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Old 07-14-2017, 09:12 AM
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Verrrrry interesting...

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A GOP donor and opposition researcher who said he tried to work with Russian hackers to retrieve deleted emails from a private server used by Hillary Clinton, has died in a suicide, according to public records cited in a Chicago Tribune report.

Peter Smith killed himself days after an interview with The Wall Street Journal in which he said he sought out Russian hackers to try to retrieve some 33,000 deleted Clinton emails and pass them to Michael Flynn, then a campaign adviser to Donald Trump.

Death records from Minnesota show that Smith, 81, died in a hotel of "asphyxiation due to displacement of oxygen in confined space with helium" on May 14. Smith was found with a note that said there was "NO FOUL PLAY WHATSOEVER" regarding his death.

Smith also apologized to the authorities for his death and attributed his final decision to a "recent bad turn in health," according to the records cited by the Tribune, which reported that he also said his $5 million life insurance policy was close to expiring.

The Mayo Clinic located near the hotel in Rochester, Minnesota, declined to confirm whether Smith was a patient, the Tribune said. Smith's former associates reportedly said he was suffering from health issues and frequently complained of heart problems.

Smith gave his interview to The Journal 10 days before his death. He said he had assembled a group seeking to obtain emails Clinton deleted from the private server she used during her tenure as secretary of state. Smith implied that, when reaching out to several hacking groups, he was working with Flynn. Details on whether Flynn was involved in Smith's mission are not known. Smith told The Journal he knew Flynn but did not say whether Flynn was involved.

Smith's account is consistent with the findings from US investigators examining Russia's involvement in the 2016 US presidential election, according to sources cited by The Journal. Reports compiled by intelligence agencies say Russian hackers discussed ways to acquire emails from Clinton's server and give them to Flynn through an intermediary.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/repub...021051687.html
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:21 AM
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Another great column by conservative Jennifer Rubin.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-anytime-soon/
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:41 AM
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Is that your pitch?
There was a report today that someone was snooping on this meeting so be careful and hedge your bets.
Yeah, saw that. A really, really poorly report from a lefty rag, best classified as water cooler gossip.
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:43 AM
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One could just as easily make that about rightists.
Emphasis on "one", as in you.
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:46 AM
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Not a hint of irony in your post, Mr. Fake News??? Discrediting the MSM is your Dear Leader's single greatest and most consistent policy objective.
The "MSM" is making their own bed in this case. Their half-assed sourcing has bitten them a number of times lately, and their breathless pursuit of a fiction is laughable.
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:51 AM
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The "MSM" is making their own bed in this case. Their half-assed sourcing has bitten them a number of times lately, and their breathless pursuit of a fiction is laughable.
Reality is going to bite you hard real soon, sucker. We shall see who is laughing then.
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:55 AM
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Emphasis on "one", as in you.
So weak. Why do you bother?

Show some humanity for a change.
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Old 07-14-2017, 10:16 AM
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Another great column by conservative Jennifer Rubin.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-anytime-soon/
"(T)he view of America from across the Atlantic is a brew of dumbfoundedness and disgust, a creeping sense that the world’s greatest democracy is in a tailspin led by a malicious crackpot."

It seems that Europeans can see from across the pond what conservatives cannot see right in front of their own faces.
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Old 07-14-2017, 10:23 AM
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The "MSM" is making their own bed in this case. Their half-assed sourcing has bitten them a number of times lately, and their breathless pursuit of a fiction is laughable.
You do realize that it was NYTimes reporting that uncovered this clandestine meeting with Russian operatives (that Trump and everyone in his camp had, to that point, publicly and consistently denied ever occurred (and failed to mention on their security clearance applications)).

Actually, this whole Russia affair represents a resurgence for American newspapers (particularly the WashPost and NYTimes, along with Reuters, McClatchy, and the AP). They're taking on the responsibility of investigating malfeasance in the Executive Branch that Congressional Republicans have punted on.
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Old 07-14-2017, 10:24 AM
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Emphasis on "one", as in you.
You conveniently overlook that Trump does it each and every day, starting with his toilet tweets.
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