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2020-09-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Investigators have learned that Obama CIA Director John Brennan ran a secret task force out of Langley with its own separate budget to investigate Trump campaign and alleged ties to Russia.


It is being said that Brennan had a CIA unit outside of DC studying Trump over a year before the election. But, Trump wasn't even a top Republican contender then... so did he have a unit set up for each Republican contender? Why no discussion on that?

If each investigator earned $80K a year it would be a $150K a year cost to the CIA. If they earned $180K to $220K costing would need to be $400K per year per investigator. Office help is $40K costing about $80K with benefits. Office cost in D.C about $10K per person. There were 17 Republican Candidates so for cell type CIA grouping .. an office suite for each = 17 suites. Then the question is how many people in each group? Sn=seniors per group In=juniors per group, Hn= Office help per group.

Cost = 17(candidate count) * (group cost)[ Sn*$400K + In*$150K +Hn*(office help cost in DC) + + suite lease cost + material & research cost per group ]

so assume per group Sn=3 In=8 Hn=2 for 13 people per group. So group cost = 3*400K +8*150K +2*80K +13*10K + material & R&D
= 2.69M + misc
so 17x cost = 45.73 million plus 17*misc_costs.



Gateway Pundit - Sperry: John Brennan Was Running Secret CIA Task Force Out of Langley to Investigate Trump Before FBI Probe Launched in July 2016.

Should actually come as no surprise. In addition to FBI Director Wraye, perhaps Senator Graham can also thank John Brennan for his cooperation.
Posted by Thraling Munster5941 2020-09-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 "He’d been doing this well before Trump. As I have reported."

Obama must have had him looking at all the so called "enemies of Obama" during the first term
Posted by 746 2020-09-09 01:14||   2020-09-09 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 No shit, Sherlocks. This isn't news.
Either McCarthy or Solomon (?) broke this story about Soetoro & Brennan's "war room" three years ago
Posted by Crose and Tenille1716 2020-09-09 02:07||   2020-09-09 02:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Now to investigate Biden's ties to Ukraine and 0Bama regime's ties to Iran.

But publicly.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-09 04:07||   2020-09-09 04:07|| Front Page Top

#4 I do not think Brennan was tasked to investigate Trump. His efforts were to ensure that Trump would be investigated.
Posted by Airandee 2020-09-09 06:39||   2020-09-09 06:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe, just maybe, CIA is - just a bit - too independent? Asking for a friend.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 06:42||   2020-09-09 06:42|| Front Page Top

#6 /\. Hence DNI to clip CIA's wings or just another MASSIVE [deep-state] bureaucracy?
Posted by Clem 2020-09-09 07:23||   2020-09-09 07:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe the CIA may have other financing ways...
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-09 08:36||   2020-09-09 08:36|| Front Page Top

#8 ^Like why USA in Afghanistan?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-09 08:49||   2020-09-09 08:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Ref #6. The DNI is a powerless non-entity created to provide the illusion of oversight and control.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-09 09:02||   2020-09-09 09:02|| Front Page Top

#10 So the Central Intelligence Agency wasn't "enough" after 9/11. All part and parcel of government just getting bigger and bigger and BIGGER.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-09 09:06||   2020-09-09 09:06|| Front Page Top

#11 #7 and #8, well, somebody got the money from all that Afghan opium.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-09-09 11:25||   2020-09-09 11:25|| Front Page Top

#12 Or, should I say, is getting?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-09-09 11:26||   2020-09-09 11:26|| Front Page Top

#13 I thought CIA couldn't operate in the Us against US citizens?
Posted by Glenmore 2020-09-09 13:21||   2020-09-09 13:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Personal slush fund as well. All on a "black" budget that nobody audits.

I want to see Brennan die in prison, in an orange jumpsuit.
Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-09 17:12||   2020-09-09 17:12|| Front Page Top

#15 Re #13: LEGALLY, they can't. But those laws are for the little people.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-09-09 18:18||   2020-09-09 18:18|| Front Page Top

#16 It's more likely that Brennan had ties to Russia than Trump. After all, It was Brennan who voted for a communist running in a U.S. election.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-09-09 22:42||   2020-09-09 22:42|| Front Page Top

#17 But Russia's not Communist....I mean, wasn't the Cold War all about fighting "Communism"?
Posted by Clem 2020-09-09 23:35||   2020-09-09 23:35|| Front Page Top

#18 More along the lines of breaking up the USSR and reducing Soviet influence.
Posted by gorb 2020-09-09 23:55||   2020-09-09 23:55|| Front Page Top

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