Thanks bud. Much appreciated. I’m looking forward to what Rex Tillerson has to say,most of the rest is pretty predictable.
If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s VERY interesting reading ....
More indications Intel assessment of Russian interference in election was rigged
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3552928/posts
A couple of key paragraphs:
Hand-picking a handful of analysts from just three intelligence agencies to write such a controversial assessment went against standing rules to vet such analyses throughout the Intelligence Community within its existing structure. The idea of using hand-picked intelligence analysts selected through some unknown process to write an assessment on such a politically sensitive topic carries a strong stench of politicization.
I also note that FBI Director James Comey said in testimony to the House Intelligence Committee the conclusion that Russia tried to affect the outcome of the election to help Trump win was based on logic, not evidence. So we now know this was a subjective judgment made by a hand-picked group of intelligence analysts.
One has to ask how these hand-picked analysts were picked. Who picked them? Who was excluded? I am also concerned that the conclusions of these hand-picked intelligence analysts were later vetted and approved by Clapper and three other intelligence agency heads.
A major problem with this process is that it gave John Brennan, CIA’s hyper-partisan former director, enormous influence over the drafting of the ICA. Given Brennan’s scathing criticism of Mr. Trump before and after the election, he should have had no role whatsoever in the drafting of this assessment. Instead, Brennan probably selected the CIA analysts who worked on the ICA and reviewed and approved their conclusions.