Comments on: “I don’t know if I’m the most innocent person in the world.” https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:45:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/#comment-43776 DanS Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:48:57 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=78583#comment-43776 How does he do that ... and not twist off his own arm . . . ? How does he do that … and not twist off his own arm . . . ?

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/#comment-43770 BuckGalaxy Sun, 29 Sep 2019 02:40:06 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=78583#comment-43770 <img src="https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e57dd2daa464bf7e61e6dd5254da65a2c08acd80bb3e69ecd80649c9e1fd401e.gif?fbclid=IwAR0vdhS8vwauhGQdoMwCMUqc4dMOMSRuk84r4cMh8x406j1eloUghM1z6BU" alt="" />

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/#comment-43756 RL Sat, 28 Sep 2019 02:21:03 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=78583#comment-43756 The internet never forgets... The internet never forgets…

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/#comment-43755 ER Sat, 28 Sep 2019 02:04:45 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=78583#comment-43755 how they sheltered Muslim and Mexican families in their basements so they wouldn't be deported... how they sheltered Muslim and Mexican families in their basements so they wouldn’t be deported…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/#comment-43754 RL Sat, 28 Sep 2019 01:06:33 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=78583#comment-43754 ...Hoping to add their voice to the leaks so they can later claim they were one of the "good guys". They hope to have some sort of a life after aiding this administration... not much of a hope, but its the only flotation device they have at this point. …Hoping to add their voice to the leaks so they can later claim they were one of the “good guys”.

They hope to have some sort of a life after aiding this administration… not much of a hope, but its the only flotation device they have at this point.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/09/27/i-dont-know-if-im-the-most-innocent-person-in-the-world/#comment-43751 RL Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:54:34 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=78583#comment-43751 <blockquote><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-told-russian-officials-in-2017-he-wasnt-concerned-about-moscows-interference-in-us-election/2019/09/27/b20a8bc8-e159-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow’s interference</a> in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States did the same in other countries, an assertion that prompted alarmed White House officials to limit access to the remarks to an unusually small number of people, according to three former officials with knowledge of the matter. The comments, which have not been previously reported, were part of a now-infamous meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, in which Trump revealed highly classified information that exposed a source of intelligence on the Islamic State. He also said during the meeting that firing FBI Director James B. Comey the previous day had relieved “great pressure” on him. A memorandum summarizing the meeting was limited to all but a few officials with the highest security clearances in an attempt to keep the president’s comments from being disclosed publicly, according to the former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. The White House’s classification of records about Trump’s communications with foreign officials is now a central part of the impeachment inquiry launched this week by House Democrats. An intelligence community whistleblower has alleged that the White House placed a record of Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president, in which he offered U.S. assistance investigating his political opponents, into a code-word classified system reserved for the most sensitive intelligence information. The White House did not provide a comment Friday.</blockquote> <blockquote>One former senior official said Trump regularly defended Russia’s actions, even in private, saying no country is pure. “He was always defensive of Russia,” this person said, adding the president had never made such a specific remark about interference in their presence.</blockquote>

President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States did the same in other countries, an assertion that prompted alarmed White House officials to limit access to the remarks to an unusually small number of people, according to three former officials with knowledge of the matter.

The comments, which have not been previously reported, were part of a now-infamous meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, in which Trump revealed highly classified information that exposed a source of intelligence on the Islamic State. He also said during the meeting that firing FBI Director James B. Comey the previous day had relieved “great pressure” on him.

A memorandum summarizing the meeting was limited to all but a few officials with the highest security clearances in an attempt to keep the president’s comments from being disclosed publicly, according to the former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

The White House’s classification of records about Trump’s communications with foreign officials is now a central part of the impeachment inquiry launched this week by House Democrats. An intelligence community whistleblower has alleged that the White House placed a record of Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president, in which he offered U.S. assistance investigating his political opponents, into a code-word classified system reserved for the most sensitive intelligence information.

The White House did not provide a comment Friday.

One former senior official said Trump regularly defended Russia’s actions, even in private, saying no country is pure. “He was always defensive of Russia,” this person said, adding the president had never made such a specific remark about interference in their presence.

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