Is DiFi's release of the Fusion GPS testimony on the same level

[malaise]

as the Pentagon Papers?
Is this the beginning of the end of the Con the same way the PP was the beginning of the end of Nixon?

[thbobby]

1. An organized crime syndicate was not in control

of congress and the senate during Nixon's presidency.

Plagiarizing the Ferret again, but:

VOTE THE THE GODDAMN MIDTERMS!

[Delphinus]

12. Boy,

you have that right - wish more would recognize how criminal this congress is.

[lagomorph777]

2. Could be.

Definitely demonstrates that the RePutins are losing control already.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Cannot really compare Watergate events to current events.

Back then we did not have a corrupt, immoral congress.
Or a large segment of Americans lacking basic common sense, intelligence or a moral core.

People had pride in education, and being well informed.

[Delphinus]

13. Amen!

You nailed it too!

[lunasun]

4. Love when it happened . Love her !

[MineralMan]

5. I don't think so. In the current case, a Senator

released a document from a committee she served on. She's not really at risk of anything other than some frowns and blame from other committee members. The Pentagon Papers deal was very damaging to the person who released them. Daniel Ellsberg was charged with a very serious crime. The case was dismissed, but there was great danger to him.

[regnaD kciN]

6. The Pentagon Papers weren't the beginning of the end of Nixon per se...

They pretty much came out, attracted lots of discussion, and then dropped out of public consciousness, partly because they revealed as much about Democratic complicity under LBJ as about Nixon.

And the story would probably have ended there, except that Nixon got so paranoid about their release that he created the "Plumbers Group" that staged break-ins at various places that might contain dirt about Ellsburg, and wound up leading to the Watergate break-in itself.

[malaise]

7. True but aren't the Con and reTHUGs just as paranoid

about the Dossier to the point that they are out to get Steele

[Brother Buzz]

8. Releasing the Pentagon Papers was an inconvenient incident that was ancillary at best

It was the sloppy Watergate burglary, and the attempted cover up that was the tipping point.

At least that's the way I remember it.

[L. Coyote]

9. Not even close. The testimony is NOT even classified.

[RandomAccess]

10. IN my book, it's close.

I think the other responses prior to mine have merit -- and i don't necessarily disagree with them.

But it's BIG, IMO, even so.

[snooper2]

11. nope, not at all- Oh, and I just happened to finish reading the whole thing

The LBN story about the FBI having a source, not sure whether it is a trump campaign or trump office worker, is the biggest news.