Nunberg needs to be in protective custody.

[MineralMan]

Perhaps on suicide watch, as well. He is self-destructing on camera today.

[guillaumeb]

1. Pressure can do that.

And murder can be disguised as suicide.

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. Is he the first in this gang to realize Mueller is loaded for bear and coming for him/them?

The rest of these guys seem so nonchalant, I wonder if they realize what they're up against.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Ironically, CNN had a ticker running at the bottom of Burnett's interview

that referenced news regarding a former Russian spy who was found "ill" in the UK (along with someone next to him). Story from The Guardian here -

Former Russian spy critically ill in UK 'after exposure to substance'

Luke Harding, Steven Morris and Caroline Bannock
Mon 5 Mar 2018 17.26 EST

One of the two people critically ill in a Salisbury hospital after “suspected exposure to an unknown substance” is a Russian man who was exchanged in a high-profile “spy swap” in 2010, the Guardian understands.

Sergei Skripal, 66, was one of four Russians exchanged for 10 deep cover “sleeper” agents planted by Moscow in the US.

Wiltshire police said that a man in his 60s and a woman in her 30s were found unconscious on a bench in the Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.

Temporary assistant chief constable Craig Holden said that the pair were believed to have been known to each other and were in a critical condition. He added: “This has not been declared as a counter-terrorism incident and we would urge people not to speculate.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/salisbury-incident-critically-ill-man-is-former-russian-spy-sergei-skripal

To refresh on Clint Watts testimony last year and what we need to do -

[Leghorn21]

4. Agreed, MM - Im sending my brother all the clips and commentary and wondered to him if this

guy’s gonna make it through the night, honestly -

[MineralMan]

5. Yes. His string is fraying fast.

[Leghorn21]

8. Is it pure terror? Has someone threatened his life, for real? I suppose well stay tuned and

find out, I surely don’t know - the intensity of his raving is astonishing -

Oy

[MineralMan]

12. It could all be an internal threat.

That could change, though. He clearly is in need of help, though, and probably should not be alone.

[Leghorn21]

17. Kyle Griffin tweet just now:

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Leghorn21]

18. From the Daily Beast link:

Starting Monday morning, Nunberg began calling several close associates that he was flatly refusing, at this time, to cooperate with Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Three Nunberg friends said they walked away from those conversations fearful that he was “drinking again” and was about to embark on a personal tailspin. They didn’t know it would play out on daytime TV.

Nunberg did not respond to multiple calls and texts from The Daily Beast

One associate urged Nunberg, a witness in Mueller’s probe, not to do anything stupid and to go to his parents’ house immediately. According to this source, Nunberg promptly hung up. Minutes later, the former Trump campaign aide was on MSNBC via phone, starting a mid-Monday media blitz that would include several different shows on CNN and MSNBC.

(my bolding)

[MineralMan]

19. People who know him are worried, too.

Not a good sign, given today's behavior.

[mcar]

6. SO said the same thing

One wonders where his lawyer, family, etc is.

[MineralMan]

9. Yeah...I don't know.

[Leghorn21]

10. He said he tried to contact his lawyer...?? But...who knows - so very strange- nt

[NewJeffCT]

7. You're 100% correct

also, on the suicide watch. That might have been why he was drunk as well.

[MineralMan]

11. He's breaking down as we watch.

I want his story, frankly. He clearly knows what they'll find. He's making the wrong choices right now.

[Tatiana]

13. He has information regarding the Russian connection.

Forget about the inquiries into Trump's business practices. That's a smokescreen he threw out there.

He has real information regarding a Russian connection. And he's terrified, rightfully so.

Jail might be the safest place for him right now.

[MineralMan]

14. He's decompensating, and need to be under

observation. Truly.

[highplainsdem]

15. Seth Abramson agrees with you that Nunberg is in extremis:

Link to tweet

I mean this sincerely, just as a human being: if you're a friend or family member of Sam Nunberg, please check up on him ASAP. I've worked with many people who were in extremis, and Nunberg presents as someone who could be now—or become—a danger to himself. I'm concerned for him.

[MineralMan]

16. Yes. It's been more obvious as time has passed.

I really want him to tell his story, so I'd like to see him protected from himself.

[Mr.Bill]

20. Maybe he is laying the foundation

for an insanity defense. Too crazy to even testify.

Maybe his lawyer told him to just hit the cable news shows and go nuts.

Probably not, bit it's almost plausible. It's about the only thing they haven't tried yet.

[KentuckyWoman]

21. I feel the same way

Sincerely. He just sounded like someone in the process of making a decision.

Tough to see. Especially since when it is like this they sometimes take others out with them.