The summary of the story basically circles back to that NSA/CIA whistleblower intercept they previously were using to attack DNI Tulsi Gabbard. Now that the whistleblower’s lawyer (same lawyer as last CIA whistleblower, Ciaramella) has leaked the subject of the conversation was Jared Kushner the democrats really want to know the details.
Two foreign nationals (unknown countries) were discussing the U.S. position toward Iran. In their conversation they talked about Jared Kushner. Their conversation was intercepted by NSA/CIA using an “exceptionally sensitive surveillance method.” The intercept was written, evaluated and determined to be “gossip” but given to the ODNI, Gabbard.
The whistleblower was upset the intercept was not shared with the larger intelligence apparatus. Thus, they were angry at Gabbard. The ODNI followed the distribution for the whistleblower complaint, but not the underlying intercepted details of the conversation.
The White House has now asserted “executive privilege” over the content of the intercept, thereby bolstering the position of not sharing what was previously determined to be gossip. The DNI was asked for the details, and Gabbard has told the Democrats the White House has asserted privilege. The House and Senate Intelligence committee democrats are now big mad they don’t get to read the gossip.
(VIA WSJ) – WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told Congress it won’t share with lawmakers the classified intelligence that led to a whistleblower complaint against U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard, citing presidential claims of executive privilege.
In an email to Democratic congressional staffers sent on Feb. 13 and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Gabbard’s office said it was unable to provide the unredacted intelligence that underpinned the complaint “due to the assertion of executive privilege to portions” of the intelligence itself.
In a Tuesday letter to Gabbard, Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committees, asked who asserted privilege over the intelligence report and on what basis.
[…] A spokeswoman for Director of National Intelligence Gabbard declined to directly address the decision to not share the underlying intelligence with Congress. She instead referred to a previous letter to lawmakers from the office’s general counsel that said Gabbard had met her requirements concerning notification to Congress about the complaint.
[…] The intelligence, which is at least in part about Iran, is said to derive from an exceptionally sensitive surveillance method. Officials have said any disclosure of the collection method could damage U.S. national security. Gabbard’s office ultimately shared the complaint with select lawmakers earlier this month, but redacted significant portions of it, also chiefly on grounds of executive privilege.
In the new letter, Warner and Himes said they weren’t able to confirm whether the discussion at issue was about Kushner because the version of the complaint they received was so heavily redacted. (more)
If I had to hazard a guess as to what is going on, based entirely on the current state of politics and what we know about how the IC and Democrats operate, overlaid against the domestic IC influence provocations currently underway, here’s my suspicion:
Bad actors within the CIA organized two friendly foreign intel officials to have a conversation. The script is about U.S. policy toward Iran, and the ‘gossip’ is that Jared Kushner is an Israeli intelligence asset, a blue sparrow, previously inserted into the Trump family. That ‘intercept’ would send everyone in the USA bananas regardless of truth or merit.
It sounds crazy, but that’s the level of conspiratorial nuttery, the sort of thing the IC would feed, to bolster the currently swirling year of crazy and further divide Trump’s base of support.
Whatever the underlying intercept consists of, it’s coming out of a highly political U.S. intelligence system; therefore, I would not give it any merit – unless, of course, you choose to cling to their prior construct of Trump colluding with Russia.
Ya never know what ya might not know!
Warner already knows what the CIA planted gossip is but can’t leak it because he doesn’t “officially” know it yet.
Bingo Mrs. Sunshine. If it gets leaked, he is the prime suspect after already having his lackey Wolfe leak the Carter Page FISA application.
Sundance’s guess is probably spot on too, but actually anything derogatory about Kushner, even a personal scandal, would directly benefit the peace haters.
And regardless of whether the “intel” is released, they will succeed in throwing suspicion on Kushner. And on Trump for “threatening national security to protect his son in law’s misdeeds”. Operation “Kushner Gossip” is a win-win for the bad guys.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Well said…
Gossip is not real among reasonable people.
