Peter Strzok Has Lost His Security Clearance

This probably had to do with the IG's inquiry. The IG can interview federal employees but not ex-federal employees (well, at least the IG has no authority to demand an interview).

People have said, erroneously I think, that Page and Strzok had "cooperated' with the IG. I think that is a misunderstanding. Their lawyered-up, "Gee I don't remember saying 'We'll stop it' and if I did say it I only meant we'll stop the exploitation of child labor" bullshit answers weren't "cooperation." They were just some lies they were telling because they had to offer some answers, so long as they were still sucking off the federal tit.

But now that the IG has probably gotten all of their bullshit answers, there's no reason to continue keeping these two as real employees.

This might be a move towards an eventual firing.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that former FBI official Peter Strzok has lost his security clearance amid an internal disciplinary review.
"Mr. Strzok, as I understand, has lost his security clearance," Sessions told radio host Howie Carr.
Strzok was escorted out of FBI headquarters on Friday, the day after the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its long-awaited report about the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

And we still don't know how it came to be that the most explosive of all of Peter Strzok's known texts came to be... unavailable, or at least not discoverable without some serious efforts by Horowitz to find it, which involved happening across the information that the FBI phones were capturing some old texts in their internal hard drive. Something that I guess most people didn't know.

Byron York reports that three attempts to capture missing texts did not find the "We'll stop it" text.

Finally, Horowitz's staff went back to the FBI and did a final search -- this was just a few weeks ago, in May -- and discovered that the phone itself "had a database on it that was actually also doing a collection of text messages."
Using that method, on their fourth run through the data, the IG staff discovered the "We'll stop it" text from Aug. 8, 2016. "It turned out that the FBI wasn't aware that that database on there, which was supposed to be an operating function, was actually collecting data," Horowitz said.
But there was something odd about it all. The Strzok "We'll stop it" text did not come from that period of time, December 2016 to May 2017, when the FBI system was not working. It came from August 2016, when the FBI system was supposedly collecting every message. That was the period of time from which the FBI originally turned over tens of thousands of Strzok-Page texts.
And yet, that one-line message -- "We'll stop it" -- was not turned over to the IG, and not turned over to Congress, either.
"It's now clear to us that the -- even when the software at the FBI was collecting text messages, because the August 8th period was within the collection period, we had the incoming Page to Strzok text, we didn't have the response," Horowitz told the Senate. "It's now clear to us that even outside this blackout period, we're not convinced that the FBI was collecting, for obvious reasons, 100 percent of the text messages."
On Tuesday, speaking to the House, Horowitz faced some skeptical questioning. There were reams of Strzok-Page texts turned over to Congress last fall, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan said to Horowitz, "But there was one we didn't get to see -- one text message we didn't get to see that -- until last week, when your report came out, and it just happened to be the most explosive one, the one that says, 'We'll stop Trump.' How come we didn't see that beforehand?"
"There was, in that fourth recovery that we made in May, there was 100,000-plus lines of text to go through," Horowitz said. "Most -- all of them we'd found before. This one was one we hadn't. We didn't see it, or pick it up, until June."
"Did you not see it, or was it hidden from you?" Jordan asked. "Because we have the text message right before it, and the one that happened right after it, but somehow that one — the most explosive one — was missing from the pages that we got months ago."
Horowitz said he did not believe the Justice Department knew about the text before the IG's office discovered it. "I don't think the department had it," Horowitz said. But any chance for Horowitz to elaborate on that, or to satisfy Republican suspicions about the Justice Department's role, was lost when Jordan's time ran out, and no one picked up his line of questions.

As far as I can tell, no one directly asked Strzok if he deleted the text. And Strzok's official story is that he doesn't remember the text at all.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 07:22 PM

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1 Peter Stroke lost his security clearance?

It's OK, Hillary still has hers.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 21, 2018 07:24 PM (1g7ch)

2 I bet Hillary still has hers.

Posted by: garrett at June 21, 2018 07:25 PM (XQQJg)

3 Escorted from the building, or was that a different guy? And security clearance revoked. So he's cleaning toilets now? At home on unpaid leave while admin tries to find an excuse to terminate him?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 07:25 PM (roQNm)

4 >> Strzok's official story is that he doesn't remember the text at all.

He was hacked!

Posted by: garrett at June 21, 2018 07:25 PM (XQQJg)

5 Derp Stater got derpmoted.

Posted by: mugiwara at June 21, 2018 07:26 PM (gadvn)

6 Just as long as he still gets his pension. That's all that really matters.

/s

Posted by: rickl at June 21, 2018 07:28 PM (sdi6R)

7 How convenient.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2018 07:28 PM (hyuyC)

8 Fuck this guy and the Horse Faced Attorney he rode in on.

Posted by: garrett at June 21, 2018 07:29 PM (XQQJg)

9 rickl

When is the Dragon X going to fly?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2018 07:29 PM (hyuyC)

10 I could have gotten that sweet, sweet info out of Peter Strzok.

It's all a matter of your debriefing technique. More specifically, how you handle the throbbing reservoir of thick information in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Ali Watkins, Greatest NYT Debriefer at June 21, 2018 07:29 PM (nGsFZ)

11 Alright, now how about he lose his residence and take up shelter in a small cell with Big Black Bubba?

Posted by: Hikaru at June 21, 2018 07:30 PM (9De+S)

12 Ali Watkins, our answer to Mata Hari.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2018 07:30 PM (hyuyC)

13 9 rickl

When is the Dragon X going to fly?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2018 07:29 PM (hyuyC)

I don't know any more than you do. Supposedly they're going to do an in-flight abort test before the end of the year, which should be spectacular viewing.

Posted by: rickl at June 21, 2018 07:31 PM (sdi6R)

14
Can't remember?
Hell, neither can I.

"Did you, or did you not, post the following comment on Ace of Spades HQ on 11 Feb 2008 at 20:33 UTC?"

Me: "I don't remember what I had for lunch yesterday or if I even had lunch."

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 07:31 PM (roQNm)

15 Sux to be Strozked.

Posted by: RI Red at June 21, 2018 07:32 PM (SY1FC)

16 It's simply amazing how often software glitches and disk crashes destroy evidence of Dem wrongdoing. If I weren't a cynical, suspicious sort.....

Posted by: pep at June 21, 2018 07:32 PM (LAe3v)

17 rickl,

Carry on. Found out with some Bing help.

I must say, your heads up on SpaceX flights has been great. I'm reliving some of the excitement of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2018 07:32 PM (hyuyC)

18 STRZOK, Peter
Access

ENIED/DENIED/DENIED

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2018 07:32 PM (zLDYs)

19 you're terminated, fucker!

Posted by: Sarah Connor at June 21, 2018 07:33 PM (S6Pax)

20 Peter Strzok Has Lost His Security Clearance

Sure, gloat all you want, Ace.

Yes, it's true I no longer work in counterintelligence.

But I'm now in Human Resources, deciding who gets to be FBI agents and become your future rulers!

The joke's on you bitch! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: Peter Strzok at June 21, 2018 07:33 PM (DuAZ5)

21 Lost his security clearance. That'll show him.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 07:34 PM (2NqXo)

22 >>People have said, erroneously I think, that Page and Strzok had "cooperated' with the IG. I think that is a misunderstanding.

