Media and CIA Fall For "Golden Shower" Hoax

[TonyM]

Just as the commentariat began to shudder at the implications of this
bombshell, Buzzfeed released the actual dossier, 35 pages crammed with
allegations of grave wrongdoing, including espionage by Trump surrogates
against fellow Americans. This was a rather standard example of raw
human intelligence reporting, a mishmash of claims, some of them
obviously untrue. But the essence of its case—that Trump has been
playing footsie with Vladimir Putin for years and knowingly accepted his
secret help to win the White House—may well turn out to be true.

The media, unaccustomed to seeing raw HUMINT reports, acted aghast
at the salacious nature of some of the claims in the dossier: Trumpian
sex romps caught on camera by Russian spies, our new commander-in-chief
paying prostitutes to urinate on a hotel bed where President Obama had
slept. Whether those particular claims are true or not—and they ought to
be looked at with immense skepticism and even the PEOTUS himself said
today that his infamy as a germophobe, which way predates these accusations,
ought to raise concerns about some of these tales—there’s no doubt that
Putin’s Federal Security Service, the all-seeing FSB, keeps close tabs
on foreign VIP’s when they’re on their turf. If Trump was unwise enough
to engage in randy behavior in Russia, the FSB unquestionably has it on
video. ***

In truth, the provenance of the 35-page dossier is well known in proper channels.
Some of its assertions have beenmade by other NATO intelligence agencies,
privately. Some of its claims are false, some are true, and some may
linger between truth and fiction indefinitely. What’s important here is
that the IC leadership decided to brief a small circle of the most
senior American officials on that dossier’s findings. They don’t do
that, ever—treating raw private intelligence reports by foreigners as
worthy of briefing to “the top”—unless they can corroborate significant
portions of it.

http://observer.com/2017/01/donald-t...michael-cohen/

[nothingburger]

If a video does truly exist, the fallout from that being released would be entertaining to say the least.

[Farp]

If a video does truly exist, the fallout from that being released would be entertaining to say the least.

It's about time you said the least.

[TonyM]

in reversal, Senate panel will examine potential ties between Russia, Trump advisers

https://t.co/YCCtabifiW

[Pastor Guest]

in reversal, Senate panel will examine potential ties between Russia, Trump advisers

https://t.co/YCCtabifiW

Is there any truth to the rumors they are about to start?

[TonyM]

Is there any truth to the rumors they are about to start?

Here is what I have heard --

WASHINGTON—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said
his panel would expand the scope of its investigation into Russian
election meddling to include looking at potential links between Moscow
and individuals associated with President-elect Donald Trump’s
presidential campaign.

Burr’s new position, detailed in a statement issued with Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.), effectively reverses
Burr’s position on Thursday, when he shot down the idea of looking into
potential ties between Russia and advisers to the campaign of Trump. The
North Carolina Republican had said the matter wasn’t in the
jurisdiction of his committee’s probe of Russian hacking, and that a
special commission wasn’t needed either because a dossier describing an
extensive conspiracy by Russian government operatives with Trump’s
campaign hadn’t been substantiated.

“The Committee will follow the intelligence wherever it leads,” the senators said in a statement
that said the scope of the inquiry would include—but not be limited
to—“counterintelligence concerns related to Russia and the 2016 U.S.
election, including any intelligence regarding links between Russia and
individuals associated with political campaigns.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sen...ign-2017-01-13



Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said late Friday
that his committee will investigate possible contacts between Donald
Trump’s campaign and Russia, reversing himself one day after telling
reporters that the issue would be outside of his panel’s ongoing probe
into Moscow’s election-disruption efforts.

Burr and the intelligence panel’s top Democrat, Virginia Sen. Mark
Warner, said in a joint statement that the committee's probe would touch
on "intelligence regarding links between Russia and individuals
associated with political campaigns" as well as Russian cyberattacks and
other election meddling outlined in an intelligence report released
last week.

The committee will use “subpoenas if necessary” to secure testimony
from Obama administration officials as well as Trump’s team, Burr and
Warner said.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...p-links-233621

[lonewolfinoregon]

If a video does truly exist, the fallout from that being released would be entertaining to say the least.

Yep after Trump sworn in, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES will come out stating "There is NO SUCH VIDEO", "We have not been able to verify much of our ASSESSMENT!!!"

[breezy]

The Coup attempt has failed.

[es7129]

This 'scandal' doesn't prove Trump has committed a crime. It's alleged that Russian has footage of Trump with prostitutes. There's not even evidence that they've attempted to leverage Trump with said footage.

[Lenno]

Fake Media