CNN Cuts Away From Tulsi Gabbard's Report Debunking Russiagate
The Jimmy Dore ShowJuly 25, 202526 min145,448 views
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- 💡 Tulsi Gabbard, as Director of National Intelligence, presented findings from intelligence community assessments concluding Russia had neither the intent nor capability to impact the 2016 US election.
- 🎯 Despite the significance of these findings, CNN immediately cut away from her briefing, refusing to let their audience hear the debunking of the Russiagate narrative.
- 📌 The report indicated that the FBI and ODNI found no mention of Putin influencing the election in their post-election briefings.
- ⚠️ A Presidential Daily Brief on December 8th, 2016, stated no Russian actors impacted vote counts, but this document was reportedly pulled before publication due to "new guidance."
The Origins of the Russiagate Narrative
- 🔍 The intelligence community assessment on Russiagate was a highly unusual product ordered by President Obama, involving only five selected analysts.
- 🧩 This assessment was reportedly based on four pieces of evidence: the Steele Dossier (paid for by Hillary Clinton and debunked), a vague sentence fragment, an undated email with no clear sender or recipient, and an uncorroborated assertion.
- 🧐 Senior intelligence officials, including James Clapper and John Brennan, pushed for the inclusion of questionable evidence, with Brennan famously asking about the Steele Dossier, "Yes, but doesn't it ring true?"
- 🚫 The FBI and CIA leadership, including Director James Comey, decided to include the Steele Dossier despite its flaws, contributing to the narrative that Trump was working with Russia.
Broader Implications and Media Complicity
- 🎭 The narrative of Trump colluding with Russia was pushed by the media for Trump's entire first presidency, despite lacking truth.
- 💥 This narrative is compared to the weapons of mass destruction affair regarding the Iraq War, where intelligence was manipulated to fit a predetermined narrative.
- 🇺🇦 The Russiagate narrative is directly linked to the conflict in Ukraine, serving to create a
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