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(Acting) Director of National Intelligence Testimony Thread (1 Viewer)
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sho nuff
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Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
The problem isn't that the POTUS is a criminal, the problem is someone leaked it. Thanks Nunesy.
hagmania
Footballguy
To me it seems like he can't believe he has to do this
Edit: from a "this is my life, huh" standpoint
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Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
I don't know if he is smart or not, but I am laughing at how inept he is in this hearing - allowing the witness to essentially say: "The Leak is coming from the White House!"
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
Nunes wraps things up by threatening Maguire "your words will be used against you".
timschochet
Footballguy
I want to hear about Crossfire Hurricane and Peter Strzok!
Amused to Death
Footballguy
That one guy
Footballguy
Who’s the Tobey Maguire look-a-like behind Acting DNI?
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
I need to go teach my calligraphy class, brb.
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
Digging back to a deflection tactic from 2017. Gotta stamp out them leakers. They're the real wrongdoers.
SaintsInDome2006
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Nunes attacking Maguire is all you need to know here.
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hagmania
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KCitons
Footballguy
When the law is on your side - argue the law.
When the facts are on your side - argue the facts.
When you have nothing - just argue loudly.
hagmania
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IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Oh, I'm backing the former Navy Seal to walk out unscathed, while Corporal Bone Spurs lies in a heap.
cosjobs
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He (Nunes) is complaining that the Media was all over the complaint before the White House was ready.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
FWIW I thought Maguire’s testimony about going through OLC pretty credible. Schiff weirdly and maybe intentionally drew Maguire out as not at all partisan which helps insulate him.
And Maguire’s point is true - just as it was with Comey - that our laws and rules are not designed for a criminal president, that was implicit in what he said.
And Maguire’s point is true - just as it was with Comey - that our laws and rules are not designed for a criminal president, that was implicit in what he said.
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Yeah - given that we have the complaint now - this is all about figuring out who was involved in the process to try and cover up the allegations.
SaintsInDome2006
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timschochet
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Michael Atkinson is one of the true heroes of this story, along with the whistleblower.
But Atkinson, being a Trump appointee, is the Georges Picquart of this tale:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Picquart
But Atkinson, being a Trump appointee, is the Georges Picquart of this tale:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Picquart
The Z Machine
Footballguy
I think it got auto corrected from "Nunes".
Or maybe it was "Mimes". You know they are silent, but deadly.
Amused to Death
Footballguy
"Man Blowing Whistle Attacked By Men Blowing Trump" - Andy Borowitz (w/photo of Nunes).538 has a running blog - but
"If Maguire is a fish out of water, Nunes is a penguin wandering in the desert."
McJose
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cosjobs
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SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
I stopped watching, but it seems to me there are point the Dems can make about the substance of the allegations here, and I am not sure they will take them.
Maguire is not going to speak to the truth of the allegations, but its a pretty easy step to ask him questions like - if the allegations are true - is that a threat to national security? Or more broadly, would you consider that to be inappropriate behavior, etc.
Maguire is not going to speak to the truth of the allegations, but its a pretty easy step to ask him questions like - if the allegations are true - is that a threat to national security? Or more broadly, would you consider that to be inappropriate behavior, etc.
Juxtatarot
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Maguire was truly stuck in a situation of having to deal with an unclear law. Frankly, a takeaway from the committee should be to write a law about whistleblowing in areas outside the intelligence community.
The Z Machine
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Redwes25
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I agree with this. From his testimony, I don't think Maguire did the anything wrong on this one. Dems should not be attacking him like this. It is going to hurt them.
Because someone smart asked him the question.
He won't comment on whether the allegations themselves are credible - but you can phrase it as "If these facts are true, does that constitute a threat to national security?" .
A little risk because he might say "no" - but he has already hinted that he thinks the allegations are serious.
