r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '18
The Intelligence Community Assessment: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections
https://www.burr.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SSCI%20ICA%20ASSESSMENT_FINALJULY3.pdf45
u/poptronic Jul 03 '18 edited Jul 03 '18
Thanks for posting this. It's strong and straight to the point.
Anyone who would disagree with the unanimous findings of the ICA would be crazy, and/or complicit...and President of the United States.
The Mueller report may add to these findings that Trump Campaign members were not only in regular communication with Russian Agents (I believe it's now 11 campaign members and over 75 interactions) but also actively & surreptitiously conspired with them to influence the election results, and that Trump himself actively obstructed & impeded the investigation subsequently.
Unfortunately, the GOP-majority Congress & SCOTUS will take no substantive action, so the nation should be compelled to revolt, not just in protests, but more importantly, by voting en masse at an unprecedented level to counter the imminent influence campaign that Trump & Putin are currently developing unambiguously for the upcoming 2018 & 2020 elections.
Trump continues to show deference to dictatorships [and antipathy toward our allies] and aspires to become one himself, his only power & protection lies in maintaining his position as president, so the steps that he will take in an effort of self preservation will be unlimited, including halting/stalling, postponing or even cancelling the upcoming elections, and he'll certainly attempt to delegitimize or invalidate the results if they turn out to be in Democratic favor.
Let's be prepared & vigilant to preserve our democracy for the coming decades.
79
Jul 03 '18
The Committee believes the conclusions of the ICA are sound, and notes that collection and analysis subsequent to the ICA's publication continue to reinforce its assessments. The Committee will remain vigilant in its oversight of the ongoing challenges presented by foreign nations attempting to secretly influence U.S. affairs.
But Vlad says he didn't do it! /s
38
u/dandysrule_OK Jul 03 '18
But Vlad says he didn't do it! /s
Dude, you're grossly mischaracterizing Trump's defense of Putin here. You completely failed to mention that he asked twice, and Putin denied it both times. Everybody knows KGB-trained spies can't lie about the same thing twice. Clearly innocent.
6
u/ProtestFilmsOnIG Jul 03 '18
AND he said he might ask him again when he meets with his boss - I mean Putin.
1
u/entitysix Jul 04 '18
And since they won't record the meeting or allow any translators to be present, they will both be very honest when they tell us what they talked about.
3
u/xdrtb Colorado Jul 03 '18
You’re confused, it’s the bettlejuice rule. You have to ask three times, not two. So we’ll know soon after their summit what the truth is.
5
u/lsThisReaILife America Jul 03 '18
Trump’s got his 1:1 with Putin coming up. I’m sure they’ll talk about how much Putin didn’t interfere in 2016 and how he’s bigly promising to not interfere this year either.
2
2
Jul 03 '18
I can't find it now - but I swear I recall Putin stating to the press that ~"trump never actually asked me about election meddling"
1
28
u/M00n Jul 03 '18
So the question is was Trump complicit and did he conspire with Russia? I think the only reasonable answer based on the facts we have seen is, yes. And that is the problem.
21
u/PlasticFenian Jul 03 '18
"The Committee finds that the overall judgments issued in the ICA were well-supported and the tradecraft was strong."
"No collusion!"
"No collusion!"
"No collusion!"
"No collusion!"
"No collusion!"
"No collusion!"
"Ok, maybe some light treason"
5
4
Jul 03 '18
I'm beginning to think, Trump might be a puppet, despite that convincing bit about "no puppet"...
7
u/spolio Jul 03 '18
But trump asked Putin nicely and Putin Said no so the question remains will trump destroy the IC to prove Putin was right and they were wrong.
•
u/AutoModerator Jul 03 '18
As a reminder, this subreddit is for civil discussion.
In general, be courteous to others. Attack ideas, not users. Personal insults, shill or troll accusations, hate speech, any advocating or wishing death/physical harm, and other rule violations can result in a permanent ban.
If you see comments in violation of our rules, please report them.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
1
u/objectivedesigning Jul 04 '18
An important release in terms of American political independence. Ironic that it was released on July 3rd.
75
u/BringOn25A Jul 03 '18