added a few of the new bright new ones, contributed what I could.
Me too. Spent Sunday evening wielding the credit card again, so that the contribs would show in Q3. My small amounts have now reached 17 Senate and House R candidates. Almost all have been directly endorsed by VSGPDJT according to ballotpedia, but I don’t think their list of endorsements is quite complete. I still would like to add a few more…
The larger amount of course went to VSGPDJT himself, directly.
All directly through each candidate’s web site.
I highly recommend this delightful exercise to anyone here who could afford some small amounts and who is frustrated by the daily grind of the fight we are in. I can only imagine the difference treepers could make this way.
All politics may be local, but these days every election is also national.
(Once again I must plug my local hero here in blueMA, John Paul Moran who is running against Seth Moulton.)
New Hampshire here, District 1 = Trump endorsed: Representative: Mowers, Senate: Messner.
Dump Papas, Kuster, Hassan and Sheehan, make NH all Red again with Republican Governor Sununu
But here’s the problem Ric.
The only agency that can prosecute the perps contains the perps….the DoJ.
All together now…”the DoJ declines to prosecute”.
Insurance policy cashed.
Right, we are expecting the DOJ to prosecute the DOJ.
What were we thinking?
That they would actually follow through on their oath and do their JOBS?
Pass the beer nuts, this stuff is becoming overly tedious at this point.
Barr NEEDS TO GO if no indictments right after the election. Their is really zero excuse at that point. No election to “influence.”
We’ve ALWAYS known the DOJ was charged with the job of prosecuting the DOJ. When R.Rosenstein decided to give the President all the classified documents, along with the right to declassify them, we knew, and that was 2-3 years ago. VERY Frustrating!
Many of these “Agencies” were created by non elected appointed bureaucrats or past presidents. President Trump can abolish them.The key to winning against them is not playing thire game. The game is rigged and they always win. Defund and and abolish.Game over.
We’re on Trump time. His show. His plan. I’ll stick with him. Grinnell is public pressure-on the bad guys.
Wait, is he threatening Wray or is he getting impatient with Ratcliffe at the DNI???
Yes.
Like.
And while only DOJ can prosecute, embarrassment doesn’t hurt. Bureaucrats hate to be embarrassed / exposed.
No. He made it quite clear he is talking about OTHER intelligence agencies.
ODNI is NOT an Intelligence Agency, as it does not generate, or produce intelligence, or even analyses, it simply oversees requests from one intelligence agency, to another to see info, and declassifying info.
So NO, he was NOT aiming his comments at Ratcliffe. CIA is who he was aiming it at, possibly NSA.
& Hillary Clinton’s State Department?
ODNI is an umbrella organization to bring all IC resources together to one spot created after 911.
Yeah, but how it works was what I was addressing.
How does that relate to Sundance talking about info being held in ” separate silos”?, Kroesus
Carrie,
Maybe Both?
AWOL Ratliff
TikTok’s true meaning is run out the clock.
It’s a club and we ain’t in it, neither is PDJT.
Why did Ric Grenell really leave his post?
He could have done a major doc dump and then left.
I vaguely remember an interview with Ric where he described the declassification process where he had to send it to either the originating agency or some other unit to redact methods and sources before he could release it and he wished he could have done more document dumps but ran out if time as the senate confirmed Ratcliffe. I want to say he said he filled in Ratcliffe but not sure.
If I find the interview I’ll post the link.
Yes, all true. But do rules exist for everyone?
Ric also left because he was sick, I think Cancer, and then a few weeks later he was back again. Then he was gone again, and now he is back, without a title, I assume.
I suspect he was really hurting – he’d had the medical issues, had done Yeoman’s work for PT, and IIRC, he vanished immediately after leaving.
Plus, while I know it’s nearly impossible, try and think like our VSG does – some of that may have been left as bait for other things possibly not yet known……
I believe he is still recovering from cancer treatments. Not sure of the timeline of treatment, but thought it was discovered while he was Amb to Germany.
