Thread by @caitoz

All Russiagate Did Was Advance Pre-Existing Agendas Of The Same Spy Agencies Who Started It

"It was started by the same spy agencies which directly benefited from it. Unless you were born yesterday, this will tell you that we've been conned."
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One of the interesting stories that has gotten lost in the shuffle over Trump's recent Covid-19 diagnosis is the recent allegation that CIA director Gina Haspel has been personally blocking the declassification of documents about Russiagate's origins.

Davis’ claim may be true or false, but it’s worth earmarking for later reference given that we already know that longtime CIA insider Haspel has been actively persuading the US president to roll out cold war escalations against Russia,
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

It's also noteworthy given that we know the only real changes of consequence that have come about as a result of Russiagate are changes which advanced the longstanding agendas of the same intelligence agencies who started it.

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1299483142173016064?s=20

Like most partisan narratives, the ones you hear from both Democrats and Republicans are false.

Both Republicans and Democrats are mistaken in believing that Russiagate had anything to do with removing Trump from office. Russiagate's target was never Trump, it was Russia.

It was easy to see that the Mueller investigation would never touch Trump (even as a newbie at the time I correctly called it back in 2017), and anyone who was capable of counting Senate seats knew impeachment would result in acquittal.

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1109218997474476032?s=20

As far as Trump’s presidential career is concerned all Russiagate ever accomplished was galvanizing his Republican base around the completely false notion that he is fighting the establishment.
consortiumnews.com/2020/05/22/bid…

The political pressure Russiagate placed on Trump to act tough on Moscow and the Democratic Party’s baseless insistence that this administration is controlled by Putin have ensured that there is nothing but acceleration for a world-threatening new cold war

These aggressions against Russia were all planned years in advance.

In terms of actual changes that were implemented as a direct result of Russiagate, the ones who gained the most were the US intelligence collective whose pre-existing agendas were advanced by it.

Not only were pre-existing agendas against Russia facilitated by Russiagate, but pre-existing agendas against the American left were facilitated as well. Russiagate sucked all the oxygen out of the progressive movement and routed it to Russia conspiracies.
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It's not a secret that neutering leftist influence in US politics is a longstanding agenda of the same government agencies which initiated Russiagate. A former FBI Assistant Director openly admitted it last year.

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1086440258781220867?s=20

So that’s two longstanding agendas of US spy agencies that were advanced by Russiagate, a psychological operation which was launched by those same agencies. It advanced agendas against Russia, and it stifled leftism and all the antiwar and anti-oligarchy agendas that go with it.

And that’s all you really need to know about Russiagate: that it was started by the same spy agencies which directly benefited from it. Unless you were born yesterday, this will tell you that we’ve been conned.

And now we’re being told by the same Office of the Director of National Intelligence that James Clapper headed that Iran and China are seeking to influence the US election for Biden while Russia is seeking to influence it for Trump.

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1291936114698153984

This narrative that we are being primed for will enable these same spy agencies to sell the story that at least one of the governments they have targeted for sabotage can be accused of election interference regardless of who wins.