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They’re All Fucking Traitors

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WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 21: Ret. Army Col. Derek Harvey speaks about ISIS during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill May 21, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee was hearing testimony on the United States policy in Iraq and Syria. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with information—and misinformation—about the anonymous whistleblower who triggered the biggest crisis of Donald Trump’s presidency, two knowledgeable sources tell The Daily Beast.

Derek Harvey, who works for Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee, has provided notes for House Republicans identifying the whistleblower’s name ahead of the high-profile depositions of Trump administration appointees and civil servants in the impeachment inquiry. The purpose of the notes, one source said, is to get the whistleblower’s name into the record of the proceedings, which committee chairman Adam Schiff has pledged to eventually release. In other words: it’s an attempt to out the anonymous official who helped trigger the impeachment inquiry.

Derek Harvey is a retired Colonel and was one of Flynn’s flunkies. It just goes to show you the kind of fucking rot at the top of the armed services.

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  1. 1.

    Betty

    And the journalists are playing along? They should have outed him immediately if they had any sense of decency.

  3. 3.

    chopper

    oh man, i accidentally added a Q to my nick so i’m in moderation. everybody should do that from now on.

  4. 4.

    Jay

    Can we not just gloss over the fact that Rep. Katie Hill’s abusive husband released revenge porn, mainstream outlets published it, political operatives weaponized it, and now she’s resigning from Congress? That’s all shades of not okay.— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) October 28, 2019

  5. 5.

    Mary G

    Liked this paragraph in the story:

    Derek Harvey’s career has been extraordinary. As a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, he played an important role in the 2007-8 troop surge in Iraq. David Petraeus kept Harvey aboard for an intelligence billet at U.S. Central Command. Harvey aligned with another member of the counterinsurgency coterie, DIA Director Mike Flynn, and followed Flynn onto Trump’s White NSC from there, Harvey became a crucial aide to Nunes, a pivotal Flynn and Trump ally. There is no reasonable definition of a Deep State that excludes Derek Harvey from elite membership.Emphasis mine.

  6. 6.

    Mike in NC

    Buddy of mine elected to retire (vice admiral) last year rather than have to deal any more with Fat Bastard. He assures me he was not alone. Too many good military people are bailing.

  7. 7.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    It just goes to show you the kind of fucking rot at the top of the armed services.

    and some who aren’t so bad, apparently

    WASHINGTON — A White House national security official who is a decorated Iraq war veteran plans to tell House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he heard President Trump appeal to Ukraine’s president to investigate one of his leading political rivals, a request the aide considered so damaging to American interests that he reported it to a superior.
    Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman of the Army, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, twice registered internal objections about how Mr. Trump and his inner circle were treating Ukraine, out of what he called a “sense of duty,” he plans to tell the inquiry, according to a draft of his opening statement obtained by The New York Times….
    “This would all undermine U.S. national security,” Colonel Vindman added, referring to Mr. Trump’s comments in the call….
    “I am a patriot,” Colonel Vindman plans to tell the investigators, “and it is my sacred duty and honor to advance and defend our country irrespective of party or politics.”

    He is not THE whistleblower

  8. 8.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Mary G: Fixed your formatting problem for you.

    Also, I know several members of Petraeus’s “COIN”/”Iraq” Brain Trust. With the exception of two of them, they’re all bonkers.

    Also, Petraeus has terrible judgement of character. He allowed a number of people to suck up to him, then coopt him for their own purposes, and then made careers for themselves because they were connected to Petraeus.

  12. 12.

    joel hanes

    Witness intimidation.

    I know that Nunes cannot be prosecuted for this, but there should be consequences.

  14. 14.

    Jeffro

    It
    Doesn’t
    Matter
    Who the blessed “whistleblower” is, you
    Damned
    GOP
    Brownshirts!

    Everything s/he reported has been borne out/corroborated by other individuals’ sworn testimony/depositions.

