Posted on 04/08/2020 10:56:24 PM PDT by knighthawk
Firing the US intelligence community’s inspector general is a big deal. I should know. I was a former longtime Central Intelligence Agency official who blew the whistle on the Clinton White House and agency bosses. Even so, I believe President Trump’s firing last week of IC Inspector General Michael Atkinson was appropriate — indeed, overdue.
Liberals and their media allies are predictably framing the firing as retaliation for Atkinson’s decision to inform Congress about a complaint by a so-called whistleblower that set off the Democratic effort to impeach the president. That’s false. Let’s review the facts.
On Sept. 9, 2019, Atkinson wrote to Congress that he had received an “urgent” whistleblowing complaint, which then-Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire was refusing to forward to lawmakers. This complaint, of course, had to do with President Trump’s now-notorious call with his Ukrainian counterpart.
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His most recent former boss worked as a staffer for Schumer’s committee. He was in communication with that committee and that is still secret. He changed the “no hearsay rule”. He decided the intel community IG could investigate the President with zero legal backing.
When the AG told him he exceeded his authority, he went to Schumer.
He should be arrested. He was part of the IC coup attempt.
That guy was totally corrupt.
Through incompetence, politics or both, Michael Atkinson’s actions set off the Democratic impeachment circus that for months distracted our government from legitimate duties — not least, defending our nation from the novel coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s dismissal of such an unprofessional inspector wasn’t merely justified — it was obligatory.
This bureaucratic creep flirted with treason in his attempt to bring down a sitting President.
At the very least, Atkinson deserves some jail time.
Atkinson is fortunate that he was just fired. He could have been charged and convicted of treason or espionage.
Atkinson could still be charged with treason or espionage.I hope they go after the POS.
Waiting for any of the Deep State traitors to see a jail cell is a waste of time. Unless and until We the people fire up the tar and empty the pillows, nothing will happen.
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Aside from the payoffs he’s probably going to get, he get’s a nice inflation adjusted 150k per year, with full medical, for life.
He;s just another COUP PLOTTER! INDICT HIM!
Through incompetence, politics or both, Michael Atkinson’s actions set off the Democratic impeachment circus that for months distracted our government from . . . defending our nation from the novel coronavirus pandemic.That is far from a trivial point.
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