Crap’o la….. Didn’t know this medical issue/angle…
My prayer’s go with him and his family… being a cancer person myself.
Grenell was diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphoma in 2013. He’s living on borrowed time and he knows it. Ric is not tolerant of excuses or fantasies, because Life is Very Real to him, now. Hope he goes into remission. Or something. Good guy. He’s seen the Reality. He isn’t flinching or complaining. Just doing the best he can.
I believe we all are living on borrowed time, just my thought. Praying for Ric Grenell. God Bless him. I truly admire and respect that man. Much love to Ric.
Grenell told President Trump he would only do it short term, 3 months. Not sure of the reason except he said he was exhausted and needed a break. If he was doing cancer treatments, no wonder he was exhausted.
We have to get back to a system where integrity and talent and ability rise to the top. This is an affirmative action government. People rose to the top because they checked some boxes, or were tools that are easily manipulated. The good thing is, even though there’s a lot of them, none of them seem to be very smart. Look at how almost inevitably they all left massive paper trails. Can you imagine if somebody really wanted to follow the money, how easy that would be? Term two might be a whole different story. Our President is like artificial intelligence. Completely old school. Never stops learning. Never forget who did what when given opportunity, never forgets who did what when under pressure, never forgets who did what when temptation got the better of them. He’s run through half of Washington so far in his administration. Little by little he keeps finding keepers. I think we may see shock and awe in November. Look at how the pace of what he has been doing has been increasing over the last year. I expect that pace to continue increasing rapidly. That’s just the way guys like that work.
Whoops. Should have cut that one in half
One nation under God
Who in their right mind chooses to take a pay cut to get savaged by the MSM when you do not align with “progressive” ideology? More and more it seems those who have already accomplished many of their life’s goals and want to right America back to a good and moral nation.
Carrie: I hope both.
Too simpatico to not be on Mr. President’s radar for another position in the administration.
Probably after the election but can not be soon enough.
Paging Barr…. cleanup on aisle nine.
Oops, paging Barr… cleanup on aisles one, two, three, four, and five through eight.
Oops, paging Barr… cleanup on aisles ten through twenty-four, and the outside veranda.
Fix this crap, or we’re out.
This man will not remain silent if the system does not disclose IC transgressions. It is possible the
indictments don’t come, but between PDJT, Richard Grenell and few others there will be transparency
Wray and haspel need to be unemployed. Im still holding out a thread of hope for Barr. Has Horowitz redeemed himself? Time will tell.
At this point it is a waiting game to see if the President wins. If he does we can di ABC if not then go home till it our guys turn again.
Does anyone else come here for information ? Information from the articles and the comments ?
I try too …
but in the comments sections it sure seems like an awful lot of people come here to rend their clothes and wail about how angry/disappointed/etc/etc/etc they are (which is not information BTW)
to vent in other words … and I’m sure it feels good …
In fact, I’m venting now and it feels good and …. (this is the point)
ITS A WASTE OF EVERYONE’s TIME mine included …
This comment won’t help get President Trump re-elected
This comment won’t get anyone indicted or arrested
This is a Whiny Loser comment in other words …
don’t be a loser.
lackawaxen123, actually isn’t Grennell doing what a lot of commenters on this site are doing and you are taking offense at? He is ranting that the information, documents/records are not being released nor punishment for sedition is happening just like us. Thanks to Sundance we have been made aware of just about all the goings on with evidence provided and yet justice has not been served out.
Definitely not.
Grennell just very clearly took a shot across the bow of unnamed intelligence agencies, and probably certain individuals within those agencies. He made it clear that he will do what he can to get them to declassify that which they are slow walking.
Elizabeth was kind of taken aback by his response at the end.
Big difference than we mere serfs whining to each other.
Grenell did what cowboy keeps teaching the process about.
He looked at the classified docs and saw they should not have been, mapped the crime, forwarded the list.
