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2017-01-08 Government

Ex-CIA director Morrel: Trump's comments will lead to 'wave' of resignations

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 00:25|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Michael Morell with his finger on the pulse of the intelligence community. Where would we be without him.

Jim Woolsey quits Trump team. Leon Panetta rips Trump on hacking last week. Morrel sez everyone soon to quit agency. Brennan recently warned Trump about going south on Iran deal. Anyone see a pattern ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 00:41|| 2017-01-08 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 He talks as if that is a bad thing.

Given the CIA's record of llate. I don't think the 'smartest minds' are half as smart as Morell makes them out to be.

Would like to hear OldSpook comments on this...

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-08 00:51|| 2017-01-08 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Trump appears to be all about avoiding foreign entanglements, steering clear of efforts at 'regime change,' staying home and minding our own business. This obviously runs counter to the current agency business development model.

If I had to guess, I'd reckon Mike Flynn and others on the Trump train are encouraging a turning away from costly foreign political shi* disturbing intrigues, gun running and the like, in favor of a return to the more traditional role of intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination.

Wrestling power from these lizards will be quite difficult. They have obviously mounted a combined assault and enlisted the assistance of the odious and despicable Sen. Chuck Schumer and others.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 01:15|| 2017-01-08 01:15|| Front Page Top

#4 For every protest resignation there are 10 repurposed candidates.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-08 03:16|| 2017-01-08 03:16|| Front Page Top

#5 I love being lectured by a partisan traitor like Mike Morell:

Mike Morell: Man in the Middle of Benghazi Talking Points Scandal

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-08 08:22|| 2017-01-08 08:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Ditto Frank. The smarmy Morell is a poster boy for what is wrong with the intelligence community.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 08:48|| 2017-01-08 08:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Former CIA acting director Michael Morell said President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric will undermine the agency by causing a "wave of resignations" and affecting its ability to work with foreign intelligence services.

He says it like it's a bad thing.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-01-08 08:52|| 2017-01-08 08:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Good. One swamp will start to drain.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-01-08 09:02|| 2017-01-08 09:02|| Front Page Top

#9 And everyone was going to resign their commissions after teh ghey were uncloseted. Number of uncloseting-related resignations that I am aware of: zero.

Posted by 11A5S 2017-01-08 10:51|| 2017-01-08 10:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah? and they'll probably all move in next door to Lena Dunham in BC.

Posted by Cesare 2017-01-08 11:56|| 2017-01-08 11:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Toay,on one of the Sunday shows Morell said "The CIA doesn't have a political bone it's body". Yeah, the same Mike Morell that was advising HRC.

Posted by DepotGuy 2017-01-08 13:07|| 2017-01-08 13:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Ex-CIA director Morrel: Trump's comments will lead to 'wave' of resignations

Good. Make more comments.

Posted by Dave D. 2017-01-08 13:10|| 2017-01-08 13:10|| Front Page Top

#13 People resign from civil service jobs?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-01-08 13:13|| 2017-01-08 13:13|| Front Page Top

#14 People resign from civil service jobs?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru

No one is ever terminated. Resign, retire, or expire. Those really are the only options.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 13:39|| 2017-01-08 13:39|| Front Page Top

#15 N.B.: I've terminated one. I'll be retiring

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-08 13:52|| 2017-01-08 13:52|| Front Page Top

#16 "Trump's comments will lead to 'wave' of resignations"

What's the downside?

Posted by Barbara 2017-01-08 13:52|| 2017-01-08 13:52|| Front Page Top

#17 If Trump *really* wants to make heads explode, he should float the idea he is thinking about privatizing intelligence collection and analysis.

Posted by SteveS 2017-01-08 14:21|| 2017-01-08 14:21|| Front Page Top

#18 The agency is full of substandard, uninspired, unmotivated political hacks hired for their loyalty to the Clintons and the Zero.

Not a lot there to keep, I'm sure the real professionals at Langley can't wait for this to happen so they can get back to the real business of the agency

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-01-08 16:27|| 2017-01-08 16:27|| Front Page Top

#19 The agency is full of substandard, uninspired, unmotivated political hacks hired for their loyalty to the Clintons and the Zero.

One of the challenges (and there are many) is most of the bureaucrats never deploy or leave the beltway. The result is, two separate agencies; the operators and the career D.C. feather merchants.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-08 16:36|| 2017-01-08 16:36|| Front Page Top

#20 causing a "wave of resignations

Yeah, yeah, promises, promises.

Will this be before or after all the Hollyweird idiots move out?

Posted by AlanC 2017-01-08 20:05|| 2017-01-08 20:05|| Front Page Top

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