Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   No, you are hopeless Date:   10/31/2019 11:11:30 AM

I hope you understand that the government does not invest in high quality electronics.  A number of people testified that the voice recognition software often misses words and phrases.  Why else do you think that the transcript was circulated around the staff participants for insertions and corrections?  There are eliipicals in the written transcript, so if the voice recognition program was perfect there wouldn't be any ellipicals at all.  

I do not have TDS and I am nothing like Arch or GF.  And yes, I do think that the Democrats have been out to get Trump from day1.  And I do believe that the Whistleblower did coordinate with Schiff.  However, I do not believe that means everyone else is rogue, that people had concerns about what happened in that phone call.  Apparently some of them knew about Guiliani, but others didn't.  It's not a vast left wing conspiracy.  It isn't a swamp when people have valid concerns that they raise.  I can tell you that if I got called to testify before Congress, I would feel obligated to do so and I would tell the truth as I knew it. Doesn't mean that every one of my perceptions would be true, or that I knew everything there was to know.  These people can't control Congress or what Congress is trying to do and most likely they know that their careers in government are over.  so why wouln't I just tell the truth as I know it.  

Don't pretend you understand the mindset.  Yes, there are rogue players in the mix, but not everyone is rogue.  Some people try to do the right thing and actually believe in our system of government.  Generally speaking, people who play in the security assistance and diplomatic corps believe in what they are doing and are trying to do it right.  

Frankly, one of the reasons I retired when I did was that I was incensed by Bush and his decision to invade Iraq.  An idea by a bunch of political appointees with some pie in the sky idea that they were able to sell Bush.  I saw what was going on with the intell, and I thought it was wrong.  Had I been called to testify, I would have told them the truth as I knew it.  I agreed with Colin Powell.  My career would have been over, so there would have been no reason not to tell the truth.