“IT” is back in the news. No, I’m not talking about the remake of the the movie based on a Stephan King novel in which children disappear from a small town at the hands of an evil clown. I know, it does sound a lot like a documentary about Trump’s (oops, Sessions’) announcement to maybe, or maybe not, end DACA.
The Internet underground (i.e. bloggers and independent news outlets) have recently refocused their attention on two questions, “Does the “pee pee tape” actually exist?” and if so, “Who has it?” But, as is frequently the case, the obvious questions are not the best ones. From my perspective, the more intriguing question is why would Steele even include the episode in an opposition research report in which the bigger story was Putin’s and the FSB’s cultivation of Trump as a Russian asset.
Certainly, the world did not need any further evidence the Republican nominee for president was a sexual deviant. He had already admitted as much in the Access Hollywood video. And one more example of outrageous behavior would have minimal shock effect on Trump supporters. If not for the fact the Moscow affair appeared in a document which suggested acts bordering on treason, one might have expected the source to be The Onion.
Then why include it. Consider the following. Verifying the case for Trump/Russian collusion laid out in the 35 page document could be problematic for two reasons. First, any investigation might compromise intelligence assets who have continued value to the United States and its allies. Second, many of the sources, especially Russian operatives identified as Kremlin conduits, will never be accessible to the special counsel or Congressional committees.
Therefore, the veracity of the dossier would need to be confirmed through deductive reasoning. Start with the most ridiculous and implausible claim. In this case, the Russian government compromised a potential presidential candidate by filming him with prostitutes reveling at the sight of these проститутка (Russian for call-girls) defiling a bed in which Trump’s nemesis President Obama once slept. If this outrageous allegation is true, one can assume the veracity of other accusations. Therefore, existence of the video is important to the investigation, but not for the reasons one might normally expect.
For what it’s worth.
Dr. ESP
My bet is that the Russians have the tape – in hd. Trump still owes them – but there is no need to reveal it since Trump is paying dividends the Russians never expected, each and every day he undermines the foundation of the building once called America.