Light On Barr's IC Hatchet Job?
A few days ago I pointed to an article in the UK Independent--a newspaper owned by a Russian "oligarch". The article, cited UK intel sources who expressed great surprise that AG Bill Barr is aggressively seeking help for the Brits in doing a 'hatchet job' on his own intel services--presumably the CIA and FBI. That could cover a lot of ground, but today CTH suggested a possible direction this could take. Here's the reasoning as I understand it, although sundance didn't spell this out explicitly. Still, it's there.
Today, Dana Rohrabacher, former GOP Congressman from California, was spotted in the Capitol. Well, why shouldn't he visit old colleagues? On the other hand, it was Rohrabacher who met with Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy in London in August, 2017. As sundance points out, at that time Assange asserted that he was able to provide proof that he did not obtain any DNC documents from Russian sources.
Question: Is Rohrabacher in DC to discuss his contact with Assange, possibly with Barr and Durham? It's possible but, of course, speculative. What's not speculative is that if Assange provided the proof he claims he has to Barr and Durham, that would blow the entire Russia Hoax narrative sky high. In that regard, there is the tantalizing fact that we know that Barr and Durham are focusing on the IC Assessment produced by Brennan, which served to keep the Russia Hoax going through the Team Mueller witchhunt, and which is still trotted out to justify that farce. Assange's proof, if proof he has, would blow that narrative away.
If true, this would certainly come under the heading of doing a 'hatchet job' on ones own intel services. Assange will be going through a full extradition hearing for his return to the US in February, 2020. As far as anyone can tell, Assange is opposing extradition and there have been no negotiations between DoJ and Assange's lawyers. But it's something to bear in mind.