Don't forget this important part of TrumpRussia

[justiceischeap]

They have recordings of these calls. That's how they got Flynn, and now, apparently Jared.

The calls were recorded because they were monitoring Kislyak's comms.

The fact that current people in the IC are speaking anonymously about this while the investigation is ongoing tells me they are worried.

Never before has our IC leaked like this.

[Marthe48]

1. IC hasn't been treated like this

as people point out-don't bad mouth the IC and don't p*** off people who buy their ink by the barrel

[NightWatcher]

2. This is not leaking. They are doing a service to their country

These people are heros that are doing their jobs in a new and creative way that was forced on them.

Secret Squirrels Rule!!!

[H2O Man]

6. Right.

There comes a time when a person has to be able to look at themselves in a mirror, and know that they did their best.

[spanone]

9. Agreed 100%

[superpatriotman]

3. IC professionals have died to protect our country

Career folks who truly defend our democracy are seeing it infiltrated, unraveled, destroyed from within, and I consider whoever the leaker(s) is a true patriot.

[CincyDem]

4. The reason they're leaking is because checks and balances isn't working w/o public pressure.

Congress will do no serious investigation of a R president. Eventually the courts will follow suit.

So we see the IC going straight to the people in the only way possible - through the media.

If congress was doing their jobs - we would never see leaks like this...and we'll all be watching this generation's Sam Ervin tear Donald a new one.

[Leghorn21]

5. From what I've read, our IC isn't the only outfit pushing that "record" button - our

allies have apparently been tuned in as well. So, seeing the desperate state of affairs we're
experiencing may have compelled other ICs around the world to drop a few clues as to what the FUCK is going on here.

Do you remember when the head of Australian Intelligence was stopped and strip-searched as he entered a US airport last February?

Yeah, me too.

Fuck this crime syndicate-in-chief and every last treacherous thug in his cabal.

[justiceischeap]

7. Yeah, 45's biggest mistake, IMO, was thinking he's the biggest

cock of the walk. He isn't by any means. Hell, for all we know one of their sources could be a country over Party Repub. I can't think of one right now but...I wouldn't be shocked if someone from within the GOP was secretly trying to bring them down.

[eleny]

8. It's extraordinary

[GeoWilliam750]

10. Is it possible that the Russians knew they were being monitored

...and set up the Republicans for the fall?

[justiceischeap]

14. Sure, it's possible, even likely since I'm sure they do it to us

But you have to think about the seriousness of giving away ways and means to leak this info. Unless, of course, it was already discovered.

[L. Coyote]

11. This can be coming from Trump's "friends" the Germans or Montenegro, et.al.

Other goverrnments have good reason to make sure the USA isn't overthrown by Russia.

[sharedvalues]

12. Leaking with a media strategy too. This is serious.

There is a new leak each day. You don't do that unless you are orchestrating a media campaign to bring down the president.

This is very very big.

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. There are also foreign intelligence agencies that have intercepted communications,

and fed them to the FBI. We really don't know the source of the information yet. And we may not ever know. What we do know is that the data is correct.

Mensch and associates covered this Kushner issue weeks ago. They were certain of the veracity of their sources. When the NYT or WP report on the same issue, they confirmed the legitimacy of their sources. This time, like many others, both the papers and the "citizen journalists" gathered overlapping information.

[Tatiana]

15. The IC is using the same tactics to overthrow a government hostile to American interests.

Usually, we see this sort of destabilization in foreign countries and so-called banana republics.

It's tragic that now we have an attempted domestic coup, which I have to pray succeeds.