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Home Front: Politix
'Former' Klingon analysts write anti-Nunes Opinion Piece for yes, CNN
2018-02-16
[The Hill] Three former CIA analysts argued Wednesday that Chairman Devin Nunes (Calif.) and other Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee can’t be trusted to defend national security after they pushed for the release of a classified memo that accuses the FBI of abusing surveillance programs.

Former analysts Jeff Asher, Nada Bakos and Cindy Otis wrote in an opinion piece for CNN that Nunes degraded the committee’s effectiveness as an oversight mechanism by politicizing intelligence information.

"Republicans who were so concerned about leaks of classified information during the last year are now pushing for the release of top secret information to the public, cherry-picked to undermine agencies for which they are meant to be stewards," they wrote.

"From this point forward, the House Intelligence Committee’s assessment of the intelligence community should be met with skepticism by the public and Congress alike. When we look back on this administration in a few years, we believe this incident will be marked as one of the worst cases of politicization of intelligence in modern American history," they added.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  Does anyone with two brain cells to rub together see anything in these bios to indicate these clowns are qualified to write an opinion piece on a document that took over a year to research???

Oh yeah, the kid barista at my local starbucks is a bright kid let's have him write a hit piece on Nunes...
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-02-16 14:37  

#12  Coincidence? Yes, similar to so many others we've seen of late.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-16 14:18  

#11  Tegna, Inc. headquartered in McLean, VA. Coincidence?
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-02-16 13:27  

#10  Cindy Otis Useful(?) former Deep State idiot living out a fantasy.

Ms. Bakos worked in a key role with Starbucks Corporation Barista serving up over-priced java?

Jeff Asher crime analysis for 538 Is this Nate Silver's 538 organization? Analyzing crime for the Dems to find new opportunities? Not the same 538? Oh well, analyzing crime trends for NO--Another Dem stronghold.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-02-16 13:24  

#9  Jeff Ashers' employer: WWL-TV (New Orleans, LA) Television
WWL-TV virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 36) is a CBS-affiliated television station located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc. as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WUPL-TV (channel 54). The two stations share studio and office facilities located on Rampart Street in the historic French Quarter district; WWL-TV's transmitter is located at 4 Cooper Road in Gretna.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-02-16 11:14  

#8  
Crime analyst based in New Orleans. Crime analysis for @FiveThirtyEight and @WWLTV. Longhorn. Former CIA. asherjm@jeffasherconsulting.com
Posted by: 3dc   2018-02-16 11:11  

#7  Nada Bakos' self bio
Posted by: 3dc   2018-02-16 11:06  

#6  Cindy Otis about herself as she writes for Teen Vogue

Posted by: 3dc   2018-02-16 11:03  

#5  So these three C.I.A. analyts were against truth, freedom, honest government, and justice for those who were corrupt and treasonous? Hope Nunes and the Pubs put these three on the list of those to investigate for Deep State ties.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-02-16 10:58  

#4  He has obviously hit a nerve.

Notice that they cannot attack the substance of the memo so they are attacking the messenger...in the best traditions of the best practices of the Marxist/Leninist play book.

I wonder what the heck they will do when the DoJ IG report comes out????
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-02-16 09:58  

#3  These people have confused NATIONAL security with JOB security. This is pure ass covering and institutional reaction to being caught out committing crimes.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2018-02-16 08:55  

#2  Depends on your definition of "National Security".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-16 05:28  

#1  Article confirms Congressman Nunes is still on track and doing his job.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-16 05:22  

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