I don't think it's erroneously at all. But we'll see.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:34 PM (/tuJf)

23 Fired? Yippee.

Needs to be much more than that. And this guy was only the tool. The masterminds are still free.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at June 21, 2018 07:34 PM (++G28)

24 Me: "I don't remember what I had for lunch yesterday or if I even had lunch."

Last I checked, none of us are head of counterintelligence at the FBI nor are we engaged in a plot to subvert the Constitution.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 21, 2018 07:34 PM (EV0ql)

25 I don't know how Horowitz managed to avoid shouting "OF COURSE, THEY LIED. OF COURSE THEY WERE OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE TO COVER THEIR ASSES. ARE YOU SIMPLE?"

Posted by: pep at June 21, 2018 07:35 PM (LAe3v)

26 reliving some of the excitement of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.

--

Space Force! The early years!

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 07:35 PM (roQNm)

27
The Masterming was John Brennan. This was all his op.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 21, 2018 07:35 PM (8O3HH)

28 Strozk may be the only guy that doesn't get a gig at cnn.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 07:36 PM (W0T63)

29 I can't wait for Peter Strzok lost his freedom.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 21, 2018 07:36 PM (4ErVI)

30 This missing text thing is about 40th on the list of illegal shit this guy did.

Posted by: golfman at June 21, 2018 07:36 PM (If3tB)

31 i *TOLD* them to use hammers...

Posted by: Hillary! at June 21, 2018 07:36 PM (Mw954)

32 Isn't "I don't remember saying that" enough to get you thrown in jail if you are a conservative?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 21, 2018 07:36 PM (+DkQm)

33 If Stozk was escorted out of the building he is in the midst of being administratively fired. Losing a clearance is step two after getting tossed out physically. He has to get notices, etc before they stop his checks and terminate his benefits. I quit working for the feds back in the mid 80's (not fired) and it took a few months to get all of the paperwork done. Being physically removed from the building is a fairly big deal.

Posted by: Lester at June 21, 2018 07:37 PM (LfJIn)

34 Isn't common for young folks who are deep in lust like The Strzok and Gummy McGumlipps to swap nekkid pics in their sexts while having a torrid affair?

I pay my taxes, I want to see 'em.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 21, 2018 07:37 PM (EoRCO)

35 The Masterming was John Brennan.
There is nothing masterful about Brennan's brain. The man should be selling siding.

Posted by: pep at June 21, 2018 07:37 PM (LAe3v)

36 Last I checked, none of us are head of counterintelligence at the FBI nor are we engaged in a plot to subvert the Constitution.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 21, 2018 07:34 PM (EV0ql)

Not the whole Constitution. Just the Electoral College part. No right thinking person likes that part anyway, almost as bad as slavery and the second amendment.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 21, 2018 07:37 PM (1g7ch)

37 I don't know how Horowitz managed to avoid shouting

***

He didn't want to get an invitation to Fort Marcy Park or wherever Seth Rich was assassinated.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 21, 2018 07:37 PM (+DkQm)

38 "lost", like, fell out of his pocket, or lost lost?

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (Mw954)

39 A worthy penalty for attempting to overthrow the government.

Posted by: MAGA at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (LnOh3)

40 Isn't "I don't remember saying that" enough to get you thrown in jail if you are a conservative?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 21, 2018 07:36 PM (+DkQm)

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Scooter Libby nods his head furiously....

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (I16G8)

41 sEnd NoOds

Posted by: Peter Stroke at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (fjMEv)

42 Don't think your just gonna sit around here on your fat ass all day watching TV! How about you drive down to the store for a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread? Try not to fuck anybody on the way there!

Posted by: Mrs. Peter Strzok at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (O5Q3r)

43 JackStraw, congrats on the quick recovery and best of luck on quitting. Nicotine is a helluva drug.

Posted by: RI Red at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (SY1FC)

44 Don't think your just gonna sit around here on your fat ass all day watching TV! How about you drive down to the store for a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread? Try not to fuck anybody on the way there!
Posted by: Mrs. Peter Strzok at June 21, 2018 07:38 PM (O5Q3r)

*clap

Posted by: golfman at June 21, 2018 07:39 PM (If3tB)

45 But I'm now in Human Resources, deciding who gets to be FBI agents and become your future rulers!

The joke's on you bitch! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: Peter Strzok at June 21, 2018 07:33 PM (DuAZ5)

With access to everyone's personnel files, background checks, etc. That's when I knew he was never in any trouble.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:39 PM (rnXGe)

46
There was a cartoon the other day that had Strzok and Gummy caricatured as a couple on the cover of one of the mommy porn romance novels.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 21, 2018 07:40 PM (8O3HH)

47 >>JackStraw, congrats on the quick recovery and best of luck on quitting. Nicotine is a helluva drug.

Thanks Red. Two weeks and two days today. Not that I'm counting or anything.

The black tar heroin has been a help.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:40 PM (/tuJf)

48 I guess you could say...
: |

The FBI finally...
: |8

Strzok out.
8 |

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2018 07:40 PM (zfrbv)

49
Back in the day, firing a peter stzrok meant something else entirely.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 21, 2018 07:40 PM (r+sAi)

50 With access to everyone's personnel files, background checks, etc. That's when I knew he was never in any trouble.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:39 PM (rnXGe)

It is a great place to make mischief, if anybody cared to keep an eye on him.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 21, 2018 07:41 PM (1g7ch)

51 Waterboard him.
He will remember.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 21, 2018 07:41 PM (QMwOT)

52 I don't think it's erroneously at all. But we'll see.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:34 PM (/tuJf)

If remaining an employee means he would be forced to talk to the OIG and incriminate himself then why on earth would he stay if he didn't have to talk to them if he's not a current employee?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:42 PM (rnXGe)

53 so who's been putting redbull in Ace's Ripple?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at June 21, 2018 07:42 PM (LWu6U)

54 Also fuck this guy's last name with a knife in the heart. I always have to scroll back up to make sure I'm spelling it right. Fuck this guy and fuck the people who let this retards ancestors in the country. They should've made them change their last name to Stroke or some shit.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 21, 2018 07:42 PM (4ErVI)

55 But any chance for Horowitz to elaborate on that, or to satisfy Republican suspicions about the Justice Department's role, was lost when Jordan's time ran out, and no one picked up his line of questions.

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Typical.

Posted by: MAGA at June 21, 2018 07:43 PM (LnOh3)

56 phones have hard drives?

Posted by: f'd at June 21, 2018 07:43 PM (UdKB7)

57 Peterstroke fired, eh? Oh well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2018 07:44 PM (Ckqaf)

58 56
phones have hard drives?

Posted by: f'd
Work with me.

Posted by: Hillary's IT guy at June 21, 2018 07:44 PM (LAe3v)

59 >>With access to everyone's personnel files, background checks, etc. That's when I knew he was never in any trouble.

You don't honestly think that Horowitz discovered what he was doing last July, reported it to Strzok's superiors at the DOJ, they immediately recognized it was serious criminal activity and appointed a team of federal prosecutors to begin criminal investigations and then they decided it would be a good idea to give Strzok access to anything remotely like personnel or classified information, do you?

Stuffing him in HR was a euphemism for putting him on ice and telling him that he had a chance to lessen his punishment if he cooperated fully. They weren't giving him a free chance to commit more crimes.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:44 PM (/tuJf)

60 "happening across the information that the FBI phones were capturing some old texts in their internal hard drive"

Thank goodness for the Federal Bureau of Incompetents and Ignoramii.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 07:44 PM (5jVnA)

61 If my memory was as bad as all these perps SAY theirs is, I would be seeking medical help. Is there a term for convenient amnesia?

