> He added, “It won’t stick…. Because it’s clearly false, and the American people are smarter than politicians think they are.” He's wrong, it will stick. What

> He added, “It won’t stick…. Because it’s clearly false, and the American people are smarter than politicians think they are.” He's wrong, it will stick. What makes it stick is not which story is told first, its the one that's being told the most. In the end the media will just be beating this story to absolute pulp and most Americans will probably respond with absolute apathy towards the whole thing. In EU we're just getting a good kick out of a classic spy story, and hope the protagonist wins. In the U.S. people are constantly drawn between two strongman caliber opinions of what it means to be a true patriot. The "traitor" thing usually ticks off a lot folks, and imho will just more quickly draws them towards that side of the argument, just to be save.