Case set. Only thing left is the Mueller rescue, via barr believing he was biden’d
I think we’re entitled to be angry, disgusted, and impatient to see corrupt actors — that we entrusted (not by choice, Bee-Tee-Double-You) with upholding The Constitution — be held to account for their transgressions against The Republic and its citizens. The transgressions are plain to see for anybody a.) with a functional brain, and b.) who is intellectually honest.
Whether or not Trump gets re-elected… and irrespective or “indictments” or “no indictments”… the underlying cancer will not only survive, but will metastasize as ever-present and ever-accessible Technology enables. We are officially in 1984 Land… or pretty close to it. And we all know it. I say: be angry about it. Why not? “What… the Hell… do you have… to lose?”
Sundance!
Grennel just clarified what documents he was talking about (on Hannity)
he said the documents were career FBI CIA people saying this Steele stuff is Russian Disinfo and we should not be pursuring this. the CIA top and FBI top classified (so it can be hid from the public) their MEMOs and pushed them aside.
In this interview here, and paraphrasing:: “we need to have outsiders continue to push the buttons to get these agencies to release the documents”, made me think Amb. Grennell’s words here are a nod to Sundance, and for him to keep doing what he’s doing.
meaning the DAMN holding the FIELD Agents back – via DIRECTORS is about to break if MORE SUNLIGHT COMES.
Grennel is hinting their are MULTIPLE FIELD AGENTS that know this is BS and they documented their DISSENT in writing (Classifed by Boente, Wray, and Brennen, and Haspel to HIDE IT)
My problem with this is that it establishes/strengthens the justification defence, which is all bullshirt.
“We were decieved, by those clever Russians, into believing that DJT was ‘compromised’ because they had videos of him having russian prostitutes pee on a bed, Obama had slept on.”
So, what would you have us do, if we thought a POTUS candidate, and then POTUS was a Russian agent?
The guy they are saying is the source, left Russia when he was like,…5 y.o.
Exactly WHAT sources did they think he would have, in Russia?
And, WHY would the ‘line officers’ following orders of higher ups who were deluded by Russian disinfo, be getting liability insurance?
They are setting it up with layered defences, just like a criminal defence lawyer would do (I should know).
The SOG defence (Some Other Guy)
Firstly, the various defendants point fingers at each other, creating reasonable doubt; FBI blames CIA, etc.
Second, the SOG combined with the
“INCOMPETENT, not criminal” defence, often used in “white collar crime” defences very effectively.
In this case “Hey, we got conned, suckered by Russian disinfo! Yeah, maybe stupid (incompetent) but not criminal!”
And, as a reserve, the under the bus defence, used in the tea party/IRS case;
“Oh, it was just a small group of ROGUE employees, acting on their own.
Problem is, NONE of these defences will stand up to a serious challenge.
But, NO ONE is challenging them, other than Sundance, and Graham, MSM and MANY in Govt are pushing these narratives,…HARD.
Because they ALL create reasonable doubt in the electorate, exhonerate those obviously involved, protect from exposure those higher up, and the country “moves on”.
But, this time it ain’t workin,…
It says they conspired with and facilitated Brookings disinfo ( they can pretend it’s Russian to do the defences you state), but grenell and Nunes is hinting it’s a dirty cop, not a duped one, there are no russians
This whole Russia Russia disinformation is pure govna, and you know who is slapping his knee hard and laughing his ass off…Putin. He has known and now sees the American people were deceived by their own government officials. I say Pravda to that, meaning Truth.
Actually, whether intentional or not, it DID have serious geopolitical effects.
PDJT is trying to isolate CHINA, and Putin COULD have been valuable in that.
So, their rediculous shenanigans had serious negative consequences for the country,.beyond the obvious domestic ones.
If only there were some chief executive to whom these agencies were answerable. If only…. Bluntly, I am tired of the whining.
Why is Gina chick loyal to Democrats they wanted try her for Treason for water boarding during Bush years. Thrashed her reputation in front of the country.
If I remember they all attacked her in confirmation and she only got votes of Republicans, was that just a show.
