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Amaryllis

(9,525 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 10:37 PM Jan 2019

DAvid Laufman on Rachel: "Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid...

of their country." He tweeted that. He is sounding the alarm and is extremely concerned about what is happening. USed the phrase clear and present danger. Former Justice Dept. chief of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section who resigned last year.

Edited to add tweet of him saying Trump is a clear and present danger:



(thanks to DUer Julian Englis)


February 7, 2018, WaPo

A Justice Department official who helped oversee the controversial probes of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and Russian interference in the 2016 election stepped down this week.

David Laufman, an experienced federal prosecutor who in 2014 became chief of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, said farewell to colleagues Wednesday. He cited personal reasons.

His departure from the high-pressure job comes as President Trump and his Republican allies have stepped up attacks on the Justice Department, the FBI and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III for their handling of the Russia probe.

“It’s tough to leave a mission this compelling and an institution as exceptional as the Department of Justice,” said Laufman, 59. “But I know that prosecutors and agents will continue to bring to their work precisely what the American people should expect: a fierce and relentless commitment to protect the national security of the United States.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-dept-official-who-helped-oversee-clinton-russia-probes-steps-down/2018/02/07/ab19f24e-0b69-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.f64dc3f1a3b7
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DAvid Laufman on Rachel: "Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid... (Original Post) Amaryllis Jan 2019 OP
WHOA!!! PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #1
+1 n/t ffr Jan 2019 #18
He's calling for people - all of us Leith Jan 2019 #2
Clear and present danger. Thank you! NurseJackie Jan 2019 #3
Fucking scary. triron Jan 2019 #5
It was a jaw dropper when he said that on air so unequivocally. JudyM Jan 2019 #23
that is bdamomma Jan 2019 #4
Please tell me how. triron Jan 2019 #6
My question too. He mentioned social media...I want to listen again as I don't remember Amaryllis Jan 2019 #8
Go to Indivisble bdamomma Jan 2019 #9
Going to Indivisible may be worthwhile. Thanks. triron Jan 2019 #10
Here is the original Indivisible/Rachel transcript. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #13
But I think "resisting" Trump is not enough. triron Jan 2019 #15
The time has come, folks. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #7
very vague statement AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #11
Let us listen to our former Intelligence people leanforward Jan 2019 #12
"...to come to the aid of their party" is how my mom taught me to type. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #14
No - never party James48 Jan 2019 #16
This is where my mom got it from... BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #21
Confirmation and vindication for all that we Americans thought of this person, 45. ffr Jan 2019 #17
He has friends in high places. He should call them non stop! ecstatic Jan 2019 #19
I am now reading "The Fifth Risk" by Michael Lewis PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #20
His tweet: dalton99a Jan 2019 #22
Thanks. triron Jan 2019 #24

Leith

(7,813 posts)
2. He's calling for people - all of us
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 10:42 PM
Jan 2019

to tell chumpy and minions that we do not like what they are doing.

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
4. that is
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 10:45 PM
Jan 2019

us, we are being called to step up. With this shutdown this is going over the line.

We need to stop this. We banded together for the mid terms we can do it again. Remember do we want to live like Russians??? they are not very happy people.

Amaryllis

(9,525 posts)
8. My question too. He mentioned social media...I want to listen again as I don't remember
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 11:04 PM
Jan 2019

it all. Was trying to type fast and didn't get it all. SHould be up soon on MSNBC.

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
9. Go to Indivisble
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 11:06 PM
Jan 2019

guide, call McConnell's office, get to your local state office. Just some ideas.

Do not do this:

leanforward

(1,077 posts)
12. Let us listen to our former Intelligence people
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 11:56 PM
Jan 2019

telling us things are not right with "the guy in the white house".

I once read an article by an author of spy thrillers who had contacts within the intelligence profession. He use to meet privately for lunch and discussions. He used the professionals as a sounding board about ideas for story lines. The louder they laughed, told him the closer he was to real life in the business.

My point, the intel professionals we're watching and listening to, are telling us something is wrong. Could you say they are members of Old Crows?

The guy in the white house (self interest) and the paruskies (bring us down by any means) are working together.

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)
14. "...to come to the aid of their party" is how my mom taught me to type.
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 12:25 AM
Jan 2019

I guess they changed "party" to "country" for the fucking moron specifically.

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)
21. This is where my mom got it from...
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:36 AM
Jan 2019

"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" is a phrase first proposed as a typing drill by instructor Charles E. Weller; its use is recounted in his book The Early History of the Typewriter, p. 21 (1918).

From the typewriter it came, and to the typewriter it shall return: the phrase was proposed as a typing drill by a teacher named Charles E. Weller. Incidentally, many typing books now use the variant “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country” instead, because it exactly fills out a 70-space line if you put a period at the end.

It was "party" first, then was changed.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
17. Confirmation and vindication for all that we Americans thought of this person, 45.
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:19 AM
Jan 2019

66+ million of your fellow Americans are aligned with the right side of this equation. Those 63 million voters on the other side have a choice to make about which side they choose to stand on. Do they stand with the United States or do they stand with the leaders of our principal foreign adversary? The time has come.

ecstatic

(32,731 posts)
19. He has friends in high places. He should call them non stop!
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:25 AM
Jan 2019

Until they act! I contacted my rethug senators and got nothing but a lame, generic response!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,895 posts)
20. I am now reading "The Fifth Risk" by Michael Lewis
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 01:32 AM
Jan 2019

and the deliberate ignorance of the entire Trump regime is both mind-boggling and terrifying.

This country will never recover from what they have done.

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