    It’s like someone on the street called 911 during a bank robbery and gave an accurate description of the bank, bank robbers, size of the cash bags, the getaway car’s color, and the brand of ski mask the getaway car’s driver was wearing. But because the lickspittle authoritarian GOP knows the robbers were clearly wearing “trumpov 2020” t-shirts (or more accurately, “I AM DONALD TRUMPOV”, they refuse to honor their oaths and instead wanna know about the 911 caller’s donations to the Young Democrats back in 1987 or something

    WHO CARES?

    In a world where the quality of one’s countertops determines one’s “truthiness”, I know it matters a lot, unfortunately. But…bang and beat on these folks, Dems, and don’t stop until I give you the signal.

    (Narrator: Jeffro has NO intention of ‘giving the signal, ever).

  15. 15.

    Aleta

    Rot, and infection with belief and reasoning patterns. It spreads because we’re social animals that reinforce each other I guess? Right now it’s an infestation of them, but I still believe their durability is unpredictable. For all their love of strength and power, they seem mentally weak.

  16. 16.

    Patricia Kayden

    Retaliation because he’s willing to speak the truth.

    5. Sounds like retaliation against a person who, with honor, reported up the chain of command:“White House appears to have frozen out Vindman…he has been excluded from a number of relevant meetings and events, including a diplomatic trip to three countries under his purview”— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) October 29, 2019

  18. 18.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Cacti: Over at LG&M, Toby Farquarson periodically has occasion to note that “selective enforcement of laws is a form of terrorism”. In that spirit, so is this sort of selective enforcement of “norms”. Diaper Dave Vitter, Intern-Schtupper Gingrich, and who-knows-how-many-men, pull this shit and keep their careers; a woman does it, and she’s defenestrated at the first opportunity.

    And she’ll get no justice: of that we can be sure.

    ETA: and Wonkette notes that that dickweed Duncan “john” Hunter is still in office.

  23. 23.

    Uncle Cosmo

    Thread title is in dire need of elevation to rotating tag. Abbreviate it as TAFT if necessary (nice Thuglican touch there).

  25. 25.

    Calouste

    It just goes to show you the kind of fucking rot at the top of the armed services

    Mike Pompeo graduated top of his year at West Point. That’s all you need to know about the quality of people on the general staff. They’re less smart than Pompeo.

  26. 26.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Cacti: @Jay: This appears to be the origination once the pictures were made available, most likely by her soon to be ex-husband:

  28. 28.

    Jay

    "This coordinated campaign carried out by the right wing media and Republican opponents enabling and perpetuating my husband's abuse by providing him a platform is disgusting and unforgivable, and they will be held accountable." https://t.co/IBNYXhx3Ve— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) October 28, 2019

  29. 29.

    Adam L Silverman

    @rikyrah: I don’t think she’s resigning because of the affair and alleged affair. I think it is because, as I indicate in comment 26, whoever decided to push those pics out, most likely her ex husband, pushed out over 700 of them. My guess is she resigned as part of a strategy to keep those pictures from being released. My guess is it won’t work.

  30. 30.

    zhena gogolia

    Wow, this is how out of it I am. I’ve been thinking it was Katie Porter who was resigning. I really didn’t think she looked like the type for this kind of scandal.

  32. 32.

    Mary G

    @Adam L Silverman: Thank you. I remember when MoveOn called Petraeus “Betray Us,” and the Republicans went ballistic, because he was biggest hero since George Washington. Then he let his biographer/side girlfriend rummage through classified information and had to resign and get off with a slap on the wrist.

  33. 33.

    Mnemosyne

    @rikyrah:

    Her asshole ex is basically blackmailing her with the revenge porn photos, so she didn’t have much choice. I’m assuming that her asshole ex is getting a multi-million dollar payout from the vast right wing conspiracy for giving them the photos.

  34. 34.

    Mnemosyne

    @Adam L Silverman:

    FWIW, I have a feeling that the judge handling their divorce is going to take a very, very dim view of what her ex did, but that’s not going to help her much, either.

