2/ Solomon says that Fiona Hill will be named as person who introduced Danchenko to Steele. This isn't a surprise. I and others surmised this last summer.
what is probably going to be missing are the key attribution documents on DNC hack? Bannon's original request in transition was to see the exact document that Obama was presented was with to justify Dec 29, 2016 measures. Obama admin refused to provide it.
There has been so much bad, false and planted intel to undermine Trump that there's no reason why original hacking attribution should still be concealed, but it probably will be.
I'll also bet that the "foot and a half" of documents will be mostly stuff that we've already seen as thus far there has been total incompetence and I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if this changes.
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Remember when Gonna Graham said that he was going to "get to the bottom" of something or other. And was even going to call witnesses. I'll give a short thread from questioning of SSA1 (Pientka) to give you a flavor of the abject uselessness and failure of Gonna's process.
2/ On hand to ensure that Pientka didn't answer questions were eight (!) lawyers: three for Pientka personally, three from FBI and two from DOJ.
3/ when Committee counsel inquired about predication of Flynn investigation, Pientka lawyer directed him not to answer, so he didn't. Committee lawyer didn't object or inquire as to basis of refusal.
Five hours after @politicalwilli (and then me) drew attention to this guy, FBI asked for information Their timestamp is 7:59 PM Eastern (2021-01-13T00:59:40+00:00) fbi.gov/wanted/seeking…
The FBI poster doesn't show the arrival of this guy. He is first seen at 24:20 of Jayden X video emerging from behind police lines (as @politicalwilli explained earlier).
unanticipated consequences: de-platforming of Trump by US social media is forcing other countries, especially other big countries, to assess penetration of their communications systems by US social media.
2/ Why should India, with all of its computer skills, out-source social media to US corporations, especially ones that are politically partisan?
3/ there's an important economic incentive for other nations to seize this issue while it's hot. Big social media are so profitable because they've captured local and national advertising markets at expense of local newspapers and magazines, now out of business or state supported
Holocaust Encyclopaedia has interesting article on Reichstag fire, on how a previous supposed assault on democracy was used by opportunists to abridge constitutional protections. Will be of interest to those concerned with situation in, uh, Belarus. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
I urge all those concerned about Belarus to read article in full.
just to remind people why situation in Belarus is so worrying. Secretary Pompeo condemned "use of internet shutdowns to hinder ability of Belarusians to share information about the election and demonstrations".
here is video uploaded on Jan 22, 2014 of vimeo.com/85770265 of what Joe Biden called "peaceful protestors" in Maidan square in Ukraine in front of their parliament
Biden demanded that Ukraine "meaningfully address legitimate concerns of peaceful protesters, stressing importance of the ongoing dialogue with the opposition and need for genuine compromise as only solution to the crisis" obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
In US, Biden hasn't taken similar initiative. Zero attempt to "meaningfully address legitimate concerns of peaceful protesters, stressing importance of the ongoing dialogue with the opposition and need for genuine compromise as only solution to the crisis".
Biden was point man for US endorsement of Maidan riots to overthrow Ukrainian government. Victoria Nuland explained.
Ukrainian protestors occupied Maidan square in Ukraine for weeks. Victoria Nuland brought them cookies.
Left - Andrii Parubiy as young neo-Nazi leader; top right - directing US-backed Maidan riot to overthrow government. Bottom right - being congratulated by Victoria Nuland after successful coup.