Sad, but many in the media & Congress rushed to judgement before learning the whole story. As always they flame the public with crap and then have to walk it back. They take possible intelligence, then pile on lies to manipulate it and leave out key dates.
We should treat anonymously sourced @nytimes stories about Russia w/ skepticism, and I've already heard from someone in the briefing that says these unsubstantiated reports on the Russian Bounties took place in 2014-2015!!! WHO IN THE HELL WAS POTUS THEN!
Currently I'm waiting on a report from the ODNI on these rumors. But don't you find it funny that the @NYTIMES conveniently leave out the part that these alleged bounties happened long before @realDonaldTrump was POTUS!!
The IC stands by their choice to not include it in the PDB because "there was no corroborating evidence to verify the claims." so the IC has known about this raw intelligence for years but never could substantiate it.
If you know ANYTHING about raw intelligence it's a hodgepodge of raw data and information that has to be combed through and verified, because the enemy will purposely throw crap in their to dilute the truth.
This investigation into Afghanistan during the time the alleged bounties were placed, no one is angrier about this than me. These leaks from someone in the IC has muddied the water and now it’s impossible to finish the investigation.
All b/c the @nytimes will do anything to damage
@realdonaldtrump, even if it means compromising nat'l security.
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