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WAPO cites 'battered agency' and questions new Director's ability to succeed |
2016-12-15 |
BLUF: [WAPO] There’s no question the White House worried, right up to Election Day, that Russian hackers might ignite what was already a toxic, combustible political environment. Trump’s bogus claims that the election was rigged and that he might not accept the outcome added to Obama’s concerns. Obama has five weeks left to shape the transition and deter Russian actions. The administration doesn’t rule out the possibility of taking covert action in retaliation, which officials privately said hadn’t been done before the election. The rubric now is simply that the administration will respond at a time and place of its choosing. Perhaps the trickiest task will fall to Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Trump’s nominee to head the CIA. He must reassure a battered agency workforce that the next administration values its own intelligence officers and is vigilant against machinations by foreign spies. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#5 If the new director can't succeed because the Agency's become too politicized then maybe it's time to shut it down and start a new one from scratch -- employees of the current agency ineligible to apply.. |
Posted by: Fred 2016-12-15 14:15 |
#4 Oh, that's priceless. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-12-15 12:16 |
#3 Wait until the WAPO gets the story on this one !
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Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 08:25 |
#2 Somehow, besoeker, this strikes me as an odd statement. Posted by g(r)omgoru Not odd at all if you're purpose is to sow the seeds of victimization, discord, failure and blame. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-15 07:50 |
#1 He must reassure a battered agency workforce that the next administration values its own intelligence officers and is vigilant against machinations by foreign spies. Somehow, besoeker, this strikes me as an odd statement. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-15 07:38 |