“One of the sources cited in the thread indicated that the indictment was sealed for national security reasons, so the identities of the targets won’t be known publicly until they are taken into custody.”
“National Security” humpf! Everything is related to our national security so we shouldn’t be allowed to know or do anything...
U.S. Attorney Dana Boente — who served briefly as the Acting AG when Sally Yates was fired, announced his retirement on the same day the indictments were handed up. As the U.S. Attorney for the Virginia district he was working with Mueller’s team. This announcement was probably not a coincidence.
Of course it is a national security matter, which covers everything under the sun about any scandal which involves colluding with the Ruskies. So, anyone from Carter Paige through Trump’s chauffeur could be involved so they are covered as they manipulate the press away from the real scandals: Uranium One; the Dossier and using it for political surveillance; the Seth Richards murder; and last but not least the Comey cover up investigation into the Clintoon e mails. Now armed with arrest warrants, they can go snatch up those they wish to get before the cameras in an orchestrated event. Expect someone to be grabbed today for the sunday morning shows; then sunday night through early tuesday. Drip Drip Drip, gee who could be next. The point will be to drive Trump into a rage because surely one of the arrested will be close to him or his family. Recall the commentary about the lack of disclosure regarding the foreign contacts portion of some form. Easiest to prove. One of those arrested will be given a “choice”: dream up something on Trump or face the music with the rest. Whom that is, time will tell. Meanwhile everyone in the media will be breathless as all the oxygen is out of the real scandals and even Las Vegas. The only part of the play is whether Trump takes the bait and fires all the jerks at the DOJ beginning with Sessions and down through the entire SC group. Surely that would begin an impeachment process with Ryan saying he has to do it for the good of the country (so he can come back and save it.) His castling thing would be to preemptively give them all a pardon.