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| Trump's refusal to accept intelligence briefing on Russia stuns experts |
| 2016-10-15 |
| [Chicago Tribune] Excerpt - "He seems to ignore their advice," Hayden said. "Why would you assume this would change when he is in office?" The Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment. Several former intelligence officials interviewed this week believe that Trump is either willfully disputing intelligence assessments, has a blind spot on Russia, or perhaps doesn't understand the nonpartisan traditions and approach of intelligence professionals. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Maybe refusing falsified intelligence reports to avoid WW3? He' seen the Wag the Dog movie before.... |
| Posted by: One Eyed Speaking for Boskone7919 2016-10-15 17:33 |
#12  Also, I would like to nominate "the nonpartisan traditions and approach of intelligence professionals" as Snark of the Day.Posted by SteveS Ditto SteveS. I had to read it two or three times before I could believe it. The graphic is from Powell's 5 Feb 2003 'WMD Trailor' presentation at the UN. That's Director Tenet seated directly behind Powell. I'm not faulting Powell, he didn't prepare the PPT's. My point is, the Klingons knew full well the trailers had nothing to do with WMD. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-15 13:31 |
| #11 After what the CIA pulled on Bush, why would you want to listen to these 'experts'? Then there was the 9/11 failure to consider. 'Experts'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-15 12:36 |
| #10 Well said SteveS. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-10-15 11:05 |
| #9 They are not scraping the bottom, they win if they get the opposition to despair. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-10-15 11:04 |
| #8 #4 They are really scraping the bottom of the scandal barrel, aren't they? They are doing A-B testing to see what works. Said another way, it's throwing mud on a wall to see what sticks. Also, I would like to nominate "the nonpartisan traditions and approach of intelligence professionals" as Snark of the Day. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-10-15 10:44 |
| #7 They's probably tell Trump the truth to set him up when they deny it all and go with the desired narrative from the regime. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-10-15 10:26 |
| #6 Aren't those intelligence briefings politically tainted to tell the administration what it wants to hear as opposed to reality? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-10-15 10:23 |
| #5 ...sort of like putting up flak to make the bombers blink on the way into target. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-15 09:26 |
| #4 They are really scraping the bottom of the scandal barrel, aren't they? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-10-15 09:18 |
| #3 Russia stole files from the DNC? Trump doesn't accept the advice of the intelligence agencies? That's the friggin story? C'mon, give me a break. The story is what is contained in those DNC files--however they were obtained. The files show the collusion between the press, government, and Hillary's campaign to rig the election against Sanders as well as the Pubs. Why the hell would one believe anything coming from the Federal government at this point in time? Thought Hayden was a Hillary supporter. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-15 08:14 |
| #2 Didn't Hayden suggest giving Trump phony intelligence reports a few months ago? |
| Posted by: Airandee 2016-10-15 07:43 |
| #1 Interesting assessment General Hayden. Would you care to comment on President Obama's interest in the 'President's Daily Breifing (PBD)' conducted by the CIA? Has President Obama's attention to the PDB "changed" since he came into office? Feedback from the CIA is rather lacking in this regard. Enlighten us if you would. ..."or perhaps [Trump} doesn't understand the nonpartisan traditions and approach of intelligence professional." Please sir, let me give you a quick mental image of DNI Jim Clapper, testifying before congress. Would the response to tragic events in Benghazi shed any light on the "nonpartisan traditions and approach of intelligence professionals ?" Enuf said ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-15 07:40 |