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Trump National Security Team Gets a Slow Start
The New York Times ^ | 1-18-17 | Mark Landler

Posted on 01/19/2017 7:21:09 AM PST by mulder1

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has written 275 briefing papers for the incoming Trump administration: nearly 1,000 pages of classified material on North Korea’s nuclear program, the military campaign against the Islamic State, tensions in the South China Sea, and every other kind of threat the new team could face in its first weeks in office.

Nobody in the current administration knows whether anyone in the next has read any of it.

Less than three days before President Obama turns the keys to the White House, and the nuclear codes, over to President-elect Donald J. Trump, Mr. Trump’s transition staff has barely engaged with the National Security Council below the most senior levels. His designated national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, has met four times with his Obama counterpart, Susan E. Rice, most recently on Tuesday afternoon.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; nyslimes; security; slow; susanrice; susanricelol; team; trump; trumpadm; trumpcabinet; trumpnatlsecurity; trumpsecurity; trumptransition
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But the chronic upheaval in Mr. Trump’s transition, a delay in appointing senior National Security Council staff members, and a dearth of people with security clearances have deprived the Trump team of weeks of prep work on some of the most complex national security issues facing the country.

“We really wanted to make sure there was nothing a new team needed to know that we hadn’t told them,” Ms. Rice said in an interview. “It took them more time than we expected for them to be ready to engage with us.” Now, she added, “we’re racing to make up lost time.”

1 posted on 01/19/2017 7:21:09 AM PST by mulder1
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To: mulder1

Balderdash

Tell me that Flynn and Mattis don’t know what’s what


2 posted on 01/19/2017 7:23:36 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: mulder1

Propagandist fake news


3 posted on 01/19/2017 7:23:42 AM PST by Professional
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To: mulder1
First they said he was going to fast....now too slow...

Just more news that isn't news at all.

4 posted on 01/19/2017 7:25:13 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: mulder1
I'm sure Flynn doesn't have much patience for a quisling like Rice. She is as unqualified for her job as obozo is for his job.
5 posted on 01/19/2017 7:26:28 AM PST by peeps36 (Obama = the skidmark on America's underwear.)
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To: mulder1

Absolutely fake fraudulent news.
Trump had the BEST intel sources on earth, probably better than the Mossad.

If i were him i would pay top dollar to have Israeli intel services.

But i’m not him, he is way smarter than i.


6 posted on 01/19/2017 7:26:31 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (MAGA)
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To: mulder1

My bad. I clicked on this stupid link before noticing it was fed to the Slimes by Suzie “Stinky” Rice. My very bad.


7 posted on 01/19/2017 7:26:45 AM PST by Resettozero
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To: mulder1
Nobody in the current administration knows whether anyone in the next has read any of it.

NObody? You've talked to EVERYbody in the Trump administration have you, New York Slimes?

8 posted on 01/19/2017 7:27:44 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Nifster

“Nobody in the current administration knows whether anyone in the next has read any of it”

Why would they tell “them”. All they are gonna do is share it with there lib media buddies anyway.


9 posted on 01/19/2017 7:31:05 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Professional

Well it is the Slimes...


10 posted on 01/19/2017 7:31:36 AM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: Professional
Propagandist fake news

EXACTLY. NYSLIMES ALERT!

11 posted on 01/19/2017 7:33:50 AM PST by PGalt (HOORAY Mr. Donald J. Trump)
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To: mulder1
Nobody in the current administration knows whether anyone in the next has read any of it.

This is just pitifully pathetic.

12 posted on 01/19/2017 7:34:35 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: mulder1

I would walk into the white house, have a fire barrel ready outside, then drop everything in and light it up. I would then explain to the media what it is and why I’m doing it. Basically explain that I don’t trust anything they said.


13 posted on 01/19/2017 7:37:50 AM PST by wastedyears (Helping create and saving thousands of jobs before 1/20/2017.)
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To: mulder1; LS

More fake news and lies by the Ny Slimes. The Slimes and Compost are incapable of printing the truth anymore.

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14 posted on 01/19/2017 7:38:43 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The deadliest Islamic terror cell America has ever faced is leaving office, 20 Jan 2017!!)
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To: mulder1
Nobody in the current administration knows whether anyone in the next has read any of it.

Observation: Nobody in the exiting Obama team knows anything.

Conclusion: The Trump team must be incompetent.

FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!


15 posted on 01/19/2017 7:39:57 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Gaffer

Not to mention the number of papers/pages seems essentially like overkill. Maybe it’s all just reiterations of what the transition team already knows padded with verbosity, opinion and adoring references to zer0’s sagacity.


16 posted on 01/19/2017 7:41:18 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: mulder1
What BS! Flynn is far more capable than Susan Rice...he and his team will hit the ground running.

There's reason #1 for hiring people with military experience, the ability to step into new situations and be productive on day one.

When I was a butterbar, I was never in one job more than 6-7 months. Chaparral Platoon Leader, three months later the PL for both Chaparral platoons. Several months later, Vulcan PL for six months, then Maintenance Officer. My training for that thankless role was a week long Motor Officer course.

Following that seven months in hell, I was kicked upstairs to Battalion HQ, as the word came down our NBC (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical) program was going to be inspected by Department of the Army. I was recommended for that job by S-3 staff who saw how I handled that extra duty at battery level.

Shortly after that, I was assigned as the XO for a 3 month TDY at a German anti-aircraft range. Our support detachment consisted of 40 soldiers from units throughout Germany: cooks, MP's, mechanics, etc. Our support was 200 miles away (Bremerhaven), and home base was 400 miles away. My interpreter was reassigned to other duties after my first meeting with the German base commander: after a couple years in country, I spoke the language quite well.

Trump's people are not the professorial types preferred by Obama...he's bringing in people who know how to lead and make independent decisions, react to situations with a clear head, and the bad guys around the world understand that.

17 posted on 01/19/2017 7:41:37 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: mulder1

The last time they prepped the transition material, we got 911.


18 posted on 01/19/2017 7:41:40 AM PST by Ingtar (.)
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To: Nifster

Exactly correct!


19 posted on 01/19/2017 7:41:50 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: reformedliberal

Probably plagiarized from Wikipedia, to boot. They aren’t that smart.


20 posted on 01/19/2017 7:43:30 AM PST by Gaffer
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