“I was born in a crossfire hurricane”, (lyrics from a 1968 Rolling Stones song); ‘crossfire hurricane’ adopted as secret code name by FBI agents for the origins of an investigation into possible collusion of the Trump campaign with Russians seeking to influence our 2016 election. Two FBI agents were sent to London, July 2016 — before Trump won the election — to investigate information Australian ambassador, Alexander Downer, claimed to have on the campaign due to his interaction with George Papadopoulos, who was later indicted and accepted a guilty plea.
If you think there’s bigger wrongdoing than local law enforcement can handle, or they might be involved in, call the Federal Bureau of Investigations. News Flash — the FBI investigates potential criminal activity. Some investigations are short, some lengthy, depending on complexity of issues and number of actors. Some agents actually investigate under-cover; they are NOT spies, they are law enforcement officials under the auspices of the Department of Justice. They are NOT ‘storm-troopers’ (Nazi foot-soldiers) as Rudolf Giuliani described them!
There are so many parallels between Richard Nixon’s administration and that of Donald Trump. Nixon would have been impeached, had he not resigned, for obstruction of justice and especially for using the office of the presidency to punish or ruin his political enemies. Thanks to John Dean we learned of Nixon’s long ‘enemies list’ and his attempted use of the IRS and FBI to attack those on his list. The American people had no idea, before the Watergate hearings, how corrupt President Nixon was; even his staunch supporters realized that he had to resign or be impeached. Most Americans aren’t as naïve as we were back in the early seventies. Nixon would have loved to have had Sinclair Broadcasting, right-wing talk-radio programs, and Fox ‘News’, which did not come into existence until legislation under President Reagan allowed less stringent truth in broadcasting standards.
Trump’s pushing the Postmaster General to double the postage rate on Amazon, with whom they have a contract — to attack Amazon owner, Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, gives cause for another article of impeachment; further proved by Trump’s tweets showing himself to be an enemy of Bezos.
Four signs of an autocratic leader: 1. politicizes independent institutions (like FBI & DOJ); 2. uses disinformation to confuse the populace; 3. eliminates checks that would hold the executive accountable; 4. trying to corrupt elections. Trump has done them all. DEPLORABLE!
Trish Forsyth Voss
May 27 2018
New Letter to the Editor: Crossfire Hurricane … published 5/27/18
“I was born in a crossfire hurricane”, (lyrics from a 1968 Rolling Stones song); ‘crossfire hurricane’ adopted as secret code name by FBI agents for the origins of an investigation into possible collusion of the Trump campaign with Russians seeking to influence our 2016 election. Two FBI agents were sent to London, July 2016 — before Trump won the election — to investigate information Australian ambassador, Alexander Downer, claimed to have on the campaign due to his interaction with George Papadopoulos, who was later indicted and accepted a guilty plea.
If you think there’s bigger wrongdoing than local law enforcement can handle, or they might be involved in, call the Federal Bureau of Investigations. News Flash — the FBI investigates potential criminal activity. Some investigations are short, some lengthy, depending on complexity of issues and number of actors. Some agents actually investigate under-cover; they are NOT spies, they are law enforcement officials under the auspices of the Department of Justice. They are NOT ‘storm-troopers’ (Nazi foot-soldiers) as Rudolf Giuliani described them!
There are so many parallels between Richard Nixon’s administration and that of Donald Trump. Nixon would have been impeached, had he not resigned, for obstruction of justice and especially for using the office of the presidency to punish or ruin his political enemies. Thanks to John Dean we learned of Nixon’s long ‘enemies list’ and his attempted use of the IRS and FBI to attack those on his list. The American people had no idea, before the Watergate hearings, how corrupt President Nixon was; even his staunch supporters realized that he had to resign or be impeached. Most Americans aren’t as naïve as we were back in the early seventies. Nixon would have loved to have had Sinclair Broadcasting, right-wing talk-radio programs, and Fox ‘News’, which did not come into existence until legislation under President Reagan allowed less stringent truth in broadcasting standards.
Trump’s pushing the Postmaster General to double the postage rate on Amazon, with whom they have a contract — to attack Amazon owner, Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, gives cause for another article of impeachment; further proved by Trump’s tweets showing himself to be an enemy of Bezos.
Four signs of an autocratic leader: 1. politicizes independent institutions (like FBI & DOJ); 2. uses disinformation to confuse the populace; 3. eliminates checks that would hold the executive accountable; 4. trying to corrupt elections. Trump has done them all. DEPLORABLE!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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