Trumps first casualty - Flynn forced to resign

Started by Berkut, February 13, 2017, 11:00:31 PM

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CountDeMoney

Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:42:16 PM
you are right, I thought it wasn't a crime, but it says here it is a crime, just rarely prosecuted:

I'm sure David Petraeus wishes he could agree with you.

DGuller

Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:46:58 PM
Wait.  Wait.  Breitbart making false news??  What a shocker!
I don't think it's fake news, it was probably the usual "send a message with barely plausible deniability" play that is so common in all Byzantine political games.

viper37

Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 15, 2017, 08:21:28 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:42:16 PM
you are right, I thought it wasn't a crime, but it says here it is a crime, just rarely prosecuted:

I'm sure David Petraeus wishes he could agree with you.
he was never charged, he pleaded guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified information.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

Quote from: DGuller on February 15, 2017, 08:21:34 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:46:58 PM
Wait.  Wait.  Breitbart making false news??  What a shocker!
I don't think it's fake news, it was probably the usual "send a message with barely plausible deniability" play that is so common in all Byzantine political games.
yes, I thought about it, since they said elsewhere Trump is reading Breitbart.  It's just funny that Bannon is complaining Breitbart is writing falsehoods now.  :)
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 08:32:07 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 15, 2017, 08:21:28 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:42:16 PM
you are right, I thought it wasn't a crime, but it says here it is a crime, just rarely prosecuted:

I'm sure David Petraeus wishes he could agree with you.
he was never charged, he pleaded guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified information.

That's what's called a plea agreement: so he could avoid the charges for lying to the FBI.  That's how filthy lying cockfucks like Petraeus avoid jail time. 

Tamas

Quote from: DGuller on February 15, 2017, 08:21:34 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:46:58 PM
Wait.  Wait.  Breitbart making false news??  What a shocker!
I don't think it's fake news, it was probably the usual "send a message with barely plausible deniability" play that is so common in all Byzantine political games.

Yeah, these Americans need to get used to Kremlin politics. In an environment where the only requirement for a job/position is loyalty to the guy who put you there, articles like that simply not go live without permission from above.

It's a form of communication within the leadership.

AnchorClanker

Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 15, 2017, 08:37:24 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 08:32:07 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 15, 2017, 08:21:28 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 15, 2017, 07:42:16 PM
you are right, I thought it wasn't a crime, but it says here it is a crime, just rarely prosecuted:

I'm sure David Petraeus wishes he could agree with you.
he was never charged, he pleaded guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified information.

That's what's called a plea agreement: so he could avoid the charges for lying to the FBI.  That's how filthy lying cockfucks like Petraeus avoid jail time.

:yes:
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.  - Reinhold Niebuhr