Trump went out way to help CIA officers in problems other countries, that Obama people let flounder.
NSA has sOmething on her, too!! LOL
JAI. Just Another Institutionalist. “Protecting America” is a relative term for these folks.
“Thank God for the Deep State.”
— Former Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin
The so-called “Intelligence Community” is a plague on America. The Founding Fathers would consider it worse, far worse, than King George.
Remember Grenell’s illness which may have caused him to slow down or step down. I believe if the election is successful, Grenell will BE BACK albeit possibly in a capacity not harmful to his well being…..but extremely harmful to those who did PDJT and “justice” wrong.
June 2013, Richard Grenell was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He’s a 4 yr cancer survivor. He knows how precious Life is and how hollow everything else is. Death has a way of focusing a person’s attention. I’m pretty sure he is taking everything seriously.
Acting FBI Director Grennell has a nice sound.
Fire Wray tomorrow, appoint Grennell Acting, go on national television and explain exactly why.
Grennell was a TOOL, a DEVICE used to accomplish a specific objective, which he did,…two objectives, actually.
ONE was to force McConnell to reverse coarse and Confirm Ratcliffe as ODNI.
Two, for those who needed the tutorial in how Swamp works, to SEE that all PDJT’s “lousy picks” were NOT PICKED by PDJT, they were “picked” by McConnell, who foisted them on DJT, with a take it or leave it.
Some here STILL don’t seem to get #2.
Anyway, to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. PDJT can’t keep appointing Grennel to every position, just to force McConnell to follow the Constitution.
After the election issues are resolved, he really MUST deal, definetively with McConnell and the,Republicons who have been hamstringing and hobbling him his whole first term, and he’s gonna need a bigger hammer than grennell to do it.
“Some here STILL don’t seem to get #2.”
It’d be nice if there were 100 Ric Grenells… Bulldogs with no skin in the game… ready to be deployed here, there, and everywhere. But that’s not reality.
What you got is a handful of Patriots inside Government, but who are more or less powerless, when it comes right down to it… a handful of Patriots who were formerly inside the Government, and who can’t believe we’ve arrived at this point… and then everybody else (Us), spectating from the sidelines, also not believing we’ve arrived at this point, and also more or less powerless.
Getting 2 , would hint he is saying fundamental change is coming Jan 20
Fundamental, .. like demanding step downs with public exposure
From Zerohedge (2017-03-09) Said the CIA Was a “Government All Its Own” Which Was Destroying Democracy
President Truman created the CIA. But in the 1970s, he told his biographer, Merle Miller:
I think [creation of the CIA] was a mistake. And if I’d known what was going to happen, I never would have done it.
Why, they’ve got an organization over there in Virginia now that is practically the equal of the Pentagon in many ways. And I think I’ve told you, one Pentagon is one too many.
Now, as nearly as I can make out, those fellows in the CIA don’t just report on wars and the like, they go out and make their own, and there’s nobody to keep track of what they’re up to. They spend billions of dollars on stirring up trouble so they’ll have something to report on. They’ve become … it’s become a government all of its own and all secret. They don’t have to account to anybody.
That’s a very dangerous thing in a democratic society, and it’s got to be put a stop to. The people have got a right to know what those birds are up to. And if I was back in the White House, people would know.
Absolutely true, and a timely quote!
They have so much information that no one can move, no one can speak without their say-so. It should be dismantled.
Net, need to cut off the CIA’s funding.
I believe there is a feisty, no nonsense, straight shooting gentleman that resides at the White House that would be interested in pursing this.
We just need to get him re-elected on 11/3.
FISA JUDGE ROSEMARY COLLYER’S ORDER: DESTROY SURVEILLANCE DATA COLLECTED ON AND BEFORE MARCH 17, 2017, DATE “THE HAMMER” CIA/FBI WIRETAP ON TRUMP WAS EXPOSED AND SAME DAY SCHIFF HELD MEETING ON TRUMP WIRETAP CLAIM – The American Report
https://theamericanreport.org/2019/12/24/fisa-judge-rosemary-collyers-order-destroy-surveillance-data-collected-on-and-before-march-17-2017-date-the-hammer-cia-fbi-wiretap-on-trump-was-exposed/
I stated this at the time. Collyer is as dirty as the rest.
