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garybeck

(10,066 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:48 PM Apr 2023

What if those "highly classified pentagon documents" that were leaked came from

you-know-who?

this is just conjecture but imagine if those docs that were leaked were among the ones that tRump stole...

that would be a pretty quick way to fast forward to the end game in this process

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What if those "highly classified pentagon documents" that were leaked came from (Original Post) garybeck Apr 2023 OP
Apparently they are more recent, but they have been altered Walleye Apr 2023 #1
for some reason, yes WhiteTara Apr 2023 #2
Well then I'm very suspicious of the origin of these leaks Walleye Apr 2023 #3
he refused the NG for a long time WhiteTara Apr 2023 #7
I always thought Michael Flynn was the shit stirrer in the Obama administration on Benghazi Walleye Apr 2023 #8
he did get fired for being a dickwad traitor WhiteTara Apr 2023 #10
somewhere along the line America gained more respect for power structures than morality Walleye Apr 2023 #11
Libertarians came into their existence WhiteTara Apr 2023 #13
I don't know I keep hoping the pendulum swings back-and-forth Walleye Apr 2023 #16
It does, we just don't know when WhiteTara Apr 2023 #17
He's talented sarisataka Apr 2023 #4
"if those docs that were leaked were among the ones that tRump stole" Effete Snob Apr 2023 #5
Trump stole the docs for money, power, revenge. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #6
Shouldn't be with this situation. Documents are dated February 2023. jimfields33 Apr 2023 #9
He also stole the military's secret time machine. former9thward Apr 2023 #14
Well known that these docs have been altered. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #18
They're too new; anyhow, TFG wouldn't just leak them. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #12
Or to win an election by making Biden look bad. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #19
Yes, but they are documents from this February. He never had them to alter. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #20
An article on the Guardian today says "insiders" claim the document release yaesu Apr 2023 #15

Walleye

(42,877 posts)
1. Apparently they are more recent, but they have been altered
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:49 PM
Apr 2023

Is Michael Flynn’s brother still a general in the army?

Walleye

(42,877 posts)
3. Well then I'm very suspicious of the origin of these leaks
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:52 PM
Apr 2023

I can’t imagine he’s any different politically from his brother, who is bat shit crazy

Walleye

(42,877 posts)
8. I always thought Michael Flynn was the shit stirrer in the Obama administration on Benghazi
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:01 PM
Apr 2023

WhiteTara

(31,102 posts)
10. he did get fired for being a dickwad traitor
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:02 PM
Apr 2023

and Obama was too kind, he didn't have the military convict him and send him to Levenworth.

Walleye

(42,877 posts)
11. somewhere along the line America gained more respect for power structures than morality
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:06 PM
Apr 2023

WhiteTara

(31,102 posts)
13. Libertarians came into their existence
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:19 PM
Apr 2023

in the 1960s; Kochs, et al.
It's taken a long time, but they are about to take the prize...all of us.

WhiteTara

(31,102 posts)
17. It does, we just don't know when
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:27 PM
Apr 2023

it will reach the apex of its arc and swing the other way. Senaca (Greek) said a hated government could not last long. But each day seems like an eternity.

sarisataka

(22,062 posts)
4. He's talented
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:57 PM
Apr 2023

If he can steal operational documents to events that had not even started until he was out of office for over a year.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
5. "if those docs that were leaked were among the ones that tRump stole"
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:57 PM
Apr 2023


Wait, he stole documents about a conflict that didn't happen until long after he left office?

How did he do that?

Irish_Dem

(76,511 posts)
6. Trump stole the docs for money, power, revenge.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 01:58 PM
Apr 2023

To use against his enemies.

Of course Trump is at the top of the suspect list.

Ocelot II

(127,873 posts)
12. They're too new; anyhow, TFG wouldn't just leak them.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:13 PM
Apr 2023

He'd sell them or use them for leverage.

Irish_Dem

(76,511 posts)
19. Or to win an election by making Biden look bad.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 03:12 PM
Apr 2023

And it is well known these docs have been altered.

Ocelot II

(127,873 posts)
20. Yes, but they are documents from this February. He never had them to alter.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 03:14 PM
Apr 2023

Keep in mind that TFG isn't the only bad actor with malign motives out there.

yaesu

(8,658 posts)
15. An article on the Guardian today says "insiders" claim the document release
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 02:21 PM
Apr 2023

Is only the tip of the iceberg, there's a lot more out there. The Pentagon has turned to the jd for investigation, let's hope it doesn't take as long as the tTump investigation.

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