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2024-03-10 Government Corruption

Ex-CIA Head Says Intel Community Might Withhold 'Sensitive' Info From Trump If He Wins Nomination

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-10 03:01|| || Front Page|| [62 views ] Top

#1 “You can’t only love America when you win”

Withholding sensitive information should be expected from the CIA; it is not like they are going to give Trump an update on the spying operation against him.

Posted by Airandee 2024-03-10 07:33|| 2024-03-10 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Erase the CIA and start over.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2024-03-10 08:43|| 2024-03-10 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ You're talking about eliminating the long-standing shadow government Mike. Are you sure ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-10 08:51|| 2024-03-10 08:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Like they share sensitive information with Joe?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-10 08:58|| 2024-03-10 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 several TLA's have lost their usefulness and are now anti-republic. DOJ,FBI.CIA

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-03-10 09:45|| www.weemfg.com 2024-03-10 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 I think you're on to something IRB.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-10 09:46|| 2024-03-10 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Funding for the alphabet agencies should be slashed and anyone over G-13 rank should be fired and not allowed to work in federal government again.

That would fix a lot of this bullshit.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-03-10 09:50|| 2024-03-10 09:50|| Front Page Top

#8 I see no downside to DV's recommendation.

Regardless of the pay grade, monitor those left standing, very closely.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-10 10:02|| 2024-03-10 10:02|| Front Page Top

#9 The CIA was created in the late 1940s from elements that existed in the US State Department and was led by Langer, a former State Department employee. It was decided by that time that in contrast to beliefs held by previous Secretaries of State that an intelligence agency was an albatross. but necessary. The CIA has proved to be that albatross, and now it will be up to President Trump to create a committee of experts who can propose decentralization of the CIA, and breaking up its various component parts. It has to be done.

Posted by Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-03-10 10:37|| 2024-03-10 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Candidate Trump — and indeed once he is again president — need not rely entirely on the CIA, etc for his information. It would be interesting for all involved should he add Rantburg, etc. to his voracious news reading list.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-10 12:31|| 2024-03-10 12:31|| Front Page Top

#11 ...In all honesty, I wouldn't trust ANYONE in ANY White House with information that could identify a source or method.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-03-10 12:36|| 2024-03-10 12:36|| Front Page Top

#12 The CIA has proved to be that albatross

"The albatross as a superstitious relic is referenced in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's well-known poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It is considered very unlucky to kill an albatross; in Coleridge's poem, the narrator killed the bird and his fellow sailors eventually force him to wear the dead bird around his neck."

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-10 13:33|| 2024-03-10 13:33|| Front Page Top

#13 This is how we know the Republic has failed: when continuity of govt is held to the whims of those currently in charge. Sorry Ben - we failed you.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-03-10 15:19|| 2024-03-10 15:19|| Front Page Top

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