GOP Rep. Wonders If NY Times' Sources Are Russians Posing As US Officials

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MARCH 20, 2017, 2:13 PM EDT

Late into the third hour of Monday's House Intelligence Committee hearing, during which the FBI's director confirmed the agency was investigating whether there was any "cooperation" between the Trump campaign and Russia, one Republican congressman attempted to discredit the media's reporting on the topic.

"Is it possible that the New York Times was misled by individuals claiming to be current or former American officials?" Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) asked. When Comey said he could not answer that question, Wenstrup continued down the same path.

"Is it possible that a so-called 'source' to a media outlet may actually be a Russian advocate?" he asked. "Nothing to do with this story, but is it possible that a Russian surrogate could actually be the source that a newspaper is relying on?" Comey again refused to confirm or deny the source of a specific article, saying only: "In general, sure. Somebody could always be pretending to be something they're not."

The New York Times article in question disclosed to the public that several members of Trump's presidential campaign and inner circle had phone conversations and other communications with Russian officials that were intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies.



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[gopiscrap]

1. what a fucking moron

[Kimchijeon]

11. yep, that's about it...whatta maroon

[Thomas Hurt]

2. When facts offend conservatives there is always a conspiracy to explain why reality betrayed them.

[L. Coyote]

13. Russians hacked the election so they could plant news that they hacked the election. That's logical.

Boy, they sure fooled us with the news plant.

[gopiscrap]

17. well said

[dalton99a]

20. Bingo!

[CincyDem]

3. --- So so so ashamed to live in this asshat's district. It's him or Chabot. Both asshats. n/t

[No Vested Interest]

6. +1. nt

[Xolodno]

4. I haven't seen so much gymnastics since...

...the Olympics.

[Turbineguy]

5. Another pointer to collusion.

You would have to be cooperating into order to do something like that.

He scores!

Own Goal!

[murielm99]

7. Boris and Natasha!

Fake news! Fake sources!

[Left-over]

8. The one thing I have learned

The one thing I have learned about the GOP goof balls is that if they accuse you of something they are probably doing that very thing.

[ananda]

9. The crazy just keeps getting crazier.

And I thought Nixon was bad.

[madville]

10. Anything is possible

Comey is right, it's not impossible. It would really depend on the intent of disinformation and/or meddling. Was it to benefit Trump? Was is to harm Clinton? Was it to cause mayhem and undermine the entire election process regardless of outcome? If it was the latter then I could see them leaking information from multiple angles. What if it was actually the Russians that leaked the Flynn recordings just to cause chaos?

[OldHippieChick]

12. Is it possible that aliens from one of these new planets we have discovered

flew down and pretended to be a human and fed this information to the NY Times? Of course, anything is possible.

[tanyev]

14. Why would a Russian "advocate" be trying to incriminate the Trump campaign?

If Trump's their man, they'd want to keep it quiet. If Trump was not their man and they wanted to cause trouble, wouldn't they point the finger somewhere else? There's got to be plenty of incriminating material about his deals with China that wouldn't stand up to closer inspection.

[They_Live]

15. Strike that! Reverse it!

NY Times Wonders If GOP Reps Are Russians Posing As US Officials.

There, now it's accurate.

[Judi Lynn]

16. His eyes have that unmistakable look of genius.

[center]







How ya goin' ta keep'em down on the farm, after they've seen D.C.?

[SunSeeker]

18. Yikes, he's got Michele Bachmann eyes!

[SunSeeker]

19. Man, the GOPers are flailing!

[Justice]

21. How did he get on Intelligence Committee?

[Sunlei]

22. If Republican congressman & all other Republicans gave interviews & press conferences we wouldn't h

have this 'problem'. Transparent government is good for everyone.