When I got up this morning I read this comment from you and I feel I should reply. Normally I try to leave the last word to the person with whom I am speaking.
Once again I ask that you accept my apology for making you feel insulted. I have read your comments to others in the past, and did not realize you are thin skinned. If we have a disagreement/discussion in the future I will do my best to tone down my rhetoric. It is never my intention to hurt someone's feelings.
Just so you know my comments regarding a "smell test" or "legalese mumbo jumbo" were not intended as a retort toward your comments, although after reading what I wrote I can see how it came off that way.
What I meant to say was you are absolutely right that there needs to be proof of malfeasance before any legal action should be taken. But absence of proof does not mean the situation does not stink to high heaven.
The headline of The NY Times article specifically used the word wiretap. In the article they quoted Flynn's words with his Russian counterpart. Quotes that later proved to be exact. The article says it had/used the transcript from the wiretap. The article specifically named Flynn, in direct contravention of the law, an admission Gowdy had to drag out of Comey, using hypotheticals, knowing Comey would refuse to answer otherwise.
Gowdy admitted the difficulty in finding the leaker. There are countless people in the FBI, CIA and DNI with the capability of unmasking the names of American citizens, who could then pass the information to the Times. It will be next to impossible to find the felon that did it.
But, to me, that doesn't mean a felony didn't occur. It just means there is so much "legal mumbo jumbo" the felon knows he can't get caught. Won't get caught. Nothing will happen.
Anyway, once again please accept my apology for being so obtrusive. Let me buy you lunch in an attempt to make up!