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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the administration could do us all a favor and declassify some of the documents at issue if it can be done safely, so we can see just how bad it was. People need to know. Right now it’s too abstract for the average person who has no experience with national security to understand and accept. I imagine the intelligence agencies have been working overtime to manage the fallout.

I would rather not threaten national security by exposing information about our military plans, capabilities and intelligence gathering sources and methods just to satisfy people's curiosity.

Of course not, but maybe to save the republic? A second Trump term would be the end as far as I’m concerned.

Such heros!

They won’t declassify because won’t serve their ‘truth’

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the administration could do us all a favor and declassify some of the documents at issue if it can be done safely, so we can see just how bad it was. People need to know. Right now it’s too abstract for the average person who has no experience with national security to understand and accept. I imagine the intelligence agencies have been working overtime to manage the fallout.

I would rather not threaten national security by exposing information about our military plans, capabilities and intelligence gathering sources and methods just to satisfy people's curiosity.

Of course not, but maybe to save the republic? A second Trump term would be the end as far as I’m concerned.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the administration could do us all a favor and declassify some of the documents at issue if it can be done safely, so we can see just how bad it was. People need to know. Right now it’s too abstract for the average person who has no experience with national security to understand and accept. I imagine the intelligence agencies have been working overtime to manage the fallout.

I would rather not threaten national security by exposing information about our military plans, capabilities and intelligence gathering sources and methods just to satisfy people's curiosity.

Of course not, but maybe to save the republic? A second Trump term would be the end as far as I’m concerned.

You really think all the nutjobs on here claiming that Smith made up the tape of Trump admitting he didn't declassify the docs, that Trump had a right to take classified docs under the PRA, that Clinton did the same thing, etc. are suddenly going to be convinced if the feds just declassify these docs and show how bad they are? Please. They will just claim Smith is lying, planted them, or whatever. They are loony toons.

I think educating the American public about the good reasons we have laws protecting classified information seems necessary at this point in time. There seems to be a real lack of understanding among even normal non-nut-jobs.

The polls indicate the american people by and large get it. But releasing the docs would just give the RWNJs another talking point- if these are so sensitive, why did you just release them to the world?

Well, the were secret, until he stole them. You are raising a good point—but I don’t know how to educate people without giving examples of the damage this caused. Which I’m sure it did. For all we know, people have died.

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Anonymous wrote:Another thing about Trump showing the Milley document is how ignorant Trump still was about how the military operates even after four years as President. Mark Milley is a by-the-book guy. He wouldn’t write a document arguing that we SHOULD attack Iran because that is not his lane, but he would have a top secret plan that if Iran provoked us this is how we COULD attack Iran. Trump is claiming that the document shows that it was Milley who wanted to attack Iran, not Trump, but only a delusional Trump lackey would buy that.

This was obvious to be from the indictment, it was literally Milley’s job to prepare plans for any contingency the POTUS asked for. The fact that there were such plans means POTUS wanted the plans. Nice try there trying to blame Milley.

Anonymous wrote:Oh no... when the left wing Rolling Stone does real reporting.

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Anonymous wrote:Haven’t heard Kash Patel’s name for a while.

Wonder who he’s been hanging out with lately.

The idea that they were going to steal these documents and use them to sow disinformation about the Russia/Trump investigation was his.

Yeah, where is that cross-eyed gimp? Kashyap, phone home! Stay spicy!

Been a few months since I've seen him around. Always surprises me, like, what in the world is he still doing in DC?

Just paying people to bring bogus crap into the news apparently. As usual.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-whistleblowers-trump-kash-patel-b2342170.html

That was a fun read. Out of his own pocket? Of course a GOP-controlled committee wouldn't think of looking for the source of Kash's cash given to them.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the administration could do us all a favor and declassify some of the documents at issue if it can be done safely, so we can see just how bad it was. People need to know. Right now it’s too abstract for the average person who has no experience with national security to understand and accept. I imagine the intelligence agencies have been working overtime to manage the fallout.

