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2019-12-28 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Durham Investigation Focusing Attention On John Brennan And Some CIA Veterans Aren't Pleased
[Hot Air] A week ago the NY Times reported that the ongoing Durham investigation was looking at former CIA Director John Brennan’s possible role in pushing the Steele dossier. Today Politico published a piece which reads like push back against the Durham investigation from the CIA:

So who are these folks expressing concern about the Durham investigation? John McLaughlin is a former CIA Deputy Director who said last month "Thank God for the deep state" when talking about the push to impeach President Trump [Notice that John Brennan is sitting next to him]:
Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-28 03:28|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Shhh!
It's a secret!
Posted by ed in texas 2019-12-28 05:24||   2019-12-28 05:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Afraid the details of the opium trade will be revealed?
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2019-12-28 06:12||   2019-12-28 06:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Durham Investigation Focusing Attention On John Brennan And Some CIA Veterans Aren't Pleased

Dear CIA Veterans,

Life is full of little disappointments. This is one of them.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-12-28 07:02||   2019-12-28 07:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Take heart Brennan colleagues. Prisons everywhere are full of people disappointed about one legal outcome or another. You're in good company.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-28 07:37||   2019-12-28 07:37|| Front Page Top

#5 How can just another failed engineered coup attempt among many upset the 'veterans'? After a handful or so, its all sort of SOP isn't it?
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-28 07:41||   2019-12-28 07:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Dear CIA veterans,

You don't run the country.

You don't set foreign policy.

You aren't kingmakers.

If you don't agree with the above, resign. Otherwise worse things will come to you.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-12-28 10:19||   2019-12-28 10:19|| Front Page Top

#7 The deport or execute plan for retired bureaucrats looks better and better.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-28 10:21||   2019-12-28 10:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Afraid the details of the opium trade will be revealed?

Isn't that really what it's all about? I mean, gimme just one other reason why we're still in Afghanistan after all these years.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-12-28 12:41||   2019-12-28 12:41|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 That would explain "Russian Collision" - making Russian evidence of CIA's involvement inadmissible.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-28 13:03||   2019-12-28 13:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Shoot a few. Pour encourages les autres.
Posted by SR-71 2019-12-28 16:59||   2019-12-28 16:59|| Front Page Top

#11 John McLaughlin is a former CIA Deputy Director who said last month “Thank God for the deep state”

Thank God for Durham probe--may he use a Roto Rooter in the probe?
Posted by JohnQC 2019-12-28 18:59||   2019-12-28 18:59|| Front Page Top

#12 The only way to solve "The Beltway first, the Beltway last, the Beltway always" problem is to nuke it.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-28 21:10||   2019-12-28 21:10|| Front Page Top

#13 #12 Hear! Hear!
Posted by SR-71 2019-12-28 22:04||   2019-12-28 22:04|| Front Page Top

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