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| CIA Chief Gina Haspel Silent as Trump Attacks Her Predecessor and Patron |
| 2018-10-09 |
| [Daily Beast - 18 Aug 2018] The director of the CIA is keeping her mouth shut while her boss, President Donald Trump, punishes her predecessor, John Brennan, for his vociferous criticism. It’s an act that even a man who famously clashed with Brennan and his CIA calls "appalling." Brennan, a career CIA official whom Barack Obama made the agency’s director over substantial criticism from the political left, saw Trump take away his security clearance on Wednesday. Disconnected from any allegation, let alone evidence, that Brennan abused his clearance, Trump’s maneuver struck many intelligence observers and former officials as a naked power play: a message to the intelligence community that the president expects their personal loyalty. But CIA Director Gina Haspel, whose nomination Brennan very publicly supported and whose integrity Brennan vouched for, is remaining silent, even as the White House suggests that the same fate may await other intelligence veterans who consider Trump a danger to the country. Asked if Haspel approved of Trump stripping Brennan of his security clearance and if she had known about it or advised the president on the issue in advance, CIA spokesman Tim Barrett told The Daily Beast only: "CIA does not comment on individual security clearances." He declined to address The Daily Beast’s follow-up questions. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Thats so the Klingons can read it in their native language. https://tradukka.com/alternative?translate_source=en&translate_target=tlh&q=Than+hum |
| Posted by: Boss Spoper5850 2018-10-09 14:52 |
| #4 Brennan? brennan maghwI'! batlh Hutlh ghaH. ghaH Solpu'bogh Qay'wI' joq tu'lu'bej. |
| Posted by: Boss Spoper5850 2018-10-09 14:51 |
| #3 Brennan doesn't need any help in flapping his mouth. It was reported on Jan. 13, 2017, that Schumer Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the following: President-elect Donald Trump is “being really dumb” by taking on the intelligence community...they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” The first thing Trump did after inauguration was to travel to Langley to address CIA employees. He was sending a message to the spooks. Soon, thereafter, he fired Brennan and appointed Pompeo to head up the CIA. Haspel was well-vetted. Trump not so dumb. Schumer is looking like the a$$ that he is. C'mon NY elect someone who better represents you the next time. Schumer is a Party hack; not a Senator who represents you. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-10-09 09:04 |
| #2 It’d be nice, for a change. |
| Posted by: Bobby on the road 2018-10-09 08:37 |
| #1 The odious Brennan - Daily Beast conjecture aside, I too have noticed the silence and lack of media involvement from Director Haspel. It could mean she's a 'quiet professional,' concentrating on her primary job as the nation's top intelligence officer. I like it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-09 07:38 |