  35. 35.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    posted in the wrong thread
    also, that this got about as much attention as Ross Douthat’s thoughts on the miniskirt (or whatever the fuck that squirrelly little fuck is babbling about lately) can only be blamed on the American people

    Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President
    If President Trump doesn’t demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office.
    By William H. McRaven
    Admiral McRaven is a former commander of the United States Special Operations Command.

  37. 37.

    MisterForkbeard

    @joel hanes: Maybe he can? I know he’s not a protected whistleblower, but I would imagine there’s SOMETHING that could be done /wrt Nunes and his staffers.

  38. 38.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Mary G: He’s a smart guy, but he has his blind spots and a number of his trusted agents were really sycophants with their own agendas.

  42. 42.

    dmsilev

    @Adam L Silverman: A quick Google turns up a summary:

    In 2014, it became a criminal offense to distribute pornographic images of another person to cause them harm. Specifically, California Penal Code Section 647(j)(4) states that it is a criminal offense to

    Intentionally distribute images depicting another person engaging in sexual behavior or their intimate body parts;
    While understanding that those images were intended to be confidential;
    With the intent to cause that person to suffer emotional harm; and
    Causing that person to suffer distress.
    While the law is known as the “revenge” porn law, there is no requirement that the act is committed with the intent to get revenge. Instead, all that is required is the intent to cause emotional harm.
    (…)
    In California, distributing revenge porn is a misdemeanor offense, punishable by six months in prison and $1,000 in fines. Individuals who are convicted for the distribution of revenge porn a second time can face up to one year in jail for their actions.

    In addition to jail time and fines, distributing revenge porn will also generate a criminal record. You will find that certain collateral consequences of your criminal record make it difficult to live a normal life. Collateral consequences are not directly related to your specific crime. Instead, these exist simply because you have a criminal record. Consequences of a criminal record in California can include: Difficulty getting a job
    Difficulty renting or buying a home
    Adverse child custody decisions, and
    Inability to work in certain fields (e.g., healthcare, education, government).

  43. 43.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Aleta: @Aleta: Rachel Maddow was just reading from the transcript, and I was listening and thinking, Sondland is in a world of hurt.

    ETA: and there are days we go eight hours without a fresh thread..

  44. 44.

    Mousebumples

    I figured we could all use some puppy pics as a pick me up…

    Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) tweeted at 6:02 PM on Mon, Oct 28, 2019:
    Please reply to this with photos of your declassified dogs, and their declassified names (if you are feeling a bit risqué) so I can live vicariously through you as someone who really wants a dog but doesn’t have one.
    (https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1188954307347075073?s=03)

    The pics are in the replies, of all the “declassified” dogs.

  46. 46.

    Jay

    (JTA) — A grand jury declined to indict a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who drove his truck into a row of Jewish protesters at an ICE detention center.

    Capt. Thomas Woodworth resigned his position days after the August incident at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, where protesters were blocking an entrance. The demonstrators were part of Never Again Action, a new Jewish group protesting ICE and U.S. immigration policy by getting arrested at ICE detention facilities.

    http://www.jta.org/quick-reads/ice-officer-who-drove-truck-into-jewish-protesters-will-not-be-charged-with-a-crime/amp?__twitter_impression=true

  48. 48.

    Matt

    What makes me sickest is that we’re all paying this motherfucker’s pension. He should be collecting it from lockup.

  50. 50.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    David Frum @ davidfrum
    Derek Harvey was a principal source for -and lavishly praised hero of – Bob Woodward’s “Fear”

  53. 53.

    BobS

    Yes, they are all fucking traitors.
    Starting in 1968, when candidate Nixon undermined Viet Nam peace talks to help get himself elected.
    And again in 1980, when candidate Reagan delayed the hostage release to help get himself elected.
    And in 1992, when BushI pardoned Iran-Contra criminals to cover up his own role in the affair.
    And in 2002, when BushII & Cheney began lying the US into an illegal war.
    It’s in the Republican DNA.

  55. 55.

    John S.

    @rikyrah:

    Especially when those pictures show that she has an Iron Cross tattoo.

    There is no innocent explanation as to why Ms. Hill has such an adornment on her flesh, though I certainly would love to hear what her explanation is.

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