Minor dig on Michigan Sen. Mike Rogers, since some self-appointed Twitter illuminati are saying that he was the spy inside Trump's campaign.
Time to dig on the guy. Remember, this isn't the awesome Mike Rogers, it's the one who's the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Has basic upgrade package of Washington trophy wife, Kristi (pic related)
This guy is Devin Nunes' immediate predecessor, and a former FBI agent.
Some lynx, and I put the juiciest one first:
http://shoebat.org/2014/06/21/talk-radio-congressman-mike-rogers-will-need-excellent-call-screener/
Just holy shit, ya'll. Holy shit.
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/02/582852138/former-house-intelligence-chair-mike-rogers-discusses-released-gop-memo
Actually said THIS lie about wanting more oversight on gov't agencies:
"And here's the thing that I think, you know, bothers me so much, especially as a Republican who chaired the Intelligence Committee. I believe that we need to be cautious and use good oversight on government agencies because they can abuse power. What bothers me is that I also take that same standard to the president and to the intelligence committee itself. They're alleging that there was abuse of the FBI power in getting a warrant in an election year. Well, that's pretty serious.
So my call to them is get a bipartisan investigation in the classified spaces. Do a very thorough research of all of the information that went into this. Talk to the agents. Talk to the people who've prepared the case. And then give the American people an idea if you think that abuse actually happened. And so I think we've got to get back to that as soon as we can, or we're going to destroy the institutions that allow us to have these checks and balances. And it really is the envy of the world. Let's not screw that up."
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
Got kicked off Trump's transition team just ONE WEEK after the Nov 2016 election. Wow.
https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/former_michigan_congressman_mi.html
"Rogers, who was serving as Trump's senior adviser on national security issues, left abruptly at the request of team officials, Bloomberg reported Tuesday morning."
ABRUPTLY
Where's his money come from? Looks like a tie between pharma & lobbyists, with insurance & defense tied for second.
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00009668
He seemed to be doing okay, and isn't that old (for Congress), but hey, look where he landed!
https://www.rollcall.com/news/mike-rogers-to-retire
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/mike-rogers-profile
This blog was pretty pissed about him being noticeably outspoken & insistent about Edward Snowden being a double agent for Russia, going against intel community hivemind and with no evidence:
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2014/03/24/rep-mike-rogers-is-a-liar/
And all the juiciest bits, including some screams that Rogers is COINTELPRO, are in the blog comments.
"I have some guesses. One guess is that he is trying to demonize Snowden for propaganda purposes and thereby turn public opinion against him. This is especially plausible after the demonization of Russia following Ukraine crisis, since hatred of Russia is higher than at any time since the Cold War. Another possibility is that he is trying to stoke outrage and gather support within the government to violate Snowden’s asylum, use force to apprehend him, and punish him, thereby discouraging further leaks and staving off the momentum for reform."
So many people seem to tie straight to the Ukraine. Must have been a ton of money to be made.
Gawd, I can't wait until all these dirty politicians are rounded up. Would anyone really miss a single one of them if they were all lined up and shot? Doubtful.