#bossert

[solivar]

The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus

Experts inside and outside the government identified the threat early on and sought to raise alarms even as President Trump was moving slowly. Read some of what they had to say among themselves at critical moments.

[sarcasticcynic]

Trump Was Repeatedly Warned That Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Completely Debunked’

Thomas P. Bossert, President Trump’s first homeland security adviser, said he was “deeply disturbed” that Mr. Trump had urged Ukraine to investigate Democrats.

Before Trump was inaugurated, U.S. intelligence agencies briefed him on Russia’s election interference. As we know, Trump didn’t believe them, and instead asked questions about a conspiracy theory that Ukraine had hacked the DNC’s computers and then framed Russia, “possibly at the behest of Democratic operatives.” His Homeland Security Adviser, Thomas P. Bossert, explained that the theory was “without merit.”

In February of 2017, the director of the National Security Agency, Mike Rogers, explained to Trump--again, and in detail--that Ukraine had not hacked the DNC and did not have a DNC computer server. The conspiracy theory was “completely debunked.”

Which naturally explains why, when Trump spoke on the telephone with the President of Ukraine 2½ years later, Trump asked him as a “favor” to investigate that completely debunked conspiracy theory.

White House personnel report that Trump would “revert to believing it was a plot by Democrats or Ukrainians or others after speaking with associates outside the administration like [Rudy] Giuliani.” Bossert--who remains a loyal Trump supporter after leaving the administration--is “deeply disturbed”:

“I am deeply frustrated with what he and the legal team is doing and repeating that debunked theory to the president. It sticks in his mind when he hears it over and over again, and for clarity here, George [Stephanopoulos], let me just again repeat that it has no validity. ... The D.N.C. server and that conspiracy theory has got to go; they have to stop with that.”

Good luck with that.

[mudwerks]

It is very interesting to me that Tom Bossert, who was previously TV-prez's Homeland Security Advisor, is now speaking out.

He was the only one in that administration that really knew what he was talking about - especially in the tech and digital security areas. I didn't agree with a lot of his politics - but the guy is solid and straightforward, and very knowledgeable.

He tried (unsuccessfully) to get trumpf to stop spreading redonkulous conspiracy theories, because that garbage makes us weaker as a nation.

#GOPcorruption

[nini-dirthara-lothlenanas]

“wast valorous to see thee again.”

Vossert @kael-haustefort-xiv

[anitanh]

 Hellas and Rome (1936). Found in the Internet Archive by AnitaNH

[ericbussart-blog]

SCRANTON BASED MURAL ARTIST PORTFOLIO: This collection of works has been curated to showcase my best MURALS.  As a MURALIST I have completed a wide range of commissions for numerous clients in Scranton PA and in NYC and PHILLY. I have worked on huge exterior Murals and small detailed interior jobs. Being based in Scranton, I am positioned perfectly between New York City and Philadelphia.  I work freelance across all three cities.  I am also a member of the mural artist collective NEAP or north east art project.

[anitanh]

Alt Kreta Kunst und Kunstgewerbe im Agaische Kulturkreise (1921). Found in the Internet Archive by AnitaNH

[anitanh]

An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration From the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century (1928). Found in the Internet Archive by AnitaNH

A new addition to the booklist: https://anitanh.com/books/