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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
Mon May 15, 2017, 07:02 PM May 2017

So let me get this straight, it's okay to hand over classified information to Russian spies

So let me get this straight, it's okay to hand over classified information to Russian spies in the Oval Office and no investigation is required, but we needed to devote 20,000 man hours and $8,000,000 investigating the emails on the harddrive of a server that was taken offline and archived five years ago.

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So let me get this straight, it's okay to hand over classified information to Russian spies (Original Post) Snake Plissken May 2017 OP
Why yes, that's exactly it. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1
It gets worse, we can expect Trump's new FBI chief to seek indictment for Hillary. Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #2
Yea, that's it in a nutshell. n/t ms liberty May 2017 #3
A server that was, BTW, completely secure. LisaM May 2017 #4
This shit is fucking unbelievable njhoneybadger May 2017 #5
Yes, if you're a Republican those are the "straight" priorities. n/t Martin Eden May 2017 #6
If I'm understanding the Trump defenders GallopingGhost May 2017 #7
And you can bet if it were Clinto or Obama that had done this Docreed2003 May 2017 #8
I think you pretty much covered it yes ismnotwasm May 2017 #9

LisaM

(27,801 posts)
4. A server that was, BTW, completely secure.
Mon May 15, 2017, 07:05 PM
May 2017

And on which nothing marked classified at the time was ever stored.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
7. If I'm understanding the Trump defenders
Mon May 15, 2017, 07:24 PM
May 2017

on the news right now, this is ok and will be a regular occurrence, because he's President and can declassify anything he wants, anytime he wants. Then it's fine to share it.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
8. And you can bet if it were Clinto or Obama that had done this
Mon May 15, 2017, 07:44 PM
May 2017

The GOP would have had the articles of impeachment written up before the evening news!

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