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Home Front: Politix
Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell Now Has Regrets
2017-12-12
Goodness. Capable of reflection, at last?
[Daily Caller] Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell thinks that intelligence agencies were too harsh to Trump during the campaign and presidential transition, according to an interview released Monday.

Morell, who left the CIA in 2013 after serving as its acting director twice, endorsed Hillary Clinton in an August 2016 New York Times op-ed.

Politico’s Susan Glassner asked Morell if getting involved was a mistake and the former CIA official said that it wasn’t, but that "there were downsides to it that I didn’t think about at the time."

"I was concerned about what is the impact it would have on the agency, right? Very concerned about that, thought that through. But I don’t think I fully thought through the implications," Morell said.

"So, let’s put ourselves here in Donald Trump’s shoes. So, what does he see? Right? He sees a former director of CIA and a former director of NSA, Mike Hayden, who I have the greatest respect for, criticizing him and his policies. Right? And he could rightfully have said, ’Huh, what’s going on with these intelligence guys?’ Right?"

Be sure to read 'The Swamp Against The People' from the 'American Thinker' found in this morning's Burg, or at this link.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  If the Libertarian party can't manage to put some candidates into local or state office after these examples of government overreach they should just give up as a party.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-12-12 13:42  

#9  Maxine "Aunt Esther" Waters has said they were behind the Crack epidemic in the black community in the 90's. Truckload of salt required
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-12 13:19  

#8  Did the CIA every quit dealing in drugs after Vietnam?
Posted by: 3dc   2017-12-12 11:35  

#7  Regrets being caught. Nothing more.
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-12-12 11:13  

#6  I still wonder about all of the weapons, ammo, armored vehicles, bullet proof vests, and helmets that the BLM, IRS, and EPA bought under Obama's watch.

Not only were those agencies politicized, but they were armed and dangerous. I would hope at some point Trump would have these non-law enforcement agencies divest themselves of all of that paramilitary paraphernalia...
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-12-12 10:09  

#5  â€™Huh, what’s going on with these intelligence guys?’ Right?"

They are (or were) the 'deep state' puppet masters, the 'shadow government' behind the indolent Soetoro, Bush, and arse-bandit Clinton. The Hildebeest was to be the continuing chapter. Morell was a career analyst. As Brennan's #2, Morell knew precisely what was taking place and what he and others were doing. It all went tragically wrong for them with outsider Donald Trump.

Now he feints ignorance, regret. Nice try Mr. Morell, but it looks like another 'air ball.'

Examine the power structure of any of history's totalitarian regimes and you will oftentimes find the intelligence apparatus neatly woven into, or in the seat of the senior political structure. Vladimir Putin is a contemporary example.

Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-12 04:59  

#4  or the school lunch kale

Don't underestimate lunch kale - childhood malnutrition can affect your entire life.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-12 03:46  

#3   "there were downsides to it that I didn’t think about at the time."

Downsides like what if your coup attempt failed and your side lost the election? Was he perhaps one of the guys threatening not to brief Trump during the transition? "Didn't think things through" is a pretty damning and shameful admission for the head of an intelligence agency.

IMAO, the damage Obama did to America was not the international bowing and scraping, the mom jeans or the school lunch kale. It was the destruction of trust in government agencies like the IRS, the EPA, the DOJ, the FBI and the CIA. All of them have been turned into partisan political weapons that were (and are) being used against the Democrat's opponents. So much for that whole "nation of laws" thing.

Posted by: SteveS   2017-12-12 01:42  

#2  â€™Huh, what’s going on with these intelligence guys?’ Right?"

Well, backing the corrupt communists in the democrat party could have been a clue if any of you klingons had any intelligence.


As far as I AM concerned, I do not have a government right now.
Just corrupt democrat party members.
Democrat national socialists without swastikas weaponizing the government against the opposition and regular Americans who just want to go about their lives.

It would be one thing if you were any good at your jobs at all, but you are the opposite of that because your ideology always corrupts correct thinking.

False doctrine is just that and I will always remember your misfeasance / malfeasance, lack of character, and lack of Faith past the day of your passing.

This goes for all of you federal goons who used your positions to support the nastiest people on earth - the democrat party - in land where my feet are planted.
Posted by: newc   2017-12-12 01:01  

#1  Is he still on Clinton’s payroll? Seems to this is the beginning of a plea bargain or positioning for immunity.
Posted by: jvalentour   2017-12-12 00:27  

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