I am new to this forum and really appreciate both the well thought out opinions and the tongue in cheek humor. One thing that always strikes me as odd is that so many people place so much trust on a media outlet who prints some story by saying "we have 9 secret sources close to the investigation who have confirmed"....yada, yada, yada. Of course they know they will never have to divulge a source, that's a first amendment deal. Of course, if it was Comey, it could be true and he is known to leak things and he certainly would know, probably not because that would show extreme cowardice at this point. The US Army still has small units of people who are called the Psychological Operations Units who intentionally create false media stories, in other countries of course.
Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Specialist (37F). When I was young I had that training. One of the fundamental things they do is create documents to distribute on paper, blogs, social media, etc in which they claim they have some secret data from some government official that said this or that. So, every time I see articles like the ones flying around today where it says somebody has snitched off what was actually said in the courtroom to a FISA judge I must wonder who is really so limited as to believe it when they hide their sources. Of course I believe in protecting sources, but when the security of this still free country is at stake, seems to me they should adopt a higher standard with a higher degree of integrity. Just because you perceive the other guys as liars , crooks and cheats does nothing to justify you to stooping to their level. Just my old opinion, I might be wrong.