I can vision old TIRED men leaning over the fence . haha
We have your back President Trump and Tulsi. 🙂 🙂
We think your whole admin is wonderful.
Why don’t they hatemongers talk about all the good things Jared Kushner has done for peace on earth.
P. Trump should never have brought his SIL into such negotiations. It has the appearance of nepotism, & his conduct should be above reproach. I didn’t like it 1st term, and I don’t like it now. And Jared cn hardly claim to have a squeaky clean record.
If two bad actors in the CIA manufactured gossip to help the Democrats and Senator Smeagol; is that a fire-able offense, a prosecutable offense, or both?
It sounds like a “eliminate with extreme prejudice” situation…
A Warner witch hunt for on Tulsi for what..?? gossip? Is he in third grade?
Well? Isn’t lawfare “third grade” level antics?
“The seriousness of the charge”, even if no evidence of guilt.
He’s a graduate of Harvard Law School which some today allege is like being a radical leftist third grader due to the systemic and historic levels of “grade inflation on campus” which also match “levels of denial, insularity, truth-inflation, and ideological capture.”
https://www.omarveritas.com/p/veritas-betrayed-wake-up-stand-up
He’s a low IQ, vindictive clown trying desperately to save himself & his party.
TG exposed the whole Obama, Biden, Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Rice collusion hoax & called it treason.
That alone makes her a yuge target but add the Fulton CO raid & you understand how dangerous she still is to him & the demoncrap party.
Just have Kash classify it as “prohibited access.”
Thank you, Sundance!
why isn’t the whistleblower being prosecuted, fired, demoted etc?
Because Bondi is damaged goods. Because President Trump still has faith in the corrupt system.
The media can ruin Bondi whenever they like. Zimmerman. She knows it too. Damaged goods. Final point: she was confirmed by the corrupt Senate.
For reference: I want decomposing treasonous heads on pikes lining the Capital front yard.
Don’t worry, the whistleblower will get clipped by the handler like an Irish pennant.
Don’t whistleblowers have immunity?
These people will do anything to achieve their goals. Nothing is off limits.
The whole darned place is a stinking, seething, boiling cesspool of corruption.
There are plenty of good people just trying to do the jobs they were hired to do, but those individuals are often overshadowed by those who are on the take, both inside and outside the government.
Money and power
Power and money
I’d love to see Tulsi slap Warner till he lays on his back with his legs spread like a dog, then drag him out of the building by his leg and hang him by the closest thing available. Then return and ask “anymore questions?”
They deserve no respect they have never earned it and why in the world do we allow these demons in our government places.(rhetorical)
This whole country/world is under a spirit of hate that blinds everyone. If everyone had a button to destroy the world……within seconds we would all be dead.
Thats a good test, put democrats in a room and tell them “whatever you do do not touch this button it will destroy our nation.” Watch how quickly it gets pushed. It’s exactly what they are doing now AND WE ALLOW IT.
Quick question, does God cross the isle with evil to ask for compromise? That’s how we should deal with evil, “what would Jesus do?” Eradicating it.
If people can’t use reason morals, then no place in power. The Bible is our source nothing else.
I laughed out loud reading your post. It was almost like it was coming from me. Most of government is liars on the left, jokers on the right and me in the middle. Cheers…bill
I wonder if the Russkies could wirelessly hack into Gollum Warner’s index finger ring and direct it to gag himself or at least cast himself into Mount Doom?
I’d love to see some black ops turning the tables on these depraved, vulgar creeps, taking them down – one by one.
Yeah, I’ve always liked the last scenes of Sum Of All Fears…..
Sen Warner is far more paranoid schizophrenic than Gollum, because he has a fatal dose of Democrat Superiority.
The Dems always come across as bad girls plotting in the locker room. This idiotic attempt smells like desperation to me.
When Himes and Warner are involved in anything, automatically it is political nonsense.
Yep, and Warner is “Queen of the Mean Girls Club!”
“Queen Bees and Wannabees”….
who are the ‘wannabees’?
