Tyler Durden — Clapper Busted Leaking Dossier Details To CNN's Jake Tapper, Lying To Congress About It

Now both Comey and Clapper caught out for leading classified information of a political nature.

Zero Hedge
Clapper Busted Leaking Dossier Details To CNN's Jake Tapper, Lying To Congress About It

Tyler Durden

Edward Harrison — Why the Fed was talking to big money investors, leading to a major leak

Too much jawboning.

Credit Writedowns
Why the Fed was talking to big money investors, leading to a major leak
Edward Harrison

Claire Zillman — How Obama’s National Security Advisor Landed at the Center of Trump’s Wiretapping Claims

What we know so far is that Susan Rice did receive unredacted intelligence reports in which US citizens names were revealed ("unmasked"). 

Rice admits this and adding that it was not illegal to do so and no political use was made of the information. She points out that "unmasking" is not leaking, which is illegal, and she asserts that she did not leak anyone's name.

Who leaked Michael Flynn's name to David Ignatius, who then wrote in the New York Times about Flynn's meetings with the Russian ambassador, remains unknown. 

Since this information improperly identifying Flynn publicly was obtained through intelligence, it is a felony offense punishable by a prison sentence of up to ten years.

Presently, I have not seen a comprehensive non-partisan objective analysis of the situation. The alternative is piecing together a scenario using different sources.

This is complicated by Trump proponents and the Obama/Clinton proponents spinning the story oppositionally and sometime in a contradictory way. So it is difficult to tease out where the truth may lie in these narratives whose purpose is to dominate the news cycle.

It has been established, however, that the Obama administration had specific intelligence about the Trump team, which had previously not been established. What they did with it is so far unclear, as it the identity of the leaker(s). 

Fortune
How Obama’s National Security Advisor Landed at the Center of Trump’s Wiretapping Claims
Claire Zillman

The Real Russiagate: Obama’s Stasi State — Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts

Law requires Trump to arrest those responsible and to put them on trial for treason and conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States. If Trump fears to prosecute the Obama operatives within the Deep State, they will try all the harder to attack him to the point of forcing his removal or at least discrediting him and his fellow Republicans to pave the way for the 2018 elections.

Paul Craig Roberts
The Real Russiagate: Obama’s Stasi State — Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts
Crossposted at Counterpunch