As the investigations into the actions of the FBI and DOJ under President Obama continue, the information coming out of these investigations makes less and less sense. A recent bit of information makes no sense in terms of logic.<\/p>\n
Yesterday John Solomon posted an article at The Hill<\/a> with the following headline: “How Comey intervened to kill WikiLeaks’ immunity deal.” The article includes the draft immunity deal the Justice Department was considering for Julian Assange. Obviously, Julian Assange would be the person who would know exactly who was behind the hacking or leaking of information from the Democratic National Committee computers.<\/p>\n The article tells the story:<\/p>\n This yarn begins in January 2017 when Assange\u2019s legal team approached Waldman \u2014 known for his government connections \u2014 to see if the new Trump administration would negotiate with the WikiLeaks founder, holed up in Ecuador\u2019s London embassy. They hoped Waldman, a former Clinton Justice Department official, might navigate the U.S. law enforcement bureaucracy and find the right people to engage.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Laufman (David Laufman, an accomplished federal prosecutor and then head of Justice\u2019s counterintelligence and export controls section) described what the government might want to achieve, and Waldman laid the groundwork for a deal to give Assange limited immunity and a one-time \u201csafe passage\u201d to leave the London embassy and talk with U.S. officials. Laufman played to Assange\u2019s belief that he was a publisher, the documents show; he put an offer on the table from the intelligence community to help Assange assess how some hostile foreign powers might be infiltrating or harming WikiLeaks staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n …Just a few days after the negotiations opened in mid-February, Waldman reached out to Sen. Warner; the lawyer wanted to see if Senate Intelligence Committee staff wanted any contact with Assange, to ask about Russia or other issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n Warner engaged with Waldman over\u00a0encrypted text messages, then reached out to Comey. A few days later, Warner contacted Waldman with an unexpected plea.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cHe told me he had just talked with Comey and that, while the government was appreciative of my efforts, my instructions were to stand down, to end the discussions with Assange,\u201d Waldman told me. Waldman offered contemporaneous documents to show he memorialized Warner\u2019s exact words.<\/strong><\/p>\n Waldman couldn\u2019t believe a U.S. senator and the FBI chief were sending a different signal, so he went back to Laufman, who assured him the negotiations were still on. \u201cWhat Laufman said to me after he heard I was told to \u2018stand down\u2019 by Warner and Comey was, \u2018That\u2019s bullshit. You are not standing down and neither am I,\u2019\u201d Waldman recalled.<\/strong><\/p>\n A source familiar with Warner\u2019s interactions says the senator\u2019s contact on the Assange matter was limited and was shared with Senate Intelligence chairman Sen. Richard Burr<\/a><\/span> (R-N.C.). But the source acknowledges that Warner consulted Comey and passed along the \u201cstand down\u201d instructions to Waldman: \u201cThat did happen.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n There are some obvious conclusions that can be drawn from these events, and I will let the readers draw them on their own. Suffice it to say, there were people in very high places that did not want Assange’s sources (or information) revealed. It will be interesting to see if Julian Assange is ever offered immunity and what that immunity will include.<\/p>\n Please follow the link to read the entire article which includes screenshots of the various documents that back up this strange story.<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the investigations into the actions of the FBI and DOJ under President Obama continue, the information coming out of these investigations makes less and less sense. A recent bit of information makes no sense in terms of logic. Yesterday … Continue reading <\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"