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2018 07:45 PM (V+03K)

62 Good for him, should have lost the clearance when it was discovered he was having an affair.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared, Americans don't Serf at June 21, 2018 07:45 PM (DxWUs)

63 Lost? Like dying from an airplane crash?

Posted by: Dr. Rockzo at June 21, 2018 07:45 PM (E4NQ0)

64 This asshole would be drawn and quatered on live TV if he was a conservative.

This hypocrisy will win th '18 election.

Cooney has stated this to his lib friends

Posted by: Redenzo at June 21, 2018 07:45 PM (14qvS)

65 Peter Principle, redux ...

Posted by: Adriane the Job Hunting Critic ... at June 21, 2018 07:45 PM (AoK0a)

66 Is there a term for convenient amnesia?

Posted by: JTB

Democrat

Posted by: pep at June 21, 2018 07:46 PM (LAe3v)

67 Congressional hearings don't answer questions, they just put out more questions raised.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 07:46 PM (W0T63)

68 The black tar heroin has been a help.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:40 PM (/tuJf)

What a bad time to stop sniffing glue.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 07:46 PM (5jVnA)

69 phones have hard drives?

Not really, it's more like a flash drive or one of those solid state drives.

Beyond that it gets technical and shit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at June 21, 2018 07:46 PM (r64dc)

70 phones have hard drives?
Posted by: f'd at June 21, 2018 07:43 PM (UdKB7)

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They have storage, not all necessarily have actual hard drives. They are, after all, handheld computers that require a resident OS and full time apps to run.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 21, 2018 07:46 PM (I16G8)

71 67
Congressional hearings don't answer questions, they just put out more questions raised.

Well, it also serves to remind us that we're ruled by a pack of subliterate morons.

Posted by: pep at June 21, 2018 07:47 PM (LAe3v)

72 JTB, See Cheryl Mills.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 07:47 PM (W0T63)

73
I wonder if stzrok and page will get married. Seemed like true love.

or banging.

Mostly the banging. And the treason.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 21, 2018 07:48 PM (r+sAi)

74 If my memory was as bad as all these perps SAY theirs is, I would be seeking medical help. Is there a term for convenient amnesia?
Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2018 07:45 PM (V+03K)

The medical term for this is: "Shoulda, woulda, coulda." First recognized on 60 Minutes in the early '90's.

Posted by: tbodie at June 21, 2018 07:48 PM (RkYsP)

75 As far as I can tell, no one directly asked Strzok if he deleted the
text. And Strzok's official story is that he doesn't remember the text
at all.

It frightens me to think how far George Costanza could make it in government.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 21, 2018 07:48 PM (oVJmc)

76 My camera has a phone?

Posted by: Weasel at June 21, 2018 07:48 PM (MVjcR)

77 27 The Masterming was John Brennan.

there is only one masterming

Posted by: Ming the Merciless at June 21, 2018 07:48 PM (xGZ+b)

78 Trump separated him from his parent agency.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at June 21, 2018 07:49 PM (Ndje9)

79
They Washington Nationals had a moment of silence in honor of Krauthammer, they just said.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 21, 2018 07:49 PM (8O3HH)

80 You don't honestly think that Horowitz discovered
what he was doing last July, reported it to Strzok's superiors at the
DOJ, they immediately recognized it was serious criminal activity and
appointed a team of federal prosecutors to begin criminal investigations
and then they decided it would be a good idea to give Strzok access to
anything remotely like personnel or classified information, do you?

Stuffing him in HR was a euphemism for putting him on ice and
telling him that he had a chance to lessen his punishment if he
cooperated fully. They weren't giving him a free chance to commit more
crimes.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:44 PM (/tuJf)

"and then they decided it would be a good idea to give Strzok access to
anything remotely like personnel or classified information, do you"

Well considering that's exactly what they did by placing him in HR and only revoking his security clearance this week, then yes.
There are any number of different FBI postions he could've been placed in with no sensitive info.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:49 PM (rnXGe)

81 78
Trump separated him from his parent agency.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at June 21, 2018 07:49 PM (Ndje9)

Threadrunnerup.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 07:49 PM (5jVnA)

82 pep, I don't think there is a logical mind in 500 of the 535 in Congress.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 07:49 PM (W0T63)

83 Masterming runs Bartertown.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 21, 2018 07:50 PM (oVJmc)

84 It seems to me that Strzok could still plead the 5th during any IG investigation. Cooperating certainly doesn't mean self incrimination. It wouldn't surprise me if the IG was able to secure a grant of immunity to Strzok for any actual cooperation.

I guess we'll know soon enough if he gets the Manafort treatment.

Posted by: MAGA at June 21, 2018 07:51 PM (LnOh3)

85 I hope Peterstroke's parents are alive. So the repellent, adulterous traitor can suffer the shame of their baleful stares.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2018 07:51 PM (Ckqaf)

86 wow. 1.5 years of muh russia haxxxing muh erection and now the media has gone full Squirrel!! on how unaccompanised minors (aged, apparently 18-44) are sad without mommy and daddy once they're caught crossing the border and apprehended according to an obama regulation.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at June 21, 2018 07:52 PM (FOPyv)

87 Being in HR did not necessarily mean he had access to any files. In Japan they put an employee in a window seat at a desk with no phone and give him no contact with anything. Until he commits seppuku or quits. Probably similar to what happened to Stroke, however it's spelled.

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 07:52 PM (md3fh)

88 I would not think Strzoks superiors, if they were ever acting in good faith, would have turned a blind eye to all the crap he was doing anyway. Yet they did and here we are.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at June 21, 2018 07:52 PM (++G28)

89 Dear Media - In Soviet Russia, sideways pineapple screws YOU!

Posted by: Melania Trump's Jacket at June 21, 2018 07:53 PM (W2YA6)

90 It turned out that the FBI wasn't aware that that database on there, which was supposed to be an operating function, was actually collecting data," Horowitz said.

Top men.

I call shenanigans. What kind of crappy tech people work there? The should have found the DB. In fact, I would think it was the govt. who put in on there to track texts. Remember the email they sent telling people they were no longer erasing stuff on the phones?

Who knows who deleted the original. Could have been a nobody sympathetic to the cause.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 07:53 PM (5gT6u)

91 87
Being in HR did not necessarily mean he had access to any files. In
Japan they put an employee in a window seat at a desk with no phone and
give him no contact with anything. Until he commits seppuku or quits.
Probably similar to what happened to Stroke, however it's spelled.

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 07:52 PM (md3fh)

Then why stay, especially if it means he's relieved of his obligation to speak to the OIG by leaving? That's the biggest thing for me.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (rnXGe)

92 The Russians did it.

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (md3fh)

93 Trump tweet:

@realDonaldTrump

"I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?" written on the back of Melania's jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!

5:51 PM - Jun 21, 2018

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (hMwEB)

94
Then why stay,

--

The paychecks keep coming.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (roQNm)

95 two things that maybe trump could focus on...OT you guys..

1. you see that pic of the sad children in the fake cage ... a prop in a photo op? side by side with the mainstream media's sad children behind bars pictures?

