Here's Dworkin's big revelation!

[bathroommonkey76]

We waited on the edge of our seats for this!? LOL

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

FBI Director James Comey attempted to go public as early as the summer of 2016 with information on Russia’s campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election, but Obama administration officials blocked him from doing so, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell Newsweek.

Well before the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence accused the Russian government of tampering with the U.S. election in an October 7 statement, Comey pitched the idea of writing an op-ed about the Russian campaign during a meeting in the White House’s situation room in June or July.

“He had a draft of it or an outline. He held up a piece of paper in a meeting and said, ‘I want to go forward, what do people think of this?’” says a source with knowledge of the meeting , which included Secretary of State John Kerry, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the Department of Homeland Security’s director and the national security adviser.

http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-director-james-comey-russian-tampering-election-576417

[pnwmom]

1. But it wouldn't have talked about collusion --so, meh. n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

2. well......if accurate, this whole yarn certainly would put a different spin on things, would

it not?

funny, though, isn't it, how he IGNORED Lynch's 'advice' to STFU about Clinton's malfeasances?

why didn't he do so in this case?

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[bathroommonkey76]

3. Dworkin is about as reliable as that dbag from palmer report. n/t Yawn...

[karynnj]

4. Weird on many levels

First, it is based on anonymous sources and second, it says that the others in the room did not want it to be a single person oped, but a statement from several agencies giving it more weight. Second, there WERE Obama administartion statements that Russia was involved in the hacking etc. So, they did speak out -- and it did not make much of a difference.

Note that there was no intent to say that the FBI was investigating Trump - even in Comey's proposed op-ed.


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[woodsprite]

5. The Newsweek article seems like a smear

campaign on Pres. Obama. I was thinking it when I started reading it, and the line "The White House did their usual -- nothing" kinda solidified my opinion.

[karynnj]

7. Good catch - I missed that

It also is stunning that they speak of the alternative as a multi agency statement as stronger -- and do not bother to say that they DID put that out. It was all over the news at the time and later HRC refered to the fact that 17 agencies found that Russia did this.

[WePurrsevere]

6. So a couple of anon 'sources' got together to deflect heat from Comey (?)...

And unto the Obama administration who 'supposedly', according to the anon sources, “...did their usual—nothing” for 'supposedly' ZERO reason mentioned knowing it might cost the Democrats and Hillary the White House... umm... sure...

'If' the WH stopped Comey from publishing an op-ed (an "op-ed about Russia tinkering with our election?) I would think there was a logical reason like perhaps it was still under investigation and they felt they needed more info or ??

[Blue_Roses]

8. This is redundant.

With all due respect to who may be offended, who gives a shit? I don't want to hear would've/could've/should've's, especially now. Blaming the previous administration won't go over too well. I also think they made a good point. Having the backup of other intelligence agencies lends more credibility.

But, seriously, how does this help us now?

[madinmaryland]

9. All this unsubstantiated twitter bullshit is getting really fucking annoying...

You at least posted a real link, rather than just twittering something that someone on twitter just opined about without any links.

[bathroommonkey76]

12. The link was his BIG revelation on Twitter

Dworkin is a guy who gets off on his retweets on Twitter-- Sure, he has has some pretty good things to share the past few months, but they're not cracking the skulls of what's going on in Trump's WH.

[DesertRat]

10. Dworkin risks becoming the boy who cried wolf

He seems tease a GIGANTIC story every other day now.

[bathroommonkey76]

13. He's already turned into that boy. n/t

[LaydeeBug]

11. He listened to them then, but not about the email....funny that. Hatch Act violating motherfucker. n