McConnell.
Tulsi Gabbard says “Nope Senator Warner, Not gonna play yer games. 😂
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Again…ove and over.
A gentle reminder….
You don’t have to tell everything you know.
(Especially if you find yourself in a nest of poisonous DC vipers looking for any reason to strike.)
Right!! It just kills them that Tulsi is tight lipped and they can’t make her move hers.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
They thrive on gossip and tongue wagging, its what fuels them. The Russian pee nonsense was a dark fantasy – likely some nutcase’s projection – which began the tongue wagging, and turned into a tempest.
Or maybe, just maybe, it was a tale one of Epstein’s harem told about Bill Gates? One does wonder.
Just think of what the Democrats might accomplish for their constituents if they weren’t engaged in full time “get Trump” and hosting weird gatherings with adults dressed up in costumes?
America First…
Do your job Senators if you remember how.
Think it goes this way :
Read what the “lobbyist” wrote for laws.
Oh you don’t write laws??
WHAT DO YOU DO?? ..
Nothing for your Country?
Shame..Shame
Does anyone think that Trump might be playing the Democrats again?
Maybe they should be careful what they ask for.
I think the hesitation of PDJT on the Esptsein files was just that ,( they will think I’m hiding something) , then he just saides , they ask for it , as the dominos fall all over the world , along with creditability.
It sounds crazy, but that’s the level of conspiratorial nuttery…
There’s well established pattern for this kind of corrupt behavior from IC.
As the saying goes – “It’s not crazy/paranoia when it’s true.”
“Bad actors within the CIA” ? Nice try McCord.
Where’s Garland…?? Not a word anywhere… he is neither a shinny or clean turd for sure…its been a year.. they talk Garlands DOJ , but no Mr. Garland.. !
The people involved in this “conspiracy” need to be fired. Get them out.
.
Fired is only the first step of what needs to happen.
If it comes from the CIA or counterpart, it could be two school children playing war or spy. When it comes to them there are no bounds. Perhaps even Z is having a conversation with himself.
“…and further divide Trump’s base of support.”
Honest question, how would we get a measure on this? All the polls are falling all over each other to report low support for the president. Which we expect the influence pollsters to do coming up on midterms so the cheat looks “real”.
Save Act now!
Retired Magistrate here: Ignore the polls; if you support President Trump continue to do so. Do I agree with everything he has done; no, however, I am 78 yeas old and he is the best president of my lifetime. He actually cares about citizens and is doing everything he can to improve living conditions for us. Most, if not all, of Congress is bought and paid for and the Supreme Court well, they were never intended by our founders to have as much power as they currently have mostly because Congress is to busy taking kick backs to do its job.
So, I watch all of this am thankful that we still have a place to live, that our health conditions have stabilized and that we live in the United States of America, One Nation Under GOD.
Ditto, Marcia. I’m puzzled at time over President Trump’s direction, largely because I don’t know the background of facts he’s going on, and because the media doesn’t either and just wants to thump the tub.
That said, he’s racked up enough successes that I keep confidence in his decisions.
President Trump, loves
America.
nuff said
ps: so do I.
Polls are being used to influence and direct public opinion, not measure it. Ignore them indeed.
Polls are an alibi for Fraud.
Agreed Marcia and Amen.
In the Last Days, perilous times will come….
Thank you for your comment Marcia (I always appreciate your perspective).
I too am older now, and DJT has been the best President in my lifetime (and I voted for Reagan and felt like the sun rose and set on him – not perfect, but pretty darned good).
President Trump is ever the Washington outsider and for THAT, I know in my heart that he has the best interest of the American people in his heart. I just wish the rest of our representatives did too.
RINO Senate Leader John Thune Confirms He’s FORCING a Vote
on the SAVE America Act | The Gateway Pundit
A temporary repeal of the anti-Constitutional Filibuster? Does Traitor Thune then engineer a 49-vote defeat while planning to lose to his Democrat Uni-Partners ?
