Theo is on his way to work from
Rockville, Maryland to the White House where he is a staffer. He’s in a good mood because he has learned to
read between the lines of the mainstream media reports. The New York Times had tried to frame the
Inspector General report before it’s released in three weeks. In addition to this, by every measureable
standard, the non-far left was infuriated by the impeachment hearings that had
just concluded. Now, the Democrats were
scrambling for damage control and their panic gave Theo joy. As he gets in the office, he is given a
report. He looks up at his fellow
staffer and asks, “Why do I care about the race in central New York?”
“Just read it.”
“I know a lot of people that
went to Syracuse but I don’t know how you knew that.”
“I didn’t know that but read it
anyway.”
Theo reads the report about
Ithaca and Syracuse areas of New York. Both districts have Democrat
representatives that are being bombarded by their constituents to not vote for
impeachment. This puts them in an
awkward situation because they don’t want to disappoint their party as
Democrats have a herd mentality but if they go with the herd, they may lose
their seat in 2020. Theo smiles, “Nice!
Did you see Adam Schiff back track too?”
“Yea, I did. He was talking about how he doesn’t know
right now about impeachment and they need to check with their constituents.”
“Well, the constituents have
spoken and they’re not happy.”
“You know what else?”
“What?”
“Remember how the RNC is
debt-free and during the hearings donation to Republicans hit a record high?”
“Yes”
“Well, they’re not wasting any
time because they’re bombarding slightly blue and red districts with house
representatives with negative ads based on impeachment.”
“Only two Democrats voted against
having the hearing and the hearing was a disaster so that makes sense.”
The rest of the day was just as
upbeat and Theo went to a bar in the Georgetown area because he loved debating
Ivy League students because they thought they were really smart and usually
felt humbled when speaking to Theo. It’s
not that Theo is really smart; it’s just that he’s 35 and has more life
experience. Ivy League college students
are also taught by brainwashing propagandists that are too afraid of the real
world so they corrupt impressionable college students that are just getting
used to being away from home without parental supervision. As Theo goes to the bar, he calls out, “Are
there any political science majors here?”
A woman with auburn hair gives a
sly smile, “Ummm, I’m a political science major.”
“Do you read the New York
Times?”
“Of course I do.”
“Yea, that’s why you’re
brainwashed with fake news.”
“Oh, you’re one of those.” She
said condescendingly
“Yes, I’m one of those. Did you see the one about the IG report
that’s coming out on December 9?”
“I did, some low-level FBI
lawyer doctored evidence. It’s not a
problem with the whole organization. It
rebuffed political bias as a whole.”
“How can they make that
conclusion when you have the lead investigator Strzok and his lover Page,
McCabe, Comey etc. attack Trump supporters as being smelly, and how they need to
stop him from being president? There’s
no question the FBI was biased. They
clearly hate Trump; you can read the texts yourself.”
“Well, I think they just mean
that despite their hatred, none of their actions were biased.”
“That’s not what they said but
fine, I don’t even need to convince you of that. You need to ask why the NY Times is leaking
it now.”
“It’s news”
“Why not just wait for the IG
report to come out in three weeks?”
“Well, it’ll be the holiday
season so people will be distracted”
“And nobody is distracted during
Thanksgiving week?”
“Alright fine, why do you think
they did?”
“So that when the IG report
comes out, people will think it’s old news and ignore it. They will feel they don’t have to actually
read it because the New York Times already told them what was in it.”
“And what’s wrong with that?”
“It’s a lie. The New York Times is lying about what’s in
it.”
“Who are you to say that? You haven’t seen the IG report either.”
“I know how the New York Times
works.”
“And I’m just supposed to take
your word on that?”
“Of course not. I’m an economist so I’m used to making ridiculous
assumptions to simplify the world so let’s say I give you that the New York
Times is not doing that.”
“You seem to argue something and
then concede the argument to me.”
