Spy Name Games | National Review The time for betting is over, it is time to show us your hand. I suspect that the reasons they caterwaul, whinge, and moan when asked to show their hand is they know, it is a loser. They have been shown to be masking text not because it might disclose national secrets, sources or methods, but because the text masked embarrasses the FBI, the DOJ, and the Obama administration. More below. To a man (and woman) they will say: "I've interviewed terrorists you wouldn't believe. American Aircraft turned into attack ships on fire as they slammed through the shoulder of the World Trade Center. I watched East German submachine guns glitter in the dark near the Brandenburg Gate. All those moments will be lost, like tears in the rain. Time to die." At least, die metaphorically. They want to be remembered as men, and women of heroic valor, who did right by the United States during difficult times. They cannot comprehend that they hoisted themselves on their own petard by using the great powers of the United States espionage services to spy, and eavesdrop on an opposition candidate in a race in which they believed that candidate had no realistic chance of winning. But, win, he did. They thought their efforts would be recognized and rewarded by the incoming administration. They thought they would be feted with accolades as heroes of the United States who had helped ensure the proper order of things. Instead, they are in serious legal jeopardy, and the powers they thought they could depend upon are powerless or have turned away. Even the Deep State has little ability to thwart Trump's skill branding them as goats and his tweets which stir public sentiment against them. The media who should be feting them is instead battling to keep what small amount residual power the media still retains. These men and women believed they would be Princes and Princesses, but are reduced to functionaries and likely scapegoats. To lay down their hand is to admit their deception, their venality, their corruption. That is something they cannot do. And so, they twist until the fact out themselves at the end of months or years of costly investigations which will trigger criminal referrals, charges, and for some, perhaps many, sentences. These miscreants exist now in a maelstrom of cognitive dissonance, their worldview in constant conflict with reality. It seems likely some will become mentally ill from this conflict which rages unceasingly in their heads. I have all the time in the world to let this sort itself out. The sooner they lay down their hand, the sooner this will be over for them.
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