http://amgreatness.com/2018/06/26/defense-of-ali-watkins-exposes-the-swamp/
In an attempt to defend its hiring of Ali Watkins, the young reporter caught having an affair with a now-indicted Senate staffer responsible for protecting some of the country's most delicate secrets, the New York Times needs the reader to believe several incredible things:
President Trump, the Justice Department, and "right-wing" commentators are the true villains for targeting Watkins;
The affair between James Wolfe, the head of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee and a married man 32 years her senior, and Watkins is just an example of how "complicated" relationships can be in Washington, D.C.;
Watkins's ties to a powerful man with inside information about people related to the Trump-Russia probe had nothing to do with her being hired by top news organizations, even though she casually shared that information during job interviews;
Despite repeatedly citing unnamed "intelligence officials" in many of her articles, Watkins did not use her lover as a source;
Watkins has been on a two-week "pre-planned" vacation since her ex-boyfriend was arrested on June 7 and charged with lying to the FBI about his relationship with her. (She has worked for the Times for six months.);
Watkins - not people like Carter Page, who she smeared in her reporting thanks to classified gossip from her Scoop Daddy - is the real victim because the feds seized her email and phone records.
Got all that?
Far from the portrayal of star-crossed lovers just trying to get it on in the swamplands of D.C., the actual tale is far shadier and perhaps even dangerous. For nearly 30 years, Wolfe was in charge of safeguarding all the classified information sent to the Senate; this included top-secret documents. Ironically, he was also in charge of arranging meetings between the FBI and staffers suspected of leaking. Wolfe pleaded not guilty to three charges of lying to FBI investigators about his contacts with reporters related to leaking classified and unauthorized information.
Watkins, 26, is not a victim caught up in Donald Trump's war on the American news media. She is an ambitious journalist who accepted gifts and favors from a powerful man (perhaps more than one) in clear violation of professional ethics. ...
It simply proves that the NY Slimes hires prostitutes for its FAKE NEWSroom.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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