“The New York Times admits that
the IG report found that the FBI didn’t properly vet Christopher Steele.”
“So what?”
“They got four FISA warrants
based on the information. It was the
entire bases for the Russian collusion after the investigation was opened. How can you say so what? The bulk of the information they got was from
him; if he’s unreliable then the case is devastated.”
“Well, he was credible because
of his work on the FIFA case”
“That doesn’t give him immunity
because he did good work once. If you
write a good paper, should your professors not bother to read your other
papers?”
“it would be nice.”
“Yea. But not very realistic.”
“Look at the problem as a
whole.”
“Which is what?”
“The IG found that requests by
rank and file agents to get a polygraph because they didn’t think a source was
credible was not documented or filed. In
fact, it was FBI policy to not record or document any derogatory information
about a source’s credibility because they feared a defense lawyer would uncover
it.”
“Well, I mean, that would allow
bad guys to go free.”
“That means anyone can accuse
anyone of anything and there will be no evidence that they aren’t
credible. That destroys our entire
justice system if you cover up biases and problems with your source or witness. It would explain what happened to all
conservatives and Trump with all these accusations that get no traction because
now people think if you attack a conservative, you have to be believed.”
“I can see how it would be a
slippery slope but conservatives aren’t victims. I hate when they claim that.”
“That’s not the issue. The issue is that our justice system is based
on innocent until proven guilty and witnesses faults and strengths need to be
revealed so the juries can make an informed decision.”
“Alright, I’ll give you
that. At 30,000 feet it is a problem but
we’re specifically talking about the Russian collusion hoax.”
“Which was only believed because
the copious amounts of derogatory information about Steele’s credibility was
covered up.”
“How do we know that?”
“Memos and letters written by
the State department. In particular,
Kathleen Kavalec 10 days before the 1st FISA renewal. It is a definitive fact that no later than
January 2017, the DOJ knows Steele’s information is garbage.”
“Alright, so they needed time to
vet it.”
“But then they renewed a FISA
warrant three times knowing it was based on shitty information.”
“Oh, that part. Alright, maybe I don’t want to give you that
anymore.”
“What if the whole thing was
wrong?”
“What do you mean?”
“What if IG Horowitz and US
Attorney Durham come out with that Steele didn’t write a majority of the
dossier?”
“Is there any evidence of that?”
“Plenty; It reads just like a
Wall Street Journal article written in 2007 by Glenn Simpson called How
Lobbyists Use Ex-Soviets to Woo Washington.
It was written on April 19, 2007.”
“Why have I heard the name
‘Glenn Simpson?”
“He now owns a firm called
Fusion GPS that Hillary paid to dig up negative information on Donald Trump.”
“Right, the conservative
conspiracy theories.”
“No, that’s a fact that Glenn
Simpson owns Fusion GPS and Hillary paid them through Perkins Coie law firm.”
“That’s true but what does that
have to do with him writing the dossier; because the Russians tried this in
2007?”
“No, Rudy Giuliani just went to
Ukraine and he found out that much of the Steele dossier was produced in Kiev
and Glenn Simpson spent a lot of time in Ukraine during that time. Then Fusion GPS leaked to the press in May
2016 to damage Trump by attacking his campaign manager Paul Manafort, whose
negative information came out of Manafort’s actions in Ukraine.”
“Wait, okay, so Simpson might
have written the dossier?”
“Yes, and the best information a
defense lawyer can have is that someone else committed the crime.”
“Then it doesn’t mean anything
that they didn’t vet Steele”
“No, it means they can no longer
make the excuse that they believed Steele because he had done good work on
FIFA. It wasn’t him.”
“So Steele lied that it was
him.”
“Then they laundered the
information. That’s not right
either. Papadopoulos, Flynn, Cohen among
others all jailed for lying to investigators.
Steele should be as well.”
“Well, do we really believe
Giuliani?”