I would rather not threaten national security by exposing information about our military plans, capabilities and intelligence gathering sources and methods just to satisfy people's curiosity.

Of course not, but maybe to save the republic? A second Trump term would be the end as far as I’m concerned.

You really think all the nutjobs on here claiming that Smith made up the tape of Trump admitting he didn't declassify the docs, that Trump had a right to take classified docs under the PRA, that Clinton did the same thing, etc. are suddenly going to be convinced if the feds just declassify these docs and show how bad they are? Please. They will just claim Smith is lying, planted them, or whatever. They are loony toons.

I think educating the American public about the good reasons we have laws protecting classified information seems necessary at this point in time. There seems to be a real lack of understanding among even normal non-nut-jobs.

The polls indicate the american people by and large get it. But releasing the docs would just give the RWNJs another talking point- if these are so sensitive, why did you just release them to the world?

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Anonymous wrote:Haven’t heard Kash Patel’s name for a while.

Wonder who he’s been hanging out with lately.

The idea that they were going to steal these documents and use them to sow disinformation about the Russia/Trump investigation was his.

Yeah, where is that cross-eyed gimp? Kashyap, phone home! Stay spicy!

Been a few months since I've seen him around. Always surprises me, like, what in the world is he still doing in DC?

Just paying people to bring bogus crap into the news apparently. As usual.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-whistleblowers-trump-kash-patel-b2342170.html

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the administration could do us all a favor and declassify some of the documents at issue if it can be done safely, so we can see just how bad it was. People need to know. Right now it’s too abstract for the average person who has no experience with national security to understand and accept. I imagine the intelligence agencies have been working overtime to manage the fallout.

I would rather not threaten national security by exposing information about our military plans, capabilities and intelligence gathering sources and methods just to satisfy people's curiosity.

Of course not, but maybe to save the republic? A second Trump term would be the end as far as I’m concerned.

You really think all the nutjobs on here claiming that Smith made up the tape of Trump admitting he didn't declassify the docs, that Trump had a right to take classified docs under the PRA, that Clinton did the same thing, etc. are suddenly going to be convinced if the feds just declassify these docs and show how bad they are? Please. They will just claim Smith is lying, planted them, or whatever. They are loony toons.

I think educating the American public about the good reasons we have laws protecting classified information seems necessary at this point in time. There seems to be a real lack of understanding among even normal non-nut-jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps the administration could do us all a favor and declassify some of the documents at issue if it can be done safely, so we can see just how bad it was. People need to know. Right now it’s too abstract for the average person who has no experience with national security to understand and accept. I imagine the intelligence agencies have been working overtime to manage the fallout.

I would rather not threaten national security by exposing information about our military plans, capabilities and intelligence gathering sources and methods just to satisfy people's curiosity.

Of course not, but maybe to save the republic? A second Trump term would be the end as far as I’m concerned.

You really think all the nutjobs on here claiming that Smith made up the tape of Trump admitting he didn't declassify the docs, that Trump had a right to take classified docs under the PRA, that Clinton did the same thing, etc. are suddenly going to be convinced if the feds just declassify these docs and show how bad they are? Please. They will just claim Smith is lying, planted them, or whatever. They are loony toons.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing to see here... lock him up!

The DOJ must respond to a complaint filed under seal in the DC court by Stanley Woodward, the lawyer for indicted Trump aide Walt Nauta alleging prosecutorial misconduct.

DOJ prosecutor Jay Bratt tried to bribe Walt Naut’s lawyer Stanley Woodward in order to get his client to testify against Trump.

Calling Bratt's reference to the judicial applicaiton a "bribe" is really a stretch.

"Bratt then turned to Woodward and remarked that he did not think that Woodward was a “Trump guy” and that “he would do the right thing”, before noting that he knew Woodward had submitted an application to be a judge at the superior court in Washington DC that was currently pending, the letter said."

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Bratt’s efforts to help Nauta avoid 20 or 330 year legal exposure became an ethical issue.