He has already delayed a year to make sure it would not apply to the mid-terms.
Psalm 37
34
Hope in the Lord
and keep his way.
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.
35
I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
36
but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.
37
Consider the blameless, observe the upright;
a future awaits those who seek peace.
38
But all sinners will be destroyed;
there will be no future for the wicked.
We always have a future and a hope in You, Lord!
IMHO, the SAVE Act will only affect new voter registration. There are so many illegals who have been given IDs and then registered to vote. We keep hearing that investigations show non-citizens voting are rare. If true, why are blue states so reluctant to turn over their voter rolls? Much more needs to be done to protect our elections.
There is a divide in Our Country that goes back to before Our Country even thought of its independence. We are in the midst of this long running war between good and evil, freedom and collectivism. Trump is the only one who sees this and he works each day for the benefit of We The People.
…and based on your suspicion, the Dem operatives in the House need the info to corroborate what the CIA told them or the false flag info. Who can we trust.
This is like the party game “Telephone,” in which one person whispers something to the person next to him, and that person whispers to the one next to him. When the message gets to the last person, he tells everyone the message that he heard; the message is usually distorted.
Except that is unintentional.
Here, the CIA is trying to break MAGA Unity to thwart the MAGA Purpose, and, of course, twist Iran Policy to prop up their Love Daddy the Ayatollah.
Feet upon Resolute –
Disdain comes to mind.
Just one of the ways he shows his contempt for America.
Sounds llke one of the seeds of deceit the Deep State planted was chopped down….
This situation we find ourselves in will not get fixed by elections….
I would run a counter op that Mark Warner is after the DNI because he suspects the DNI is reviewing his actions, “possible criminal actions”, with James Wolfe and others.
The first two threads this morning support something I have always felt….neither Kushner, Patel or Wiles should be anywhere near the Presidency.
There might be valid reasons why those named shouldn’t be in their position but do you think for a moment that the DS wouldn’t find others to pick on?
So, this was an additional effort to add fuel to the divisive “Israel Bad BS” that is working to divide the Presidents support base and would be support base.
It was nice we got a few bits of detail on the content of the “gossip” but it would have been equally nice to have just let it alone and say nothing … given some of the “Israel Bad” addicts we have here on CTH.
Not necessarily – more like Netenyahu bad. He spends too much time trying to get our President to attack another country for his country – not a good look for him and for us.
Once you see the strings….
If it is actually an intercept of a real communication, merely describing subject matter is Kushner is a tip-off to foreign agents that they can be intercepted by an ‘exceptionally sensitive method’ (if even that is true).
Shouldn’t anyone (even senators) participating, in any part of the release of this intercept have clearances revoked?
“Bad actors within the CIA organized two friendly foreign intel officials to have a conversation.”
It’s a Modified Wrap-Up Smear.
Reminds me of the time Barack Obiden contacted the School Boards Association and said “Send us a letter complaining about irate parents at school board meetings so Chris Wray can label them as Domestic Terrorists, wiretap them and then show up at their houses with guns drawn.”
Which the School Boards did.
Ol’ drunk Mark and his batti boi drunk Timmah are our commonwealth embarassments,,,,useless pieces of horse vomit,,,,they were installed here over our objections, just like gov ziploc,,,,as soo as we can we are out of this hellhole
What a shame
Act 9, scene 11, coming soon. It’s all a play directed by the CIA and produced by the Deep State. In real news, Epstein Island Carney has indicated he will cut off Canadian electric power to the American midwest if President Trump refuses to open the new Gordie Howe Bridge. The Wall Street Journal has annointed Carney, immediatly, as the most clever politician in the world and describe President Trump as a frenzied, while Canadians clamour for revenge against the world’s biggest bully.
Why are we relying on foreign power? You can’t use a Canadian nickel but you can use their electricity?
