One thing somewhat overlooked in the media coverage of yesterday’s indictments.
The indictments themselves run the risk of revealing “sources and methods” AND tipping the targets to U.S. knowledge of their activities.
U.S. intel strenuously opposes that.
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The indictments themselves run the risk of revealing “sources and methods” AND tipping the targets to U.S. knowledge of their activities.
U.S. intel strenuously opposes that.
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They’d rather not pursue charges against some criminals than burn the system we rely on to monitor them.
Further, naming senior foreign military intelligence in indictments is essential indicting a country’s government itself.
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Further, naming senior foreign military intelligence in indictments is essential indicting a country’s government itself.
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The surprise here isn’t that Mueller wants to topple all the dominoes.
The surprise is that the Justice Dept. and intel communities are on-board with the kind of public naming of naming and “speaking indictment”
it virtually always opposes.
Trump can’t stop this train.
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The surprise is that the Justice Dept. and intel communities are on-board with the kind of public naming of naming and “speaking indictment”
it virtually always opposes.
Trump can’t stop this train.
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*naming of names
**they virtually always oppose
That’s what I get for tweeting in a 7/11 parking lot.
**they virtually always oppose
That’s what I get for tweeting in a 7/11 parking lot.
