{"id":76,"date":"2017-01-13T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T08:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/13\/lack-of-evidence-in-latest-ballyhooed-intel-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:22:42","slug":"lack-of-evidence-in-latest-ballyhooed-intel-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2017\/01\/13\/lack-of-evidence-in-latest-ballyhooed-intel-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of evidence in latest ballyhooed intel report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delicious bonus:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In June 2016, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, American journalist Fareed Zakaria, moderating a panel, asked Putin, \u201cThe American Republican presumptive nominee, Donald Trump\u2014you called him \u2018brilliant,\u2019 \u2018outstanding,\u2019 \u2018talented.\u2019 These comments were reported around the world. I was wondering what in him led you to that judgment, and do you still hold that judgment?\u201d Of the epithets listed by Zakaria, Putin had used only the word \u201ctalented,\u201d and he had not specified what sort of talent he had seen in Trump. Putin reprimanded Zakaria for exaggerating. \u201cLook at what I said,\u201d he said. \u201cI made an off-hand remark about Trump being a colorful person. Are you saying he is not colorful? He is colorful. I did not characterize him in any other way. But what I did note, and what I certainly welcome, and I see nothing wrong with this\u2014Mr. Trump has stated that he is ready for the renewal of a full-fledged relationship between Russia and the United States. What is wrong with that? We all welcome it. Don\u2019t you?\u201d Zakaria looked mortified: he had been caught asking an ill-informed question.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/daily\/2017\/01\/09\/russia-trump-election-flawed-intelligence\/'>Lack of evidence in latest ballyhooed intel report <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delicious bonus: In June 2016, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, American journalist Fareed Zakaria, moderating a panel, asked Putin, \u201cThe American Republican presumptive nominee, Donald Trump\u2014you called him \u2018brilliant,\u2019 \u2018outstanding,\u2019 \u2018talented.\u2019 These comments were reported around the world. 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