| | On December 10 IC goon John Schindler issued a series of threats and ultimatums. Schindler used the old stand-by, "the Kremlin is behind Wikileaks," to blame everything embarrassing on.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161215235756/https://storify.com/DemFromCT/john-schindler-with-a-look-at-donald-trump-s-war-w</ref> | | On December 10 IC goon John Schindler issued a series of threats and ultimatums. Schindler used the old stand-by, "the Kremlin is behind Wikileaks," to blame everything embarrassing on.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161215235756/https://storify.com/DemFromCT/john-schindler-with-a-look-at-donald-trump-s-war-w</ref> |
| − | {{Quotebox|ATTN @realDonaldTrump: going to war with the IC is a truly colossally stupid thing to do, per this tweetstorm http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/politics/donald-trump-response-russian-hacking/ … /1 5:47 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>I've been telling you for years—esp last few months—that the Kremlin is behind Wikileaks. Now the IC is saying so openly. Big deal. /2 5:48 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>IC has hard proof at [Top Secret]+ level that Moscow used Wikileaks to hurt Hillary and help Trump in 2016. These are facts that will not go away. /3 5:49 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>The investigation demanded by Congress will reveal what we already know—that Putin wanted US political chaos & if possible a Trump win /4 5:50 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>Team Trump now has to decide to go along with the investigation of Russian interferences or fight it; seems they have chosen the latter. /5 5:50 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>'''Publicly attacking the IC as Trump has just done will end very badly for Don.''' Remember what happened when Hillary attacked the spooks? /5 5:51 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>Have you really forgotten about #EmailGate already, @realDonaldTrump? Mocking the IC in public will result in big things you won't like. /6 5:52 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>The IC dislikes you intensely and '''they hate Flynn'''. The spooks have much more on you than they had on Hillary. This is a #YUGE mistake. /7 5:53 AM - 10 Dec 2016,<br>Only way Trump can make the issue of Russian interference worse is by impugning American intelligence. Which Don just did. Get popcorn /8 5:54 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>[[FISA abuse|IC knows the full picture]] of what happened this year. They're not happy with you, @realDonaldTrump. '''You have the weekend to walk it back.''' /9 5:55 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>If Don won't walk back his foolish attack on the IC, watch for leaked terms like KGB, FSB, SVR, kompromat, Mogilevich, Organizatsiya... /10 6:00 AM - 10 Dec 2016}} | + | {{Quotebox|ATTN @realDonaldTrump: going to war with the IC is a truly colossally stupid thing to do, per this tweetstorm http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/politics/donald-trump-response-russian-hacking/ … /1 5:47 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>I've been telling you for years—esp last few months—that the Kremlin is behind Wikileaks. Now the IC is saying so openly. Big deal. /2 5:48 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>IC has hard proof at [Top Secret]+ level that Moscow used Wikileaks to hurt Hillary and help Trump in 2016. These are facts that will not go away. /3 5:49 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>The investigation demanded by Congress will reveal what we already know—that Putin wanted US political chaos & if possible a Trump win /4 5:50 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>Team Trump now has to decide to go along with the investigation of Russian interferences or fight it; seems they have chosen the latter. /5 5:50 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>'''Publicly attacking the IC as Trump has just done will end very badly for Don.''' Remember what happened when Hillary attacked the spooks? /5 5:51 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>Have you really forgotten about #EmailGate already, @realDonaldTrump? Mocking the IC in public will result in big things you won't like. /6 5:52 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>The IC dislikes you intensely and '''they hate Flynn'''. The spooks have much more on you than they had on Hillary. This is a #YUGE mistake. /7 5:53 AM - 10 Dec 2016,<br>Only way Trump can make the issue of Russian interference worse is by impugning American intelligence. Which Don just did. Get popcorn /8 5:54 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>[[FISA abuse|IC knows the full picture]] of what happened this year. They're not happy with you, @realDonaldTrump. '''You have the weekend to walk it back.''' /9 5:55 AM - 10 Dec 2016<br>If Don won't walk back his foolish attack on the IC, watch for leaked terms like KGB, FSB, SVR, kompromat, Mogilevich, Organizatsiya... /10 6:00 AM - 10 Dec 2016}} The animosity and hatred felt toward Flynn was further compounded by the fact that Flynn volunteered as a witness in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought two years earlier by Counterterrorism Specialist Robyn Gritz against the FBI leadership and Andrew McCabe, who was advancing rapidly through the FBI ranks.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/06/27/nation/did-the-fbi-retaliate-against-michael-flynn-by-launching-russia-probe</ref> |