Natasha Bertrand: IC would *not* have told Sanders to remain silent about campaign meddling

[Dennis Donovan]

57. I realize if Sanders was briefed as a US Senator or if he were on the Intel committee

...it would (likely) contain classified intel (so he wouldn't be able to talk about it). However, his campaign would've gotten a different briefing w/o the classified info. What they received would've been ok'd for public consumption.

I'm not a Sanders-slammer at all. I supported him in 2016 because I believed what he was proposing (M4A, tighter restrictions on business, organized labor, climate change) was, after 8 years of prosperity, an opportunity to change the 40-year, right-ward political and economic trajectory, to pull it back towards the center-left. Once it was clear Secretary Clinton was getting the nom, I switched my allegiance to her and worked towards her election.

Now, we're in a MUCH different place than 4 years ago. My support of Biden isn't because I believe he's in the best position to beat Trump - any of our candidates will beat Trump, I'm sure. It's because we, US citizens not in the cult of Trump, have been abused. Traumatized. Terrorized. All of our institutions are *burning* as we speak.

After the last 3+ years, I'm weary, and I prefer someone who will not shake the living shit out of the system from day one. I want someone to put out the blaze, assess the damage, and repair what needs to be repaired.

Once that's done, I'll re-join the revolution.