If a party to a conversation is in a position where they certainly should know that their communications are being intercepted, yet they have non-encrypted conversations anyhow, doesn’t that bring up the possibility of something else going on?
would the “intelligence community” even need a real conversation to pull this off? The entire thing could be fabricated too. Two foreign agents listening-in to a conversation that never happened and documenting it to a whistleblower assigned to get to Trump’s people.
I would assume this sort of thing is continually happening. I think Radcliff has no idea what his “IC” is doing and I almost think he doesn’t care as long as it doesn’t get him in trouble.
I’m guessing there are countless rogue silos within the C*A. Controlling them / knowing what they’re doing might be impossible.
Warner is a turd
Kushner probably is an Israeli intelligence asset. Isn’t half of the administration?
Interesting how we’ve heard VERY LITTLE out of Ratcliffe on ANYTHING in this Administration. We typically over Administrations of both R and D hear from time to time from the CIA director. Having come from this community it can be a good thing to not hear from your TOP spy chief, however, a Director will usually speak at various conventions or meetings with the POTUS and his Cabinet. NADA out of Ratcliffe.
My problem isn’t Russia its Mossad, MI6, CIA, etc. working on behalf of the globalist cabal against We the People. When you accept that the intelligence agencies are an outgrowth of British intelligence going back 100+ years the puzzle begins to be solved. War with Iran is not in the interests of the American people only the War Pigs. In this Tucker is correct. So if war with Iran happens I would believe the intelligence agencies control the white house to the point where POTUS is controlled not leading.
Agree
They have to do something to distract from the stench emanating from the Stand With Illegals Democrats following the SOTU.
The anti-zionist flakes over on Zero Hedge will have a field day.
How ironic: peace negotiator Kushner is working to solve armed conflict with Iran because he’s an Israeli asset.
One would think Isreal is licking their chops for the US to take out Iran.
” In an email to Democratic congressional staffers sent on Feb. 13 and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal,.. ”
i BELIEVE THERE IS The CRUX Of the PROBLEM –
CONGRESS MEMBERS ARE ELECTED; STAFFERS ARE NOT
Be a Shame IF these Elected Bloviators had to Write their own Bills and ATTEND MEETINGS with ODNI in PERSON
If SD is correct then they can investigate the two ‘gossipers’ and perhaps work out who, in the IC, contacted them. I doubt the name would be a surprise though, given every plot has the same cast of shady characters.
If the aim was to split support for any military action against Iran, then my bet would be that the main puppeteer was Chinese Intelligence, calling in favours and activating compromised assets, because they’re terrified that their last source of subsidised oil would be removed, and with it the viability of the BRICS project.
Trump ought to set up an intel honeypot for warner
Not enough toy boys left in DC left to setup Warner, Ms Linda Graham has them all tied up
If whatever it is….is making the demonrats and especially Mark Warner mad or uncomfortable……GOOD!
We are Winning!
The IC “community” is a pustule on our body politic. Its promiscuous use of filthy lucre, bad actors and black ops that are against America’s strategic interests is our biggest threat to maintaining our constitutional republic.
Case in point: why are so many IC folks working so hard to prevent any sort of alliance with Russia [Russia hoax, goading Russia into invading Ukraine, Nordstream, etc]? How did any of those actions benefit Americans?
It is NOT up to the spooks to determine what our strategic interests are. It is up to the people via their elected representatives.
Unfortunately, too many of our representatives have been corrupted into representing the interests of the 3 letter agencies instead of the people.
As Congress descends into further corruption at the behest of spook world to turn USA into a surveillance state, ironically it will come to resemble the pathetic Provision Government in the face of the Bolshevik onslaught in 1917. The Bolshevik coup seized power and the creation of the bloody Cheka murdered, jailed, sent to GULAG, any opposition to the Bolsheviks in maniacal drive for a one party communist state – the USSR. Our enemy even when allied with us in WW2 after alliance with Germany. Check out Operation Keelhaul if you doubt Uncle Joe was a poor ally.
Democrats are always shopping at Acme right along with Wile Coyote. This “plot” will blow up in their hands.
Quislings!