Key Democratic Officials Now Warning Base Not to
Expect Evidence of Trump/Russia Collusion
Key Democratic officials are clearly worried about the expectations that have been purposely stoked and are now trying to tamp them down. Many of them have tried to signal that the beliefs the base has been led to adopt have no basis in reason or evidence.
The latest official to throw cold water on the MSNBC-led circus is President Obama?s former acting CIA chief Michael Morell. What makes him particularly notable in this context is that Morell was one of Clinton?s most vocal CIA surrogates. In August, he not only endorsed Clinton in the pages of the New York Times but also became the first high official to explicitly accuse Trump of disloyalty, claiming, ?In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.?
But on Wednesday night, Morell appeared at an intelligence community forum to ?cast doubt? on ?allegations that members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.? ?On the question of the Trump campaign conspiring with the Russians here, there is smoke, but there is no fire at all,? he said, adding, ?There?s no little campfire, there?s no little candle, there?s no spark. And there?s a lot of people looking for it.?
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/16/...sia-collusion/
Expect Evidence of Trump/Russia Collusion
Key Democratic officials are clearly worried about the expectations that have been purposely stoked and are now trying to tamp them down. Many of them have tried to signal that the beliefs the base has been led to adopt have no basis in reason or evidence.
The latest official to throw cold water on the MSNBC-led circus is President Obama?s former acting CIA chief Michael Morell. What makes him particularly notable in this context is that Morell was one of Clinton?s most vocal CIA surrogates. In August, he not only endorsed Clinton in the pages of the New York Times but also became the first high official to explicitly accuse Trump of disloyalty, claiming, ?In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.?
But on Wednesday night, Morell appeared at an intelligence community forum to ?cast doubt? on ?allegations that members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.? ?On the question of the Trump campaign conspiring with the Russians here, there is smoke, but there is no fire at all,? he said, adding, ?There?s no little campfire, there?s no little candle, there?s no spark. And there?s a lot of people looking for it.?
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/16/...sia-collusion/