“Yes, I do”
“I don’t”
“Maybe you should read the IG
report to see who’s right rather than just take the media’s word for it.”
“You’re pretty confident the NY
Times is lying.”
“I guarantee they will not
encourage you to read it.”
“Well, in three weeks, I may do
just that.”
“Alright then, let me buy you a
drink for debating with me.”
The woman smiled and said,
“Sure”
Theo buys her a drink and she
walks away, which Theo expected. He knew
what was going to happen. Some guy was
going to feel jealous that she would think Theo challenged her so would take
him on. Sure enough, a guy came up to
him and he couldn’t help but smile. The
guy started, “You don’t think Steele wrote the dossier?”
“I think he contributed but no,
I don’t think he wrote the bulk of it.”
“I bet you were rooting for them
to expose the Whistleblower too.”
“Yes, in America, you have the
right to face your accusers and he has no right to privacy. Only the Intelligence Committee Inspector
General can’t reveal him. For anyone
else, they can say his name is Eric CIaramella.”
“You’d be banned from social
media if you said that.”
“Yes, social media does suppress
free speech but I don’t have enough followers for them to block me. I know this because I have tweeted that
several times.”
“Well, I think it’s fucked up.”
“Do you? Do you also feel it’s fucked up that Adam
Lovinger is exposed?”
“I don’t know who that is.”
“Oh, well John Durham is very
interested with him. He’s been
interviewing personnel at the Pentagon in the office of Net Assessment where
Lovinger worked.”
“What for?”
“Well, he blew the whistle that
a million dollars was given to Stefan Halper for his contributions in four
studies yet Halper never gave them anything for the studies.”
“Who’s Stefan Halper?”
“Professor at Cambridge in
London, England who invited Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, Mike Flynn and a
lot of other targeted people on Trump’s campaign to London where there aren’t
many surveillance laws. He’s been linked
to the CIA and is considered a spy.”
“Well, at least you’re
consistent since you announced his name.”
“Like I said; nothing wrong with
that. The law is that you can’t punish a
whistleblower for exposing a crime or corruption. Eric CIaramella hasn’t been punished in any
way.”
“Fine, was Lovinger?”
“Glad you asked! He was suspended with no pay.”
“Alright, that’s not the issue
you were talking to my friend about.” As he kicked himself for falling for the
set up.
“We were talking about the
sources for the Russian collusion hoax so I would say it’s relevant.”
“I mean the New York Times
article.”
“Alright, do you want to talk
about the second finding or continue with what I was talking to her about?”
“Let’s go to new shit.”
“The Times claims that he was a
low level FBI employee.”
“Yea, he was a nobody.”
“His name is Kevin
Clinesmith. He doctored an e-mail, which
means he tampered with evidence in order to incriminate Carter Page. That was the main FISA warrant that was
renewed three times.”
“Yea, so one guy messed up but
like the Times said; wasn’t important.
It’s not a conspiracy at the highest levels of the FBI like they
claimed.”
“He worked on with James Baker.”
“A lot of people do.”
“He reported directly to him.”
“He’s still below him.”
“He was also on the National
Security and Cyber Law Branch, he was in the Hillary e-mail scandal and the
Mueller probe until he was kicked off for anti-Trump conversations including
asserting to his colleague, ‘Viva the Resistance.’”
“I’m sure there’s low level
people on big cases all the time.”
“They don’t report directly to
the second highest ranking lawyer in the FBI.”
“I don’t know that.”
“The office of the inspector
general, which is what the article was talking about, mentions that he was the
primary FBI attorney in the early 2017 investigation into Russian election
interference. That’s a pretty big case
to be the lead lawyer. It’s especially
big if you’re a low level guy.”
“Fine, he’s decently high but he
could’ve acted alone.”
“With all the other texts and
stuff we have; unlikely”
The guy walked away shaking his
head. A blond overhearing the
conversation posed, “If you buy me a drink, I’ll debate with you too.”
