BOOM!

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

[rzemanfl]

1. A bit of an overstatement. n/t

[Kingofalldems]

2. How's that?

[rzemanfl]

3. He said "whether or not." n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. He said "I believe they exist."

I would love to know the basis for that belief.

[rzemanfl]

7. So would I.

There surely are transcripts of intercepted Russian to Russian conversations. More than that would probably involve warrants if they were intercepted in the U.S.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. He said he believes there are transcripts that inculpate Trump, not just any transcripts.

I take that back. He just believes there are transcripts at this time.

[rzemanfl]

19. Listened again. There are a lot of different ways this can be taken.

A transcript of a conversation between Ivan and Dimitri (just made up names) saying "The campaign wants...." is a lot different than a transcript of a call between Sessions or Flynn and Putin discussing strategy. I see this as a puzzle being slowly assembled and the missing pieces being supplied by lies known to be lies. I don't trust Comey but if he comes out of this as the next Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. that would be okay with me.

[KittyWampus]

10. this was explained in Eichenwald's article. The NSA is limited when it comes to Americans

However, with FISA they can get a warrant. And they did.

They would not have gotten permission to listen to and save conversations unless there was solid evidence.

And it would have required going through several layers of "command" for this to happen. It's not like some rogue person can do this on a whim.

So there is some damning evidence being held.

We don't know which Americans it is though. Not yet.

Presumably Flynn was one. And perhaps Sessions.

[rzemanfl]

11. I will have another listen once my grandson's radio show is over.

I wonder what kind of chess is being played here.

[FakeNoose]

12. The FBI knows - they must have tapes or Coons wouldn't be talking now

[Blanks]

4. This is why the Sessions scandal...

I'm gonna call it 'Sessions-a-Lago' (my new suffix for all scandals) is such a big deal.

As AG, Sessions is over the FBI. If he participated in any kind of 'orders to the FBI' on this matter, they (the Trump administration) are all toast.

Even if the 'direction' that he gave the FBI seemed inert, it has cast a shadow on the entire investigation.

It's not gonna do any good to throw the FBI off track because the intelligence community has the information. That's how this congressman is so confident in its existence.

This is one of the reasons why Sessions should resign right away.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. If Comey doesnt fully cooperate with all this then we have a constitutional crisis

that is only resolved if republicans decide to become patriots.

If not, democracy is done, country is over and we are not safe.

[Delphinus]

14. I agree.

Comey must cooperate.

[superpatriotman]

16. Count my vote as a 'no confidence'

In any repuke. They are all united in their universal ideology, and are therefore no help in this crisis.

[MrPurple]

27. They at a minimum won't act

until they get their tax cuts, military increases and government/regulatory slashing reductions into law.

[superpatriotman]

33. Don't forget ACA

Nt

[lastlib]

36. AND repeal the New Deal et seq.!

and maybe the Civil War.............? (at least get back to Jim Crow...)

[MrPurple]

41. I don't think they really care about the racism...

It's just one of their vehicles for manipulating the rubes who support them.

[tblue37]

17. The CIA has info to leak, too, as do our allied ICs. nt

[gratuitous]

9. That should be enough, shouldn't it?

After all, it's been enough lately for Republicans to say they "believe" the protesters showing up at their town halls are paid outsiders. Sen. Coon's belief should be sufficient for the media to report this surmise as factual, right?

[asiliveandbreathe]

13. Harry Reid 10/2016

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1588983/-Harry-Reid-makes-most-serious-accusation-of-the-campaign-Comey-covering-up-Trump-Russia-connection

...snip...

“In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity.

The public has a right to know this information. I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public. There is no danger to American interests from releasing it. And yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information.”

[Kingofalldems]

15. Yep.

[jalan48]

18. This may be one of those "For the good of the country" moments.

The information about Trump is there, the problem is how to put it out to the public. Republican's need a way to save face yet see Trump go. Maybe that's one reason the information is being dribbled out slowly, let the public as whole gradually get used to the idea that Trump is indeed a crook. After the tipping point has been determined to be reached then Trump leaves and we move ahead, our Democracy has survived!

[rzemanfl]

21. The rest of the Republicans are suspect. Pence, Ryan, McConnell and others.

There is no way to clear any of them.

[jalan48]

22. I have a feeling if Trump goes the rest will be swept under the table.

I think that may be part of what is going on behind the scenes. I also think many Democrats will be content with getting rid of Trump and will be willing to let other Republicans skate as part of the back room agreement. Besides, Republican's control the Congress. When Nixon was finally impeached he was then pardoned by President Gerald Ford for any crimes "he might have committed". We got rid of Nixon and the Republicans avoided a long drawn out public trial.

[rzemanfl]

24. We didn't have to worry then about the Republicans passing secrets to the Kremlin.

That's what makes this different and scary.

[jalan48]

26. Nixon actually authoized the break in of the Democratic campaign headquarters.

Pretty serious stuff. And if he was caught doing that what else would have surfaced had he been forced to face trial. Perhaps a few of Trump's underlings will take the rap like Nixon's did. They will get a few years in a country club prison and we will move on. I don't think it's right but it seems to be the way these things get handled. If I remember correctly Bill Clinton passed on going after the Iran/Contra gang and Obama chose not to go after Bush and Cheney for war crimes. Let's look forward, not backward seems to be the political motto.

[rzemanfl]

28. This is different from any of those situations IMHO. We have been inflitrated. n/t

[jalan48]

30. Well, you may be right. I think that if Trump can be forced out that will be the end of it.

I'm sure a few of his underlings will be indicted however most Americans will be thankful just for the fact that Trump is no longer President and will be willing to move on.

[pansypoo53219]

20. i say we start saying there is a RED DRESS out there.

[rzemanfl]

23. No, I think not. Just my two cents. n/t

[spanone]

25. K&R...

[Quixote1818]

29. If they have had these all along were they trying to let officials hang themselves even more by

lying and trying to cover things up?

[rzemanfl]

32. Yes. That's what I think. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

31. In the first part early on he says "There are transcripts"

Asked to confirm at the end, he says "I believe they exist."

So they do exist, or he has been told they exist. Wow.

[Quixote1818]

34. "He will die in jail"

Everything he said reminds me of that quote from an intelligence official: http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/intelligence-community-against-trump

[lamp_shade]

40. Yes. Coons is one of a small handful of Senators that I trust.

There's no doubt in my mind that he knows. Had he said "I know" there would be backlash. He was smart enough to say "I believe".

[SCantiGOP]

35. Please....

The thread title is supposed to give an indication of the subject matter. Boom is not a thread title.

[Kingofalldems]

37. Go ahead and alert.

Please... ain't much of a response title either.

[SCantiGOP]

38. I wouldn't alert

I was just asking that you have some consideration for the rest of us who are reading through the posts.

[Quixote1818]

39. Boom is fine with me. Got me to click on something worth looking at. nt

[MrPurple]

42. Boom, please - it's what the lower quartile of Trump supporters say when ordering at the gun shop.