If someone suddenly turns on Trump are they a turncoat, a patriot running a sting op, or something else? When criminal acts are involved the guilty party needs to be held to account, but for everything else I tread lightly in my judgement. I can have a guess about the ultimate motive, but I cannot be sure. This is why I rarely discuss individuals, as I have little to say.

Indeed, I get vitriolic feedback at times for either my absence of commentary and condemnation of personalities, or my choice to repost something in "message over messenger" mode. I am not a machiavellian type, and analysis of intrigue isn't my forte. Better to leave that to those who grasp the nuance of character and the substance of spycraft.

what i see are a lot jumping quickly to share the newest “intel” without even attempting to check it out. they want, NEED, to be the first ones to get it out. i dont want to be the one, who participated in deceiving, smearing, giving bad intel and forming others wrong perceptions. none of us know, without a shadow of a doubt, anything and if we do, things can change.