tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7842903971873485373..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Polling not going wellGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-54561353198253246232018-02-13T10:52:00.192-05:002018-02-13T10:52:00.192-05:00Yuri Bezmenov still has the best briefing on Russi...Yuri Bezmenov still has the best briefing on Russian Disinformation.Ymarsakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-22332425616675563362018-02-09T16:19:21.099-05:002018-02-09T16:19:21.099-05:00The DOJ and FBI, at the leadership level at least,...The DOJ and FBI, at the leadership level at least, put their reputation through the shredder. They'll be a long time building it back up. I'd like to see some slammer time; failing that, at least a Petraeus deal: a couple of years of probation and a crystal-clear allocution with no cowardly evasions.<br />Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-28758031463264258012018-02-09T12:44:43.072-05:002018-02-09T12:44:43.072-05:00I'll be blunt, I don't think they were to ...I'll be blunt, I don't think they were to the extent you seem to be assuming if you think it even comes close to balancing out using the DOJ/FBI to bug your opposition's campaign HQ.<br /><br />From what I've seen publicly reported, actual identified Russian attempts at interference amount to a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of ad buys on Facebook (compare to almost 2.5 BILLION spent by the candidates and their affiliates), and an effort to provide fake Clinton opposition research partially run by GPS Fusion that got nowhere with even a half-light bulb like Donald Jr.<br /><br />I think we're going to find in the coming days that Steele's anonymous Russians are anonymous because they flat out don't exist, and his entire Russian Dossier story got cooked up because Trump said nice things about Putin early on the campaign. It made sense, therefore, to launder the junk that Sid Blumenthal and Cody Shearer were producing as if Putin had some kind of blackmail material on or illegal dealings with Trump, with additional unclassified material like Carter Page's travel itinerary added to provide a veneer of plausibility.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47961208813791016022018-02-09T12:31:21.612-05:002018-02-09T12:31:21.612-05:00To whit, FDD's May has a good piece on Russian...To whit, FDD's May has <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/6/vladimir-putin-uses-cyber-weapons-to-keep-american/" rel="nofollow">a good piece on Russian disinformation</a>.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-79322788773513536312018-02-09T12:09:03.247-05:002018-02-09T12:09:03.247-05:00I mean, Russia definitely was playing, so it reall...I mean, Russia definitely was playing, so it really is a question of 'more' or 'less' at this point. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com