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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:26 AM Jan 2018

The full 'secret society' text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest?

By MIKE LEVINE Jan 24, 2018, 8:16 PM ET

For the past 24 hours, a number of Republican lawmakers have been suggesting that a months-old text message between two FBI officials reveals a "secret society" of federal law enforcement officials clandestinely plotting against President Donald Trump.

Lawmakers have refused to publicly release the full text message, sent the day after Trump won the 2016 presidential election. But ABC News has obtained a copy of the one message that Republicans appear to be citing, and it's unclear if the message's reference to a “secret society” may have been made in jest.

"Are you even going to give out your calendars? Seems kind of depressing. Maybe it should just be the first meeting of the secret society," FBI lawyer Lisa Page wrote to senior FBI agent Peter Strzok, who was working on the FBI’s probe of Russian meddling in the presidential election and would later join Page for a brief period on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team.

That text stands alone in the series of messages obtained by ABC News – with no apparent tie to other messages sent before or after it.

In another text message obtained by ABC News, sent the day after the presidential election in November 2016, Strzok told Page: "Omg I am so depressed."

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The full 'secret society' text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest? (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP

Of course it is. People in secret societies don't talk about the secret society underpants Jan 2018 #1

YEP... Zoonart Jan 2018 #10

At least it was only the first meeting of the secret society Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #2

The vast majority of Americans woke up the day after the 2016 election Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #3

I figured it was code for a night of serious imbibing Ilsa Jan 2018 #4

Exactly. We used to call it "choir practice" when we'd go drink on Wednesday nights NightWatcher Jan 2018 #8

There's a bar near here called "The Carpool" lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #14

or a nite that the 2 of them would be able to hook up PRETZEL Jan 2018 #16

Yes, joke. I mean, what are the alternatives? dchill Jan 2018 #5

So, what's the difference between this & a bunch of old white men meeting in secret in a basement kydo Jan 2018 #6

Exactly! Zoonart Jan 2018 #11

My exact first thought upon hearing about Ilsa Jan 2018 #15

This is what happens when most of government is made up of old men Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #7

If I had a secret society, I'd definitely talk about it in text messages. alarimer Jan 2018 #9

My friend said he was curled up in a fetal position woodsprite Jan 2018 #12

Of course it's ridicule C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #13

Yes, we call it The Order of the Phoenix. Ilsa Jan 2018 #17

The Society Restaurant & Lounge 8229 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 hexola Jan 2018 #18

The Secret Society - Portland OR hexola Jan 2018 #19

underpants

(183,043 posts)

1. Of course it is. People in secret societies don't talk about the secret society

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:27 AM

Jan 2018

or at least that's what a friend told me.

Zoonart

(11,916 posts)

10. YEP...

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:53 AM

Jan 2018

the first rule of fight club.

Farmer-Rick

(10,242 posts)

2. At least it was only the first meeting of the secret society

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:28 AM

Jan 2018

Mr. Ected

(9,675 posts)

3. The vast majority of Americans woke up the day after the 2016 election

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:29 AM

Jan 2018

And said, "OMG I am so depressed".

We're still depressed. But we're also angry because a treasonous treacherous traitor is masquerading as President and has assembled a partisan gauntlet to protect him.

Ilsa

(61,720 posts)

4. I figured it was code for a night of serious imbibing

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:33 AM

Jan 2018

at their favorite watering hole, Uber apps ready to go.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

8. Exactly. We used to call it "choir practice" when we'd go drink on Wednesday nights

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:46 AM

Jan 2018

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

14. There's a bar near here called "The Carpool"

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:29 AM

Jan 2018

an obvious ploy to attract thirsty commuters and provide a plausible alibi.

So "The Secret Society" seems like a great name for a bar, too.

PRETZEL

(3,245 posts)

16. or a nite that the 2 of them would be able to hook up

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:50 AM

Jan 2018

they were having an affair after all.

dchill

(38,626 posts)

5. Yes, joke. I mean, what are the alternatives?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:35 AM

Jan 2018

kydo

(2,679 posts)

6. So, what's the difference between this & a bunch of old white men meeting in secret in a basement

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:36 AM

Jan 2018

room and various "off site" restaurants to plot to make Obama a one term President?

Zoonart

(11,916 posts)

11. Exactly!

Reply to kydo (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:54 AM

Jan 2018

IOKYAR on steriods.

Ilsa

(61,720 posts)

15. My exact first thought upon hearing about

Reply to kydo (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:44 AM

Jan 2018

these paranoid, diabolical, (unwitting?) russian assets.

Blue_Adept

(6,402 posts)

7. This is what happens when most of government is made up of old men

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:45 AM

Jan 2018

They lack the understanding of modern communications and interaction.

Plus they just see evil in everything. Everything is a conspiracy.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)

9. If I had a secret society, I'd definitely talk about it in text messages.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 09:47 AM

Jan 2018

And maybe we'd meet in a secret clubhouse, complete with "secret clubhouse" neon sign.

woodsprite

(11,941 posts)

12. My friend said he was curled up in a fetal position

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:20 AM

Jan 2018

after he heard the election news. I don't think he was in his office at the time, and I don't think he'd be a noob enough to put his feelings in emails or texts to his coworkers.

C_U_L8R

(45,040 posts)

13. Of course it's ridicule

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:26 AM

Jan 2018

Rightwing nut jobs had been pushing that deep state nonsense all though the election.

Ilsa

(61,720 posts)

17. Yes, we call it The Order of the Phoenix.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:57 AM

Jan 2018

The kids have their own club, Dumbledore's Army. It's all designed to fight and defeat those pesky Death Eaters, GOPers, and those voluntarily afflicted with trumpitis.

hexola

(4,835 posts)

18. The Society Restaurant & Lounge 8229 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 12:26 PM

Jan 2018

http://societyss.com/event/secret-society-2/

hexola

(4,835 posts)

19. The Secret Society - Portland OR

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 12:27 PM

Jan 2018

https://www.secretsociety.net/lounge/

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