2. what about that NYT video of 7 child unaccompanied migrants arriving at an airport..they be all like 22.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (FOPyv)

96 Thanks Red. Two weeks and two days today. Not that I'm counting or anything.

The black tar heroin has been a help.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:40 PM (/tuJf)

Like in Annie Hall. "I used to be a heroin addict. Now I'm a methadone addict."

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (9BLnV)

97 Top men.

I call shenanigans. What kind of crappy tech people work there?
The should have found the DB. In fact, I would think it was the govt.
who put in on there to track texts. Remember the email they sent
telling people they were no longer erasing stuff on the phones?

Who knows who deleted the original. Could have been a nobody sympathetic to the cause.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 07:53 PM (5gT6u)

Remember the OPM hack that wasn't, where a diversity hire, putting diversity over infosec gave away the server keys to the Chineses?
That's why I say thank goodness for the Federal Bureau of Incompetents and Ignoramii.

Of course somebody deleted it from the usual known places. It was because of FB incompetence that we got to see the copies they missed. And this was one of Mueller's top men.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (5jVnA)

98 ""I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?" written on the back of Melania's jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares! "

ohhhhhh. I get it.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (FOPyv)

99 Peter lost a lot of things besides his security clearance. His job, his reputation, his wife's respect (she must be looking at pics of Toothy McGummerson and asking him in disbelief, "THIS is what you think is HOT these days????"), his judgment, his integrity, any sense of humility, his ability to think clearly and rationally, his oath of office, his morals, his mind.

All because of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (2NqXo)

100 The paychecks keep coming.

First rule of the public employee: NEVER jeopardize the pension.

Posted by: Mrs. Peter Strzok at June 21, 2018 07:57 PM (O5Q3r)

101 Well, well, Miss Page. I hope you have enough gums for everyone in the class.

Posted by: Lisa Page's Third Grade Teacher at June 21, 2018 07:57 PM (9vQJW)

102 TDS is a powerful drug.

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 07:57 PM (md3fh)

103 I don't remember. I don't recall. I have no memory, of anything at all.

Strzok me, strzok me....

Oops. Mixed rock metaphors. So, sue me if I play too long.....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (7UW64)

104 There was probably, low side, 6 to 7 million pieces of data to go through. Not excusing anybody but it's pretty easy to hide a lot of stuff with that volume.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (W0T63)

105 Trump should revoke the clearance of every last Obama appointee and holdover.

And tell the Hawaiian judge to go f* himself sideways with a rusty chainsaw.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (pjRyF)

106 People "worshipped" Krauthammer????
c'mon FOX.

Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (HkF2/)

107 Being in HR did not necessarily mean he had access to any files. In
Japan they put an employee in a window seat at a desk with no phone and
give him no contact with anything. Until he commits seppuku or quits.
Probably similar to what happened to Stroke, however it's spelled.

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 07:52 PM (md3fh)

You realize that sitting around for 8 hours a day, doing nothing, and getting paid for it is the American Dream, don't you?

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (9BLnV)

108 >>Well considering that's exactly what they did by placing him in HR and only revoking his security clearance this week, then yes.
There are any number of different FBI postions he could've been placed in with no sensitive info.

No they didn't. At some point people are going to have to start realizing that their long held belief that Sessions is a complete fucking moron and so is Trump for leaving him in place has been absolutely wrong for the last year plus.

Strzok was kept on the payroll for the same reason Page was. As long as they were technically employed they were able to be controlled by the DOJ and the IG and they were being milked for information in exchange for marginally less punishment for their numerous crimes.

Do you really think a bunch of blog commentators are the only person who know what happened and the people who have access to all the information, stuff we don't, people who saw criminal activity last July and appointed a team of federal prosecutors which you keep ignoring because it's inconvenient for your narrative, just said fuck it, let's give the people who tried to rig a presidential election free reign to rifle through every file in the DOJ?

McCabe has been fired and is now under a criminal investigation. Comey has been fired and is now under a criminal investigation. But sure, they just said let's let Strzok continue to commit crimes.

sheesh.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (/tuJf)

109 Brian in NO, if Stroke flipped, it could pull down a lot of the fbi/doj leadership. I'm betting he was given a plea deal and kept around until the report was released.
But just like most others, I'm guessing. And still hoping that the ROL still is breathing.

Posted by: RI Red at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (jSC7Y)

110 17
I must say, your heads up on SpaceX flights has been great. I'm reliving some of the excitement of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 21, 2018 07:32 PM (hyuyC)

Be here tomorrow night, because the New Zealand company RocketLab is planning to launch its first commercial flight.

Their rocket, Electron, is designed for small satellites which normally have to ride piggyback on large rockets. Electron is about the size of the Vanguard rocket from the 1950s, but much more efficient so it can launch heavier payloads. It utilizes some advanced technology like a fuselage made of carbon fiber and engines that use electric fuel pumps instead of the traditional turbopumps. Many parts are 3D printed.

While it is not reusable, they think it can be mass-produced so it will lower the cost of launches.

The first launch, "It's a Test" was in the summer of 2017. They lost telemetry and had to destroy the rocket.

The second launch, "Still Testing" was in January 2018 and was a complete success, putting four tiny satellites into orbit. It was the first ever orbital launch from New Zealand. The webcast was great with some gorgeous rocketcam views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5234BOED8

Tomorrow night's launch is the first operational launch with paying satellite customers. It's called "It's Business Time".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPlW9DiCRDM

Posted by: rickl at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (sdi6R)

111 Then why stay, especially if it means he's relieved of his obligation to speak to the OIG by leaving? That's the biggest thing for me.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (rnXGe)

------------

This seems to how .Gov does things. Puts you in cold storage while they figure out what to do with you. Sounds better than "paid administrative leave", IOW a paid vacation.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (I16G8)

112 Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children http://hill.cm/VPIc23n

*types*
*deletes*

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (hMwEB)

113 99 Peter lost a lot of things besides his security clearance. His job, his reputation, his wife's respect (she must be looking at pics of Toothy McGummerson and asking him in disbelief, "THIS is what you think is HOT these days????"), his judgment, his integrity, any sense of humility, his ability to think clearly and rationally, his oath of office, his morals, his mind.

All because of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (2NqXo)

Not entirely sure he had any of those to begin with.

He is mostly of the "self-esteem" generation, I believe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 07:59 PM (7UW64)

114 ""I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?" written on the back of Melania's jacket,
refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they
are, and she truly no longer cares! "

ohhhhhh. I get it.

Next week, she'll be wearing her, "FUCK YOU, JIM ACOSTA!" jacket.

Posted by: Mrs. Peter Strzok at June 21, 2018 07:59 PM (O5Q3r)

115 Then why stay, especially if it means he's relieved of his obligation to speak to the OIG by leaving? That's the biggest thing for me.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (rnXGe)

Possble scenario:

IG- Mr. Strozk, here is what we have found related to your illegal activities. Only you know how much more is out there.

Here is the plea deal we are willing to offer if you help us find the rest of your shit.

Should you choose not to help, or we catch you lying / witholding information, here is the jailnwhere you spend the rest of your life.

Your choice.

Posted by: tbodie at June 21, 2018 07:59 PM (RkYsP)

116 I call shenanigans. What kind of crappy tech people
work there? The should have found the DB. In fact, I would think it
was the govt. who put in on there to track texts. Remember the email
they sent telling people they were no longer erasing stuff on the
phones?