“What are you having?”
She tells him and Theo orders
it. The blond inquires, “Is there
another take away from this New York Times piece?”
“The holy grail.”
“Wow, that important?” she said
sarcastically
“Oh yes, do you know how the
whole thing started?”
“It wasn’t the Dossier?”
“Nope, it was that a Trump
campaign member George Papadopoulos talked to Joseph Mifsud, who they allege is
a Russian agent. Apparently Mifsud told
Papadopoulos that he had dirt on Hillary Clinton. That’s why they opened the investigation.”
“Right, and then Papadopoulos
told the Australian dude.”
“Alexander Downer”
“Right, this is ringing a bell.”
“The times did a victory dance
that Mifsud isn’t an FBI informant.”
“Well, that’s bad for the
Republicans then. Or, are you saying the
New York Times is lying again?”
“Not at all, I’m just saying
nobody said he was. This is what Fake
News does. They make an assertion, it
gets proven wrong, and then they change their story to make it seem like they
never alleged what they did.”
“Well, I don’t really listen to
conservative media but I don’t recall anyone saying Mifsud was an FBI informant
so you may be right.”
“Can we agree that just because
Mifsud isn’t an FBI informant, it doesn’t automatically mean he’s a Russian
agent?”
“Well, yea, I’m not a FBI
informant but I’m not a Russian asset.”
“I think that’s true for
everyone in this bar.”
“Right, at least I hope.” She
said with a laugh.
“So when Kyle Cheney of the
Times claims victory because Mifsud isn’t a FBI informant that automatically
means there’s no CIA or Dossier information used to open the investigation into
Trump, does that follow?”
“No, I don’t see how one has to
do with the other. The FISA’s were based
on the dossier; the investigation was based solely on Mifsud being a Russian
agent.”
“Very good. Don’t forget that. The claim that conservatives make is that
he’s connected to Western intelligence.”
“Alright, I won’t forget” she
said in a challenging tone.
“The big question is who did
Mifsud work for? If he’s not a Russian
agent there’s no case and everything about this case is irrelevant. If he is western intelligence then it’s a set
up. “
“Or he acted alone.”
“True, that is a possibility but
that means that’s it’s still a hoax investigation but it would mean it wasn’t a
set up.”
“Right, or he is an FBI
informant.”
“Well, even Papadopoulos
disputes that.”
“Really? How so?”
“He says the FBI asked him to
wear a wire when he talked to Mifsud”
“What did he say?”
“No”
“Isn’t that suspicious”
“No, it’s not suspicious for
someone not to want you to listen in on their conversations. They gave no reason why they were
investigating Mifsud. Even after they
met, Mifsud was in the Capitol being interviewed by the FBI and they let him
go. If they were really that suspicious,
they wouldn’t have let him go.”
“What does this have to do with
anything?”
“The FBI isn’t going to ask you
to wear a wire against their own informant because then it outs them as an
informant. If they wanted to record
their conversation and Mifsud was their informant, they would have asked Mifsud
to wear the wire.”
“Oh, yea …right, that makes
sense.”
“I’m not saying the IG report is
going to be damning because IG reports are normally worded with vanilla
language that isn’t very damning. The
last one accused Comey of malfeasance by saying, “We can’t rule out bias in
James Comey’s decision to prioritize the Trump Russian collusion investigation
over the Hillary E-mail investigation.”
“Yea, I mean, if you think about
it, they are saying that he was biased but that’s hard to get excited about.”
“So, I’m not expecting much but
I’m just saying read the report. Don’t
just go by what the New York Times or any media outlet tells you it says. You go to Georgetown. You’re smart; you can read for yourself.”
“Deal”
Theo finishes his drink and then
closes his tab. He gets on the train and
heads back home still in a good mood. He
goes to sleep and anticipates the future thinking that the tides may be turning
but he’s trying not to get his hopes up.
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