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kentuck

(111,106 posts)
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 06:48 PM Mar 2017

I cannot imagine that the Washington Post or the NY Times printed all the info they have on hand?

There is more information to come, in my opinion.

There is a closet full of shoes ready to drop.

This story is not going away. If the Republicans think they can ride out this little storm, they are sadly mistaken. The longer it is drawn out, the more it damages the GOP. They may grow to regret their decision to stall the investigation?

Every day is going to be a new chapter in this ongoing story.

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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
3. The neverending story updated?
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 06:52 PM
Mar 2017

Even the most gullible of the Trump true believers will at some point wonder what is happening.

Or will they? Some people can be fooled all of the time.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
4. Too much might be overwhelming, especially to the
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 06:59 PM
Mar 2017

Deplorables, who will be reluctant (to say the least) to believe any of this. The responsible media knows this is Pandora's Box and will let details drip out as the masses finally begin to believe they were deceived.

onenote

(42,715 posts)
5. Why would they hold back?
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:03 PM
Mar 2017

I think they are putting out there what they feel is credible. They may have other rumors etc, but if they had hard evidence, they'd be printing it.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
10. It's the sources that are holding back...
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:19 PM
Mar 2017

...a little now...then a bit later...

Allow them to draw themselves into the trap a bit further...then strike.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
14. As you say, they are printing when they have corroborated enough to be credible and more complete
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:24 PM
Mar 2017

such as contacting all 26 Senate committee members to see if any others met with Kislyak to find out if meeting with Sessions seemed significant rather than normal course of business for other Senators too

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
9. The NYT wrote yesterday about the intelligence seeds Obama scattered in the wind...
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:17 PM
Mar 2017

....well, it's getting to be spring and they're starting to sprout.

One by one, and only when the conditions are just right...

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
11. I imagine it's still coming in. They must have elves weaving a magic tapestry.
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:19 PM
Mar 2017

I hate that things are like this but man, what a time to be a journalist!

tableturner

(1,683 posts)
12. I don't think news organizations are holding anything back.
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:21 PM
Mar 2017

They are in a very competitive environment with multitudes of reporters from a multitude of organizations feverishly working on this. They all want to be the Woodward/Bernstein/Washington Post of this latest "story of the century". Reporters and their employers do not uncover a major bombshell, confirm it with other sources, and then hold it so they can be scooped.

I do think much more is coming, and is being delayed due to:

1. Some is not yet being revealed by leakers because they want a regular drumbeat of falling dominoes; and/or

2. The leakers are being ultra careful to avoid detection; and/or

3. Some information that will come out has not been accessed yet, or is in the early stages of being gathered, and is not suitable for leaking at the present time.

This is not going away.

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