Who knows who deleted the original. Could have been a nobody sympathetic to the cause.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 07:53 PM (5gT6u)

The worst you can imagine. I've had to work with FBI tech investigators multiple times when local elected officials/municipalities have been hacked and its mind-boggling how unqualified/untrained they are. The last time they sent two 20 year-old contractors who weren't even agents. Said the backlog with ransomware cases was so long they had to contract it out. The only reason I call them any more is for the CYA so nobody can say we tried covering up an intrusion. They really slow me down too, I can't begin recovery until they pull their images.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:59 PM (rnXGe)

117 112 Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children http://hill.cm/VPIc23n

*types*
*deletes*
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (hMwEB)

Pretty sure none of them needs to see her titties or get a blowjob, but what do I know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (7UW64)

118 Hey Pete, see ya at Starblucher's.

Posted by: Burger Chef at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (RuIsu)

119 Fu***** Idiots and Bums.

Posted by: mercenary13 at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (Wiy0q)

120 The worst you can imagine. I've had to work with FBI tech investigators multiple times when local elected officials/municipalities have been hacked and its mind-boggling how unqualified/untrained they are. The last time they sent two 20 year-old contractors who weren't even agents. Said the backlog with ransomware cases was so long they had to contract it out.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:59 PM

Were they Chinese nationals?

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (2NqXo)

121 If I understand it, the IG doesn't put people under oath. however, lying to the FBI or Huber is another matter. Unless you are named "Clinton".

btw, this immigration bs is a pre-planned "crisis' to change the subject, just as Donald Trump's impeachment was pre-planned before he came down the escalator.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at June 21, 2018 08:01 PM (Ndje9)

122 Reprisals when?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. Ask Me About SMR & Ancient Slavonaut Theory at June 21, 2018 08:01 PM (fA1SL)

123 Ruthless @ 87-Seppuku! Now why haven't his masters explored this option with stroke? Or more to the point, taken him to Ft. Marcy Park.

Posted by: Eromero at June 21, 2018 08:01 PM (zLDYs)

124 Well they sure are worshipping him now.

Good thing nothing important is happening.

Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 08:01 PM (HkF2/)

125 So is Stroke going to be launched on the rocket? Good plan.

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (md3fh)

126 The paychecks keep coming.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 07:55 PM (roQNm)

I don't buy it. He's guaranteed 7-figure book deals and plenty of people financially supporting him.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (rnXGe)

127 Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 07:56 PM (5jVnA)

Well, if the FBI didn't put the db program on his phone, and it didn't come installed, then where has numbnut been plugging it in so someone could hide it in his OS? It is so easy for someone to do that. His wife? His gf? The Ruskies? A stranger?

Jeez.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (5gT6u)

128 The last time they sent two 20 year-old contractors who weren't even agents. Said the backlog with ransomware cases was so long they had to contract it out.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 07:59 PM

Were they Chinese nationals?
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (2NqXo)

Pakistani!

Posted by: Debbie Does Awan at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (hMwEB)

129 I just found out about the death of Charles K. In charity, I will like to think that his never-Trumpism was a sign of senility.

May the Good Lord have mercy on his soul. He is a person I would like to have a chat with in Heaven.

Posted by: JAS at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (3HNOQ)

130 Pretty sure none of them needs to see her titties or get a blowjob, but what do I know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (7UW64)

You're kidding, right? Free boob flash and blowjob? Who doesn't need that?

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 08:03 PM (5jVnA)

131 All supposition on your part. Reality is no one outside of the principals know what the deal was, if there were even a deal.

Given the track record of the FBI in granting immunity though, I have my own suppositions.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at June 21, 2018 08:03 PM (++G28)

132
I think that po chillren protest from the left may boomerang:

https://tinyurl.com/ybewewln

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 21, 2018 08:03 PM (r+sAi)

133 Congrats on quitting, JackStraw, and prayers for good health.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (hMwEB)

134 Maybe what really happened is that a very powerful white hat in the review process kept dropping information on the IG which basically forced the IG to continue his investigation. Something made the IG go back repeatedly to the phone.

Posted by: MAGA at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (LnOh3)

135 Isn't Stormy about a zillion years old? Who would want to see her flopping her tits around? Jeesh!

Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (md3fh)

136 "nobody disliked him"???

Krauthammer was a jerk.

Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (HkF2/)

137 "What kind of crappy tech people work there?"

This is why my husband has had good employment for 30 years--he keeps current in his area of IT because as a private contractor he HAS to to stay employed, primarily cleaning up other peoples' messes.

He hasn't the luxury of bennies and a pension and a job whether he can actually get the job done or not.

Posted by: barbarausa at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (ru28e)

138 I think that po chillren protest from the left may boomerang:

--

Neilsen had a poll. Instapundit had the link earlier today.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (roQNm)

139 should have been more but revoking his security will hurt like a motherfucker. going to make a dent in his post fbi earning.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (MTjB1)

140 So, if Peterstroke gets fired (which seems likely), who wants to guess which network hires him?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2018 08:05 PM (Ckqaf)

141 Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children

"Hey, there, Paco, how about a lap dance?"

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 21, 2018 08:05 PM (oVJmc)

142 You're kidding, right? Free boob flash and blowjob? Who doesn't need that?
Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June

well, you get what you pay for.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:05 PM (MTjB1)

143 Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (HkF2/)

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Go back and read the last thread, new nic poster.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 21, 2018 08:06 PM (I16G8)

144 Does anyone think that Stormy Daniels knows everyone is laughing at her?

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at June 21, 2018 08:06 PM (nILVB)

145 There is a real obvious answer as to why the text from Strzok was so hard to find. We all pretty much intuitively know it, even though we hate to say it openly, because we can't quite prove it yet.

But what had to have happened was that a team of "cleaners" went through all of the material first, WITH the full knowledge of the top layers of the FBI, and they "sanitized" all of the records, making all of the really noxious and outrageous things "disapear" before they turned them over.

BUT these "Top Men!" weren't quite as smart as your average 14 year old hacker, and they never realized that copies of electronic messages get hidden in all kinds of odd little memory hidey-holes. And so lo and behold, something they were sure they had gotten rid of popped back up out of hiding, and all they can do is mumble and stare at the ground when they're asked to explain it.

The answer is that they are evil, they are co-conspirators, they were trying to destroy material evidence, and worst of all - They're Stupid. And I say that about EVERYONE left at the FBI after 8 years of Obama. There are a lot of "good people" still there? Bullshit. There aren't.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2018 08:06 PM (V2Yro)

146 It apparently never occurs to these 'smartest' people to not say incriminating words on a system that might store them. All this POS had to reply to his distraught whore was "We can talk about this tonight."

The concepts of discretion and privacy seem to be unknown to these Top. Men.

Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (V+03K)

147 Tough guys. Maybe Alger Hiss will be the next to lose his security clearance.

It came from August 2016, when the FBI system was supposedly collecting every message. That was the period of time from which the FBI originally turned over tens of thousands of Strzok-Page texts.

And yet, that one-line message -- "We'll stop it" -- was not turned over to the IG, and not turned over to Congress, either.

Either Rosenstein or one of his buttboys covered it up. That's not hard to see.

What is hard to see is why Rosenstein, Horowitz, and Wray still have jobs. Well, hard to see on the assumption that we have honorable men in the DOJ.

