20 Committe/Schindler Tweeted there's credible evidence WH is targeting journalists w Russian help!

[bettyellen]

What the hell? I do not know them well but I've seen others cite them as credible- they have some seriously smart followers. WTF?

Link to tweet

[Frogg]

1. Think he is right

Next move in the authoritarian playbook

[sunonmars]

14. it is, the journalists, the teachers and the military are the 3 things they will take over first.

Putin did it, Erdogan did it.....

They have handed the playbook to Trump.....

Each one of those times, the sheeple sat back and said "they would never do that" until they woke up in a police state....

I watched it for years when I worked in Turkey......

it was all "this wont affect me", "they would never" "but what can we do"

It was distressing to watch.

[Leghorn21]

2. Schindler and Mensch are tight...I saw this a bit ago and just - dropped through the floor

just a little bit more -

Commenters asked, what do you mean, "targeting"? Like, hacking their emails, mucking with their lives?

And of course, I'm thinking, no, we're probably talking about cold blooded murder here, because if I ever was an "optimist", I sure as hell ain't now -

[bettyellen]

3. But is this Jarod's paper? What the hell/ they've been publishing anti-Trump stuff?

Is THAT the disinformation campaign? It's a fucking mess, bno one knows who to trust anymore.

[Leghorn21]

7. I honestly don't know about Jarod's paper? - just know that he and Mensch are buds, and both

working away on our current nightmare - ? - so far, he's seemed perfectly credible me (tho, these are strange times, I know) - I trust him more than not, definitely -

[bettyellen]

9. Oops, spelled Jared wrong. Kushner - Ivanka's husband. Supposedly he's not running it , but still...

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/opinion/learned-jared-kushner-working-observer-article-1.2944536

[Leghorn21]

10. OH, okay! - I just checked John's blurb on his account, I see now, he writes for the Observer -

now I what you're talking about!! (not familiar with it myself) - - I HAVE read people's comments on both his and Mensch's threads to the effect that "hey, I know you're a conservative, biut I don't care, please keep up the good work!"

Louise has said time and again how much she loves this country and has no problem putting politics aside while pursuing treasonous bastards, whoever they may be, and I don't think John's any kind of right-wing nutcase at all - conservative, perhaps, but not loony, and is "on the case", workin overtime!

[sarah FAILIN]

6. Mensch was under some sort of internet atack over the weekend

Maybe she called it a middle-out attack? I forget the word, but she said it was confirmed.

Might be called a "man in the middle" attack. I found it online but can't past it in here for some reason.

[Leghorn21]

8. Yes, more than one of my go-tos (Louise and maybe John as well, or the Jester guy) said that the

"putinbots" were on a rampage this weekend - which I assume means they got a shit ton of bogus Russian tweets on their accounts?

And I think it was Saturday night, Mensch said she was gonog out for the evening and said something about "middle out", which sounded like a twitter attack or SOMEthing! In fact I googled that expression, but found nothing..

I do certainly worry about all our citizen sleuths, though, and pray all remain safe as they work their butts off trying to help save our beloved republic!

[sarah FAILIN]

16. Google "man in the middle cyberattack"

It's like someone gets between you and everyone else and blocks your messages/data in a cyberattack. I found a great page explaining it, but can't copy/paste the address, lol.

[Leghorn21]

23. Many thanks for info!! eom

[Tanuki]

4. Devin Nunes threatened as much, and Omarosa tried to intimidate

April Ryan by telling her that she was one of several African American journalist on whom the Administration was compiling a dossier.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/03/02/gop-intelligence-chair-threatens-investigate-reporters-talk-russia-trump.html

[Cha]

5. Why the hell not? They do it in Russia.. why would the

trumputin regime be any different?

Thank you, bettyellen.

[cstanleytech]

11. It wouldnt surprise me and it could explain all the trips to Mar-a-Lago Trump has taken

as its hard to collude with a foreign governments intelligence service from the Whitehouse especially if you are a paranoid douchebag that thinks the whole place might be bugged.

[colorado_ufo]

12. Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

Might discuss North Korean missiles at the dinner table but you can be assured he has a safe room where he meets and has his discussions with his team about "innermost events."

[NamesDave]

13. Hes

capible of anything, fucking hitler

[butdiduvote]

15. Doesn't Malcolm Nance think Schindler is full of it?

For whatever that's worth. Nance seems credible and trusted by many mainstream news sources.

[m-lekktor]

17. The rignt wing National Review claims this Schindler guy is a conservative who went after Hillary

for her emails but claims to be non partisan otherwise. Google him if you are wondering who he is. This is an older piece I found interesting:

Lately, his commentary has been directed toward the seemingly never-ending scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server during her tenure as secretary of state. “Clinton, Inc. thinks they can win a liar’s match and leakfest with the [intelligence community],” he wrote on Twitter last week. While Clinton’s camp may try to dissuade the public from concluding that its actions were criminal, Schindler says those with intelligence experience aren’t fooled. “Spooks know just what they’ve been up to . . . for years.”
Schindler has amassed a loyal following, particularly among conservatives, for his blunt missives on cyber-security, foreign policy, and intelligence. His experience as an NSA analyst has made him a unique player in debates over the NSA metadata program laid bare by Edward Snowden, the Chinese hacking of the Office of Personnel Management’s database, and the Clinton scandal known in the Twittersphere as “#EmailGate.” His contribution comes in translating intelligence- and security-speak — often an impenetrable argot — for the uninitiated.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423958/john-schindler-nsa-intelligence-analyst

[Denzil_DC]

19. Oh, he is.

Like Mensch, he's worth taking into account because of his contacts (and in his case, to a certain extent, because of his background, though it's not dissimilar to people like Larry Johnson, who I'd never believe about anything), but he can be a bit, erm, excitable.

There are a few issues where his "conservatism" shines through - he still believes the Obama administration got the IRS to target RW groups, for instance.

[SecularMotion]

21. He's another Glenn Greenwald

All propaganda, no facts.

[lostnfound]

18. Targeting with what??

I've wondered if Putin style targeting of media could arise here.

[Vinca]

20. I've read a couple of blurbs about Russian hackers targeting liberal entities in the U.S.

and trying to extort money out of them. So anyone here have anything "extortable?" Pretty dim witted hackers if you ask me.

[ananda]

22. Well, they've pretty much all fallen line.

.. with occasional exceptions few and far between.

[First Speaker]

24. If this is true, I would support a military coup against Trump...

...I'm doing my best to avoid apocalyptic thinking, but fuck it. This is the last straw for me--*if* this is so. A "president" of the United States, cooperating with a foreign despot determined to crush democracy around the world--to discredit *American* journalists? If this isn't "treason", then it doesn't exist. We know the Congress won't do anything. The media is engaged in their usual power-prestige-masturbation games. The Dems still think we're in "normal" political waters--maybe some rapids, but still the same stream. We aren't. This has gone far enough. I've reached the point that I feel, if democracy is going to be saved, we need an intervention. Yes, this will put us on the road to a banana republic. But better that, than the certainty of a fascist dictatorship if nothing is done. Maybe, if we're lucky, it will be 1688, rather than Cromwell.

[ck4829]

25. Season for treason

[ymetca]

26. Just remember that it is not the Russian people

but a small cabal of global plutocrats who are running this sh*t show.

As soon as T-rump's utility is exhausted, he will be "dealt with".

The objective, as always, is to enrich themselves at the expense of the increasingly unruly global hoi polloi.

Next up: a totally unnecessary war...

[Initech]

27. Trump is going to get a lot of people killed.

This is fucking scary.