Still More from Emptywheel

So the existence of previously-unknown intercepted foreign communications that identified Flynn has now been confirmed. But that information didn't come from any of the 30 US officials who requested unmasking.

It came from Acting DNI @RichardGrenell — when he released it today.

— Susan Simpson (@TheViewFromLL2) May 13, 2020

Yeah, I know, false start:  but emptywheel retweeted it, so it counts.

BREAKING!!!!

JIM COMEY CONFESSED THE FBI UNMASKED THIS THREE YEARS AGO.

AND EVERY ONE OF YOU CHASING THIS NSA LIST JUST PROVED YOU DIDN'T READ LAST WEEK'S EXHIBITS.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 13, 2020

The narrative can never fail; it can only be failed.

LOLOL.

Flynn was named NSA on November 17 (and had tasked him to work with Russia on November 9). The earliest of these intercepts in November 30, almost 2 weeks later. https://t.co/II7ISoPxAx

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 13, 2020

Calendars, how do they work again?

Here's Jim Comey admitting to Congress back in [checks date] 2017 that the FBI unmasked Flynn's name (and also saying they didn't put it into a finished intelligence report).

We know they did so by 1/4/17. That means we can be virtually certain that list is totally unrelated. pic.twitter.com/c9BGr70f6J

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 13, 2020

Yeah, but nobody announced that today! You expect reporters to remember things? Trump doesn't have to!

Six months to go. The Trump people are going to unleash a blizzard of bullshit, including selective releases and declassifications and leaks, and if the media chases every one of these as bombshell, they're going to end up being a functioning arm of the Trump campaign. Again.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 13, 2020

Not from emptywheel, but still:  yeah, pretty damned much.