Frankly, I don't see any reason not to fire everyone in the top 4 or 5 layers of leadership.

Posted by: George LeS at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (59GGI)

148 Jeez.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (5gT6u)
I imagine it is as simple as, "hey, I need this app so I can exchange nudes with my equinal love interest," *click* "sure the EULA sounds OK" - like everyone else - and the app made a local copy of the text messages for nefarious, or non-nefarious purposes, just like any other free app that says it needs access to your DNA, too. We are not talking rocket scientists here.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (5jVnA)

149 Isn't Stormy about a zillion years old? Who would want to see her flopping her tits around? Jeesh!
Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (md3fh)

Raises hand.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (EoRCO)

150 I don't buy it. He's guaranteed 7-figure book deals and plenty of people financially supporting him.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (rnXGe)

Hard to do from a cell.

Posted by: RI Red at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (jSC7Y)

151 144 Does anyone think that Stormy Daniels knows everyone is laughing at her?
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at June 21, 2018 08:06 PM (nILVB)

Please. She sells her ass for money. Laughter means nothing to her, so long as the Benjamins keep rolling in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (7UW64)

152 You're kidding, right? Free boob flash and blowjob? Who doesn't need that?----

It's been shown "Unaccompanied minors" aren't all under 18 so yeah they want that.

Posted by: X-ray at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (jhxN5)

153
Stormy hasn't aged well. She's no Julia Ann.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (8O3HH)

154 YD, Strozk might get something with Alex Jones. Cnn is only cabinet level guys.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (W0T63)

155 149 Isn't Stormy about a zillion years old? Who would want to see her flopping her tits around? Jeesh!
Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (md3fh)

Raises hand.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (EoRCO)

I'm put in mind of Ron White....."cause once you seen one, you want to see them all."

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 08:08 PM (7UW64)

156 85 I hope Peterstroke's parents are alive. So the repellent, adulterous traitor can suffer the shame of their baleful stares.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2018 07:51 PM (Ckqaf)

I bl his parents live near Ft. Bragg, NC. IIRC, Dad's background sounds a bit sketchy to me. NGO (Haiti?) and, maybe, retired govt or military.

Posted by: Ever at June 21, 2018 08:08 PM (QPeHQ)

157 No they didn't. At some point people are going to have to start realizing that their long held belief that Sessions is a complete fucking moron and so is Trump for leaving him in place has been absolutely wrong for the last year plus.

Strzok was kept on the payroll for the same reason Page was. As long as they were technically employed they were able to be controlled by the DOJ and the IG and they were being milked for information in exchange for marginally less punishment for their numerous crimes.

Do you really think a bunch of blog commentators are the only person who know what happened and the people who have access to all the information, stuff we don't, people who saw criminal activity last July and appointed a team of federal prosecutors which you keep ignoring because it's inconvenient for your narrative, just said fuck it, let's give the people who tried to rig a presidential election free reign to rifle through every file in the DOJ?

McCabe has been fired and is now under a criminal investigation. Comey has been fired and is now under a criminal investigation. But sure, they just said let's let Strzok continue to commit crimes.

sheesh.
Posted by: JackStraw at June

you have that soapbox professionally made?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:08 PM (MTjB1)

158 @97- but don't let one of US deplorable sonsabitches have a phone with sumpin on it. Those cacksackers would've found it in four places with backups at the NSA.

Posted by: BifBewalskiBot at June 21, 2018 08:09 PM (zVdHy)

159 142
You're kidding, right? Free boob flash and blowjob? Who doesn't need that?

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June

well, you get what you pay for.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:05 PM (MTjB1)

Single, right?

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 08:09 PM (5jVnA)

160 Pakistani!
Posted by: Debbie Does Awan at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (hMwEB)

Yes, how can I help?

Posted by: Tash Gauhar, lead attorney on the FBI Trump investigation at June 21, 2018 08:09 PM (DuAZ5)

161 you get what you pay for.
---

Thanks for that.
I see my problem now.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse - Alt-Ctrl at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (roQNm)

162 It is fairly obvious at this point that FBI/Justice department employees are running interference for each other. Slow walking and losing things intentionally.

And you know, I'm going to go out on a limb and say Peter Strzok is probably a great guy. Hard working, smart, etc. He also violated his oath of office. Problem is, many other employees don't see a big problem with that. Sure he was a little looser lipped than he should have been, but your private e-mails on the company machine should be, well private.

So they feel he is unfairly being singled out for shit they all do all the time. Like send too many texts to people bitching about Trump and loving on Hillary.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (fftfA)

163 It sounded as if Horowitz, during his testimony, mentioned one of the searches was via DoD. Not sure if it was the final one or not.

Posted by: Ever at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (QPeHQ)

164 You're kidding, right? Free boob flash and blowjob? Who doesn't need that?

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June

well, you get what you pay for.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:05 PM (MTjB1)

Single, right?
Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June

no, particular.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (MTjB1)

165 Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children http://hill.cm/VPIc23n

*types*
*deletes*

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (hMwEB)
***********************

I wonder if she will be accompanied by her lawyer?
It seems these two can't stand to be out of the spotlight.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (PvFoN)

166 It apparently never occurs to these 'smartest' people to not say incriminating words on a system that might store them. All this POS had to reply to his distraught whore was "We can talk about this tonight."

The concepts of discretion and privacy seem to be unknown to these Top. Men.
Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (V+03K)
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This is what I don't understand. They did all this on work-issued phones. They weren't smart enough to figure out that all their messages were being stored?

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (rhdgT)

167 This is why the FBI couldn't nip either the Marathon Bombing or Parkland Shooting even with solid tips to both. Keystone Corrupt Cops.

Posted by: Regular joe at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (7PllL)

168 It apparently never occurs to these 'smartest' people to not say incriminating words on a system that might store them. All this POS had to reply to his distraught whore was "We can talk about this tonight."

The concepts of discretion and privacy seem to be unknown to these Top. Men.
Posted by: JTB at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (V+03K)

---------

I think it was more their absolute certainty that Scankles would win, at any cost, that led them to be so careless. None of this would ever seen the light of day had she won.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (I16G8)

169 Well, if the FBI didn't put the db program on his
phone, and it didn't come installed, then where has numbnut been
plugging it in so someone could hide it in his OS? It is so easy for
someone to do that. His wife? His gf? The Ruskies? A stranger?

Jeez.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:02 PM (5gT6u)

My guess is he installed a 3rd-party SMS app that archived everything whether he used it or not.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (rnXGe)

170 Stormy is there for all those 18 to 20 year olds posing as 11.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (W0T63)

171
Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children http://hill.cm/VPIc23n

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (hMwEB)

=========================
The film is in pre-production. The working title is "Stormy Does Laredo".

Posted by: mrp at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (Pqytn)

172 Well, if the FBI didn't put the db program on his
phone, and it didn't come installed, then where has numbnut been
plugging it in so someone could hide it in his OS? It is so easy for
someone to do that. His wife? His gf? The Ruskies? A stranger?

Jeez.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June

page?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (MTjB1)

173
BUT these "Top Men!" weren't quite as smart as your average 14 year old hacker, and they never realized that copies of electronic messages get hidden in all kinds of odd little memory hidey-holes. And so lo and behold, something they were sure they had gotten rid of popped back up out of hiding, and all they can do is mumble and stare at the ground when they're asked to explain it.

