Posted on 05/14/2017 6:11:13 AM PDT by onyx
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On January 6, 2017, the U.S. Intelligence Community issued an “Intelligence Community Assessment” (ICA) that found Russia deliberately interfered in the 2016 presidential election to benefit Trump’s candidacy. The news media and Trump critics have claimed this assessment ended the debate on this issue because it was the unanimous and objective conclusion of “all 17” U.S. Intelligence Agencies.
I also contended in my January article that the January 6 ICA was suspicious because it reached unusually clear judgments on a politically explosive issue with no dissenting views.
I previously thought the ICA’s unambiguous, dissent-free judgments were the result of limiting the number of intelligence agencies which could participate. But based on Clapper’s testimony, it appears that politicization of this assessment was much more serious.
Clapper explained in his testimony that two dozen or so “seasoned experts” were “handpicked” from the contributing agencies” and drafted the ICA “under the aegis of his former office” (the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.)
While Clapper claimed these analysts were given “complete independence” to reach their findings, he added that their conclusions “were thoroughly vetted and then approved by the directors of the three agencies and me.”
This process drastically differed from the Intelligence Community’s normal procedures.
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 Comey said in testimony
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Although YUGE, both of these pale in comparison to the biggest scam in history.
The assassination of President Kennedy.
Lets make it third, the first was Evolution, the mother of them all.
Just dropping this tidbit here.
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Re: [OS] US/CT- 5/22- James R. Clapper Jr. is the leading candidate
for national intelligence position
Quick update: A couple articles below on DNI replacement. It seems many
of those interviewed have turned the job down. Civilians won’t take it.
Panetta laughed off a suggestion that he would be the only one with
political clout to make the ODNI work (though he’s NOT one of the rumoured
replacements). The cliche goes that if a military man gets a request from
the Commander-in-Chief, he follows it.
That leaves Clapper.
McCarthy WAS right you know....commies are everywhere..!
“The other part is a presumption that we always have to trust anyone who is an establishment-credentialed intelligence expert without demanding to see their facts and data.”
That presumption is almost always guaranteed to be wrong, especially if it involves politics.
Politics is first and foremost about self interest on a grand scale, therefore it is always wise to question motives.
2012? clinton tried to unseat obama?
She decided to not run - it had been rumored she was contemplating a challenge.
This is a keeper. Those lousy $^!//!/@%÷$rs, treasonous rats. I hope they all hang. What a ball and chain this nonsense has been from the beginning. Cut it loose and this administration will soar and us along with it.
Hope you have lots of coffee and donuts for your visitors, provocateur.
Ping
Obama illegally SPIED on the Trump campaign and simply had to come up with some BOGUS justification for doing so, to be CRAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS AFTER THE FACT. The 'Russia' thing was such justification, 100% BOGUS.
liberals believe what the want to believe, all the need is a little encouragement thrown out there and they gobble it right up. Now the average liberal on the street thinks Trump is an insane fascist dictator hated by everyone (left and right) and is hanging by a thread with impeachment and removal coming at any moment
On the flip side, you have to wonder why Trump, who is the chief executive officer of all 17 intelligence agencies, has not figured this out.
Why has Trump allowed the alleged Russian election interference issue to publicly fester for the last four months?
Why hasn't Trump identified the two dozen “handpicked experts” so other intelligence experts can judge if the two dozen were actually biased.
Why hasn't Trump released a redacted version of the report that Comey, Clapper, and the third guy wrote?
Personally, I think this whole Russian issue is a steaming pile of political poop.
But Trump has done nothing serious to dispel the cloud of suspicion that has been created by the Democrats and the MSM.
I really wish we could get to the bottom of this. I believe that Trump didn’t collude with the Russians, and I’m skeptical that Russia even hacked the election in the first place.
The idiots on CNN the other day actually said that Trump is obsessed with Russia and isn’t focusing on other things! Those liars! THEY are the ones obsessed with Russia. They are trying to use it to delegitimize his Presidency!
How do we get past this? How do we end this? How do you prove a negative? I don’t think they will prove he did anything (although I sometimes fear they will manufacture “evidence”), but if they don’t, how long will they drag this out?
Would a special prosecutor be faster and better? Serious questions.
Would a special prosecutor be faster and better? Serious questions.
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A special prosecutor is only appointed AFTER a criminal act is apparent. ....That’s why they keep saying they want an independent review of the findings.
China, Saudi Arabia, and Cuba are infinitely more evil than Russia.
If you guys want to let Democrats decide who we can speak to or not, that’s up to you. As for me, I will kill over it.
At 1:50 min mark slides are shown of the front of the assessment (report)
Was the intel assessment on Russian interference rigged?
Fred Fleitz of the Center for Security Policy explains
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5433798855001/?playlist_id=930909787001#sp=show-clips
So, 17 intelligence agencies were actually only three agencies?
Don’t anyone tell Ralph Peters!!!
Right.
That was all a YUGE lie.
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