Another Soap Box Night

Tonight we learned that the Weaponization Committee is finally doing something on Russiagate:

This appears to be based on Shellenberger’s recent article.

Unfortunately, this isn’t something to celebrate.

There may be some good developments that come from this, but their efforts are based on what appears to be old information. I know Shellenberger put in the work, but much of his reporting was based on old suggestions that have seen no development in the last 7 years and his story, as well-intentioned as it was, didn’t move the ball forward all that much. There were only 1 or 2 small pieces that could be considered new.

Meanwhile, we have developed a significant amount of information on the DNC hack attribution and other topics that deserve the attention of the Committee.

I have lobbied extensively for a Russiagate investigation. In person, by email, by mail, through intermediaries…to finally see something is good, but to see it misdirected and unlikely to produce anything significant is another immensely frustrating episode.

As one example, Shellenberger re-raised Mifsud being an asset of Western intelligence. That’s doubtful. There are old accusations that rest solely on George Papadopolous who no doubt was trying to make sense of his life falling apart. Nor is Mifsud “hiding”, one of the sleuths spoke to his attorney just within the last year or two.

Mifsud setting up Papadopolous doesn’t make sense at all, and hasn’t been considered credible by the sleuths for a number of years. That is an indication that Shellenberger was working with old information - particularly because his reporting didn’t add anything new.

Caught up in this is the Russiagate binder that Trump hastily tried to push out the door at the last second. That at least should be interesting.

UC Huber always believed Hakluyt and GCHQ deserved more scrutiny, perhaps some of that will get caught up in the Committee’s requests as well.

It’s unclear if Trump world knows what we know about the DNC hack attribution or whether it was successfully hidden from them - but that is where the Weaponization Committee should be focusing.