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| CIA's Mike Morell, Cited in ‘RU Hacking' Stories, Works for Longtime HRC Aide Phillippe Reines |
| 2016-12-15 |
| [Breitbart] TEL AVIV ‐ Mike Morell, the former acting director of the CIA, is generating headlines for claiming that alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election amounts to "the political equivalent of 9/11." Morell further suggested that the U.S. should respond in a significant way to the alleged Russian actions and he has given interviews supporting reports that the CIA believes Russia tried to influence the election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump. Absent from the news media coverage of Morell’s statements is that he is known for his leading role in helping to craft the infamously misleading talking points used by Obama administration officials to blame the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks on a YouTube video. The news media also failed to mention that Morell, who abruptly resigned from the CIA in June 2013, took a job that year at the Beacon Global Strategies firm, where he still works as senior counselor. Beacon was founded by Phillippe Reines, who served as Communications Adviser to Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state. From 2009-2013, Reines also served in Clinton’s State Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communications. Reines is the managing director of Beacon. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Stringers Pappy, stringers. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 18:48 |
| #13 I'll bet they meet nearly every year or so. 'Annual' meets most compensation requirements. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-15 18:44 |
| #12 Which government, friendly or otherwise, would not have used the opportunity to hack Hillary's private unsecured server full of classified info? |
| Posted by: John Frum 2016-12-15 15:02 |
| #11 How did they miss Jamie Gorelick on that board? The loathsome toad seems to be on every other one |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-12-15 14:52 |
| #10 What's really interesting is their advisory board. Posted by Pappy Yes, particularly Mr. Shedd. With the exception of Shedd and a couple of others, I'll bet they meet nearly every year or so. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 13:30 |
| #9 What's really interesting is their advisory board. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-15 13:20 |
| #8 Morell further suggested that the U.S. should respond in a significant way to the alleged Russian actions... If you leave your barn door open don't come crying to me when your cows go missing and if your server gets hacked it's your own damn fault. OK, I made a similar comment under the post about Lindsey Graham. Instead of risking a real live shooting war with Russia, how about paying attention to cyber security? Because it isn't just the Russians who are trying to hack you. The Chinese have an entire division of the PLA dedicated to cyber warfare. Then there are all kinds of smaller players; the Romanians, the Ukrainians, the Iranians, the Pakistainians, the Brazilians, the Filipinos and on and on not to mention our own government and the kid next door. This is all a squirrel. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-12-15 12:51 |
| #7 Fake News |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-12-15 09:15 |
| #6 Link to our team Do they give advice about diversity, too? If they were based in Birmingham instead of Washington the NYT would call that a Klan rally. |
| Posted by: Matt 2016-12-15 07:44 |
| #5 Exactly how long has Morell worked for the Clinton Foundation? Posted by jvalentour There is that odd chance we have the suspected employment relationships inverted ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 06:29 |
| #4 Exactly how long has Morell worked for the Clinton Foundation? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-12-15 06:14 |
| #3 Little wonder Trump is keeping them at arm's length. I can almost hear Mike Flynn saying.....'hey boss, you don't need that redundancy every morning, ask them for updates and spot reports. I'll read the traffic for you.' Does anyone ever really resign from Morell's 'former' employer ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 01:50 |
| #2 What an amazing coincidence. Phil Reines, Mike Morell, Leon Panetta, a fantastic team with worldwide offices and high-level contacts. And what was it they manufactured again at BGS ? Link to our team. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 01:43 |
| #1 So the story's not actually based on fact, but on the opinion of a guy who resigned three years ago? Just that should highlight the vaporous content of the story, much less being one of Hillary's remorae. |
| Posted by: Fred 2016-12-15 01:40 |