The answer is that they are evil, they are co-conspirators, they were trying to destroy material evidence, and worst of all - They're Stupid. And I say that about EVERYONE left at the FBI after 8 years of Obama. There are a lot of "good people" still there? Bullshit. There aren't.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2018 08:06 PM (

--------

This coincides almost exactly with my thought of a white hat with inside knowledge of what occurred. "These are the texts? Keep looking because I know some are missing."

It would have to be a person that the IG couldn't blow off.

Posted by: MAGA at June 21, 2018 08:12 PM (LnOh3)

174 no, particular.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (MTjB1)

Enjoy your crocs.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 08:12 PM (5jVnA)

175 149 Isn't Stormy about a zillion years old? Who would want to see her flopping her tits around? Jeesh!
Posted by: Ruthless at June 21, 2018 08:04 PM (md3fh)

Raises hand.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (EoRCO)

I understood they were flop proofed. Gravity proofed also. At least that's what a friend told me.

Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at June 21, 2018 08:12 PM (3zhEq)

176 so, is stormy going to the border to film a cholo bang?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM (MTjB1)

177 Does anyone think that Stormy Daniels knows everyone is laughing at her?
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at June 21, 2018 08:06 PM

She's dumb enough to believe her cheap, tawdry 15 minutes aren't up.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM (2NqXo)

178 Enjoy your crocs.
Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June

dude, would never wear crocs or use luggage with wheels.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM (MTjB1)

179 Bluebell, they never figured that Clinton would lose. Not up until it was too late.
They'd be friggin' heroes in their preferred reality.

Posted by: RI Red at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM (jSC7Y)

180 176
so, is stormy going to the border to film a cholo bang?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM (MTjB1)

Caged Heat, Con Frijoles.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 08:14 PM (5jVnA)

181 I imagine it is as simple as, "hey, I need this app
so I can exchange nudes with my equinal love interest," *click* "sure
the EULA sounds OK" - like everyone else - and the app made a local copy
of the text messages for nefarious, or non-nefarious purposes, just
like any other free app that says it needs access to your DNA, too. We
are not talking rocket scientists here.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at June 21, 2018 08:07 PM (5jVnA)

That's probably exactly what happened.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:15 PM (rnXGe)

182 so, is stormy going to the border to film a cholo bang?
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM

She'll go the klassier route, release a sex tape that she will loudly claim was made w/out her knowledge or consent. No one will care.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June 21, 2018 08:15 PM (2NqXo)

183 Nood, me hearties.
Both a thread and my wife!

Posted by: Capt. Kristol of the SS SeaCuck at June 21, 2018 08:15 PM (dGglL)

184 Tits. Who doesn't like tits?

Posted by: Zimbie Howard Hughes at June 21, 2018 08:15 PM (3HNOQ)

185 She'll go the klassier route, release a sex tape that she will loudly claim was made w/out her knowledge or consent. No one will care.
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at June

foil blanket wardrobe.

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:16 PM (MTjB1)

186 In other news, two people were injured in Montana Wednesday morning after swerving to avoid a kangaroo.

Posted by: f'd at June 21, 2018 08:16 PM (UdKB7)

187 Completely OT but perhaps if some interest to the Horde:

I talked with the father of the CrossFit executive that was fired for his Christian tweet and he is now represented by the ACLJ in a case for wrongful termination.

Make 'em pay for their liberal ideology.

Moar Lawsuits!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 21, 2018 08:16 PM (g2lWP)

188 I bl his parents live near Ft. Bragg, NC. IIRC, Dad's background sounds a bit sketchy to me. NGO (Haiti?) and, maybe, retired govt or military.
Posted by: Ever at June 21, 2018 08:08 PM (QPeHQ)
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If I were his father I'd just move back to Haiti, then.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2018 08:16 PM (Ckqaf)

189 Go back and read the last thread, new nic poster.

Posted by: Calm Mentor....

Says the guy who has been banned twice.

You must be the latest thread sheriff.
Keep a bullet in your pocket there, pard?
heh.

Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 08:16 PM (HkF2/)

190 Pretty sure none of them needs to see her titties or get a blowjob, but what do I know?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 21, 2018 08:00 PM (7UW64)

Need might be too strong a word. What about want? 'm definitely thinking want.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at June 21, 2018 08:16 PM (9BLnV)

191 Bluebell, they never figured that Clinton would lose. Not up until it was too late.
They'd be friggin' heroes in their preferred reality.
Posted by: RI Red at June 21, 2018 08:13 PM (jSC7Y)
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I guess, Red. But man, you work in that arena, you have to believe that everything is being monitored. I mean I'm guess I'm glad they were that stupid, though.

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2018 08:17 PM (rhdgT)

192 you have that soapbox professionally made?
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:08 PM (MTjB1)

Geez y5, the guy just had a heart attack and is trying to quit the cancer sticks, cut him some slack.

I like what he has to say, so I carved him a soapbox out of Irish Spring soap. It was made by leprechauns.

*steps down from her smaller soapbox*
*ducks Y5 incoming missles*

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:17 PM (5gT6u)

193 112 Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children http://hill.cm/VPIc23n

*types*
*deletes*
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (hMwEB)

What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: rickl at June 21, 2018 08:17 PM (sdi6R)

194 Star Wars is on. it's the one with the Ompaloompa with the hots for Chekov.

Posted by: f'd at June 21, 2018 08:17 PM (UdKB7)

195 Maybe some coyote will nab stormy and give her to a cartel head.

OT , were there really 120+ guys running for the prez of mejico? Last total was 120 of them have been killed.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2018 08:19 PM (W0T63)

196 page?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:11 PM (MTjB1)

Alcohol abuse. Need a new tablet.

Posted by: BifBewalskiBot at June 21, 2018 08:19 PM (zVdHy)

197 Geez y5, the guy just had a heart attack and is trying to quit the cancer sticks, cut him some slack.

I like what he has to say, so I carved him a soapbox out of Irish Spring soap. It was made by leprechauns.

*steps down from her smaller soapbox*
*ducks Y5 incoming missles*
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June

so how would someone who was not here all day every day know all that info? does that get you a pass? where is the pass displayed at the hq? shouldn't it kind of be like in a bar, you don't have to know everyone's back story to comment on their comments?

Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:19 PM (MTjB1)

198
Stormy is just trying to restart her career, and make a few bucks, by being able to command big bucks again at the strip joints (and maybe escort work).

No one was wanting to see here anymore.

She's even made another video or two in the usual places, so if you want to see what she looks like now, you can. Don't bother is my advice. Not worth the time.

The ficus will remain dry.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 21, 2018 08:21 PM (8O3HH)

199 so how would someone who was not here all day every day know all that info?
...

You are required to check in with Sheriff Calm Mentor, Thread Officer First Class.

Didn't you read the memo in the last thread?

Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 08:21 PM (HkF2/)

200 This is what I don't understand. They did all this
on work-issued phones. They weren't smart enough to figure out that all
their messages were being stored?

Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2018 08:10 PM (rhdgT)

Hell no. About once a week I have to explain to someone that there's no such thing as a personal email sent to or from a .gov email address. They still threaten to sue. I'm convinced that common sense immediately disqualifies a civil service applicant. And no matter what is found in those mailboxes it's still impossible to fire them.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:22 PM (rnXGe)

201 That's probably exactly what happened.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:15 PM (rnXGe)

The only thing is, I didn't think Apps hid a db in the OS. My tech knowledge doesn't extend that far. Unless he downloaded an App from outside safe places. Then all bets are off.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:23 PM (5gT6u)

202 If I had a soapbox it would look like Trevon Martin.

Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2018 08:24 PM (K3B2k)

203 so how would someone who was not here all day every day know all that info? does that get you a pass? where is the pass displayed at the hq? shouldn't it kind of be like in a bar, you don't have to know everyone's back story to comment on their comments?
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 21, 2018 08:19 PM (MTjB1)

Yea, see, that's why I wrote it. Because I expected you probably didn't know. I tried to be somewhat funny and breezy about it, but guess I failed.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:27 PM (5gT6u)

204 >>so how would someone who was not here all day every day know all that info? does that get you a pass? where is the pass displayed at the hq? shouldn't it kind of be like in a bar, you don't have to know everyone's back story to comment on their comments?

I've been saying the exact same thing for more than a year now. And it keeps playing out the way I said it would and not like some old movie.

You don't have to agree. And I sure as hell don't have to agree with others who say it is going to turn out differently and it never does.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2018 08:28 PM (/tuJf)

205
ISIS just announced they'll be going to the border to assist the immigrant children.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 21, 2018 08:30 PM (mBtaw)

206 "The only thing is, I didn't think Apps hid a db in the OS."
Where did you think your contacts and calendar entries were stored?
If you install an SMS app other than the one that came with your phone and grant it all those permissions it asks for it can do anything it wants.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:30 PM (rnXGe)

207
Zombie Jeffrey Dahmer just announced he'll be headed to the border to help the immigrant children.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 21, 2018 08:30 PM (mBtaw)

208 "And it keeps playing out the way I said it would and not like some old movie."
I appreciate the info you share but that's a bit of a stretch.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:31 PM (rnXGe)

209
Is it the episode where Chekov gets killed by Wyatt Earp?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 21, 2018 08:32 PM (mBtaw)

210 Is it the episode where Chekov gets killed by Wyatt Earp?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 21, 2018 08:32 PM (mBtaw)

I thought Chekov was run over by his own Jeep?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:33 PM (rnXGe)

211 ISIS just announced they'll be going to the border to assist the immigrant children.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at June 21, 2018 08:30 PM (mBtaw)

lol
The saddest thing about that is the Resistance would probably welcome them as saviors & call them good guys.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:34 PM (5gT6u)

212 Where did you think your contacts and calendar entries were stored?
If you install an SMS app other than the one that came with your phone and grant it all those permissions it asks for it can do anything it wants.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 21, 2018 08:30 PM (rnXGe)

This is why I don't have a smartphone. Which is driving family and friends crazy.

I do have an iPad pro, but allow no location services, or Siri or anything else that I can live without.

I have to upgrade my phone soon cz this one is falling apart, but it makes me nervous.

Posted by: platypus, gg channel at June 21, 2018 08:37 PM (5gT6u)

213 Stormy Daniels heading to border to help migrant children http://hill.cm/VPIc23n

*types*
*deletes*
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at June 21, 2018 07:58 PM (hMwEB)

She could probably house a couple in that roomy cooch of hers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2018 08:43 PM (WFV7d)

214 So...Judicial Watch has discovered that McCain urged the IRS to target Tea Party groups.

SOB

Posted by: IrishEi at June 21, 2018 08:49 PM (HiDrR)

215 http://bit.ly/2teLcmH
=====
Stunning Confirmation: Judicial Watch Obtains IRS Documents Showing McCain Staff Urging IRS To Target Tea Party Groups The Last Refuge

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 21, 2018 09:00 PM (y3aQB)

216 The probability that the most damning text that was not turned over was accidentally deleted is non existent. Kudos to Horowitz for finding it where the FBI/DoJ didn't think to search for it.

Posted by: IanDeal at June 21, 2018 09:01 PM (5mrLG)

217 But any chance for Horowitz to elaborate on that, or to satisfy Republican suspicions about the Justice Department's role, was lost when Jordan's time ran out, and no one picked up his line of question

All Congressional Committee investigations are at heart designed by the Uniparty Establishment expressly to provide failure theater and prevent the exposure of embarrassing facts!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 21, 2018 09:06 PM (n9EOP)

218 Wasn't McCain that nice fellow who used Wacko Birds to describe the Tea Party?

Posted by: Mog Smash at June 21, 2018 09:08 PM (KTDWH)

219 Stunning Confirmation: Judicial Watch Obtains IRS Documents Showing McCain Staff Urging IRS To Target Tea Party Groups The Last Refuge

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at June 21, 2018 09:00 PM (y3aQB)

But he was doing it for the chirrens!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 21, 2018 09:08 PM (n9EOP)

220 Posted by: bluebell at June 21, 2018 08:17 PM (rhdgT)

There's monitored and then there's "monitored"!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 21, 2018 09:12 PM (n9EOP)

221 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=116v=5J_WWPQnVnA

MAGA!!

Posted by: canned hate at June 21, 2018 09:18 PM (HkF2/)

222 To be fair, it doesn't say "we'll stop Trump".

It says "we'll stop it" in response to her whining about what if Trump wins.

Now, yes anyone with a brain is going to assume that meant Stop Trump from winning.

But. it's doesn't say that and a good lawyer can drive a semi through the hole there.

So just don't get your hopes up that even this prick is gonna go to jail. I hate to say it but that's the facts, jack.

Posted by: jakee308 at June 21, 2018 09:27 PM (cW5Gl)

223 8 Fuck this guy and the Horse Faced Attorney he rode in on.

Posted by: garrett

This explains Lisa Page's long face.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at June 21, 2018 09:33 PM (IeDO8)

224 As Jeff Sessions understands it? JFC!

Posted by: Concerned People's Front at June 21, 2018 09:38 PM (rdl6o)

225 It's amazing the people who lose everything protecting the Clinton's. On the other hand the ones who threaten the Clinton's lose even more.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at June 21, 2018 09:50 PM (IeDO8)

226 I know nothing.

Posted by: Sgt Schultz at June 21, 2018 09:55 PM (246uV)

227 Shit when the meskins find out we're providing free strippers and hookers, they'll be coming over that wall like World War Z...

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at June 21, 2018 11:03 PM (Dhcvl)

228 No, no, no....my FIL says that Melania's jacket was Hitler or something... He is soooooo smart he can't be wrong, right?

Posted by: ArmyMom at June 22, 2018 12:17 AM (jw/Nb)

229 He "lost" his security clearance...

How about we help him "lose his pulse" or "lose his nasty oxygen dependency" in front of a firing squad?

Treason is the only word that comes to mind when a puny bureaucrat tries to undermine a duly elected President.

Posted by: Braden Lynch at June 22, 2018 04:00 AM (SMr1v)

230 I see up above that Stormy Daniels and ISIS is going to the border to "help" the children.

I guess Stormy misses the 15 minutes of fame and is going to sexually abuse the children (it is her only talent) and ISIS needs replacement child shields to hide behind so they don't get a Hellfire missile up their wazoo!

Posted by: Braden Lynch at June 22, 2018 04:05 AM (SMr1v)

231 The Corps is Mother. The Corps is Father.

Posted by: Bester at June 23, 2018 12:21 AM (P+Keb)

232 uuml;

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