Yes. Check the date on the article and review the doc in the article. That is particularly interesting!
Excellent information. Thank you Ric! Keep Pushing and don’t let them protect their phony sources & methods!
The Trump Administration is preparing to declassify a document that will utterly destroy the ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ theory years after Obama’s FBI spied on Donald Trump and tried to remove him from office with a bogus investigation.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/trump-admin-declassify-secret-document-revealing-vladimir-putin-actually-trying-hurt-trumps-2016-campaign/
A Criminal Enterprise: Were Mueller’s FBI Raids On Binney And Wiebe A Message To Montgomery?
https://theamericanreport.org/2020/09/27/a-criminal-enterprise-were-muellers-fbi-raids-on-binney-and-wiebe-a-message-to-montgomery/
i think trump will do some declassifying right in the middle of the debate. i think he has a bludgeon ready.
Director Dallas Jones
Name sound familiar?
No of course not Media Maggots have it under wraps
Jones is Joe Biden’s Political Director for Texas
Jones is currently “caught” up in a massive ballot harvesting scheme to steal the State of Texas for Sleepy Joe
With all the cold hard evidence
Senior Citizens Ballots
Dead People Ballots
Would be a good topic of conversation for tomorrow’s debate! ?
Whiteboard posted:
“ Grennel just clarified what documents he was talking about (on Hannity). He said the documents were career FBI CIA people saying this Steele stuff is Russian Disinfo and we should not be pursuring this. the CIA top and FBI top classified (so it can be hid from the public) their MEMOs and pushed them aside.”
This fits the same info via an article from Just The News today by John Solomon. It shows how completely the Russian collusion was the other way around. Like everything the leftist Dims claim, their accusations are projections based on what THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING. This is a mental illness.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/next-declassification-could-flip-russia-collusion
“The new evidence would complement a revelation last week that the primary source for the Christopher Steele anti-Trump dossier was known to the U.S. government to be tied to Russia intelligence, raising the possibility that the Russians were undercutting the GOP nominee.”
Saul alinsky 101. Accuse your enemy of what YOU are doing.
Where are the whistleblowers? Career FBI/CIA people are just that, careerists. Yeah, they are full of “good people.” Not. Silence is complicity. They should be ashamed of themselves.
I’m getting too worked up over all this. The endless disappointments. The endless reloading this site and Twitter. I can’t sleep. I’m taking a break from reading this and similar excellent sites until some time in January. I’ll focus on my family, good food, hiking and maybe some fishing. I’m not letting this crap ruin my life anymore. Time to start living again.
Good for you. If I had more sense, I would do the same.
dont’ sleep! dont quit!
you are experiencing the GREATEST FIGHT and experience of a WORLD History.
the BLOWS are coming … Agents lined up. whistle whistle whistle
Remember to vote.
thx for posting this prognomore… i read on TrueTheVote blog today that only 1 in 4 people vote. I believe that after Bathhouse Barry’s 8yr reign of corruption, lawlessness and ongoing Alinsky tactics, many registered voters lost faith in our elected politicians to honor their oath of office after witnessing all branches of govt become weaponized… this is a knockdown fight against the darkness that embraces Godlessness, moral depravity, deception and power over humanity. Wings up and God bless Treepers!
Nearly 130M voted in the 2016 general election with a total population of just over 330M (including illegals and children). Is that some common core math there? It looks like a 50+% voting rate to me. It is far lower for midterms and lower yet for primaries but you made a generalized statement so it must be true in all instances under the rules of logic.
Is Grenell preparing to be a whistleblower of sorts?
you may cause the power grid to go down. hold off on outting the ____.
great mind though.
Did anyone else have a one minute hiccup with WP?
The posting is laggy
I received to rptwo WP site…the top message was “Whoops”
Yes!!! I was panicking- it kept saying WordPress error. I don’t have a wordpress account so i know it was the CTH server with WordPress. Lasted 6 minutes.
I received the same..
Yes, don’t know if it was Timing with the one minute. I logged out of my VPN and in again from another location and it was not there when I logged in. VPN issue or WHOOPS, der it is.
Yep! Seems WP corrected!
At least there is one certainty come 5 Nov when the Don cleans up…Wray is gone, and equally importantly, a number of his compliant underlings are also gone. If Barr then still declines to prosecute the host of DoJ perps, active and retired, he should also go.
A Lame Duck Donald can be very dangerous to the Bureaucratic State, I believe.
Nobody will care at that point. Biden would install an AG that would terminate all investigations/prosecutions and the MSM would bury any newly disclosed information. The only point in time to make a difference is BEFORE the election.
Nobody will care at that point. Biden would install an AG that would terminate all investigations/prosecutions and the MSM would bury any newly disclosed information. The only point in time to make a difference is BEFORE the election.
Nobody will care at that point. Biden would install an AG that would terminate all investigations/prosecutions and the MSM would bury any newly disclosed information. The only point in time to make a difference is BEFORE the election.
Ric Grenell sheds some light on the most hidden part of this (and every) conspiracy … it’s really a fuster cluck, with a very few players actually in the know, while most players are just punching the clock and collecting their pay, some with mixed motives.
For example, there’s the CYA (aka FBI) that redacts everything, save the usual meaningless preposition. Don’t want to air any dirty laundry.
Here’s a random thought…I wonder if the MAFIA has a witness protection program for FBI whistle blowers who rat out their fellow agents…that would be ironic ?
Marshalls do.
Subpoena duces tecum and if they don’t comply arrest them. It’s not difficult Barr. In fact it’s your job. DO IT.
Are Gina and John Brennan birds of a feather ?
Some of us think so: https://spectator.org/who-ran-crossfire-hurricane/
Allow me to place my bet on the OIG at the State Dept as being a problem node.
Glad that Linick is gone but he was not the only person working there.
Just to comment from a 5-year treehouse (member)? Maybe it’s the pressure of upcoming election or nerves from what might happen,but there seems to be an awful amount of sniping back and forth between commenters on each and every thread every day lately.
Not written in a negative manner, just an observation!
Let’s all try to comment positively
And get out great President Trump reelected in a LANDSLIDE!!
After the landslide everything else will fall into place.
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..and somewhere, in a nondescript building, some spook is saying “dammit DARPA, the internet was supposed to be for us to watch them, not the other way around!”
They’ve lost control of their monster.
WTF…isn’t Ratcliff DNI…why is he sitting on his thumbs!?!
Ratcliffe was VERY discredited as a liar about anything he has said since in his new position, by Harry Somebody (a lawyer I’ve not seen before on Shannon Breem’s FOX show.) I’ve always thought it odd the Ratcliffe name has come up so seldom anywhere.
(I’m all day and half the night on Twitter and a zillion other places where politics are the topic.) The NYT has discredited him and the left of course hates him, especially Mark Warner. But Susan Collins voted for him so he must be ok.(SARC)
Related. I don’t recall seeing this posted here since yesterday. This article may speak in part to Ric Grenell’s impatience – and the impatience of countless others who want the truth to come out. Fairly quick read.
https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/09/27/my-guess-as-to-why-there-might-be-no-durham-activity-before-election-interview-of-agent-william-barnett/
TherBoss, Red State is a very informative scary article. Thanks!
Look at the chryon. Fox News is selling it as a “botched investigation”
LOL…botched as in “got caught”
Fake News running cover for Fake News.
I’m hearing in this interview that certain agencies have communications showing direct linkage to Obama/Biden. It seems to be a drumbeat that even Graham, S. Powell, and others are sounding.
Then you must ask yourself – if they knew, why did they wait until now to start banging the drum.