Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Posted on 08/24/2016 6:49:53 PM PDT by VitacoreVision
In what analysts are suggesting is highly suspicious, establishment voices want American intelligence agencies to feed GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump “fake” briefings. As the Republican and Democrat nominees begin receiving classified intelligence briefings, questions surrounding the accuracy and completeness of the information Trump is getting may indeed be warranted. For one, top officials and prominent voices, including Democrat Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, have openly and repeatedly called for intelligence agencies to supply “fake” briefings to the Republican nominee.
There are other reasons to be concerned. Even before the classified information began flowing, Trump had made explosive comments that — while true — implicated the highest levels of the U.S. government in major criminal activity. Speaking on the rise of the Islamic State, or ISIS, for example, Trump had already highlighted on numerous occasions the massive role played by the Obama administration and his then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Once Trump has more smoking guns about the lawless behavior of top Obama officials, it is reasonable to wonder whether the GOP contender, assuming he truly is the “anti-establishment” candidate he portrays himself as, would be able to morally keep that information to himself. Indeed, some analysts have suggested that such concerns may be the reason that “intelligence” bureaucrats and establishment politicians want to feed Trump fake information.
One of those sounding the alarm was the editor of Technocracy News, which documents the global push for imposing technocratic-style totalitarian rule on humanity. “The Intelligence community does not dare to share their corrupted and illegally-gathered intel with outsiders, because it would expose their rogue underbelly,” the editor said in a post. “The answer? Give Trump fake reports.” It is at least plausible, and maybe even probable.
Indeed, U.S. intelligence agencies have been caught in dangerous, extreme, and criminal activities over and over again. From trafficking drugs and weapons to supplying WMDs for mass-murdering dictators and backing violent revolutions, from mass-murder programs and propaganda operations to illegally spying on Americans and possibly treasonous support for officially designated terrorist organizations, among other crimes, Washington, D.C.'s hugely expensive “intelligence” apparatus has gone increasingly rogue in recent decades.
The CIA has even become “one hell of a killing machine,” according to one of its own officials, who spoke anonymously to the Washington Post about the agency's mass-murder operations spanning the globe. Even American citizens, including children, have been murdered by the “intelligence” bureaucracies — often without even being formally charged with a crime, much less having a fair trial. Would Trump be shocked to learn who is on Obama's wildly illegal but officially acknowledged assassination list? Maybe.
So it is perhaps no surprise that the enablers, supporters, beneficiaries, and participants involved in such outrageous behavior — all done in secret, allegedly to “keep America safe” — would seek to hide that incriminating information from people who may spill the beans. And while there is no guarantee that Trump would in fact expose criminal activity within government, the establishment appears very concerned that, at the very least, it might not be able to control and manipulate him.
The first major establishment figure to propose fake intelligence briefings for Trump appears to have been Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). “How would the CIA and the other intelligence agencies brief this guy? How could they do that? I would suggest to the intelligence agencies, if you’re forced to brief this guy, don’t tell him anything, just fake it, because this man is dangerous,” Reid exclaimed in an interview last month with the ultra-statist Huffington Post, which posts a note at the end of articles dealing with Trump accusing him of being a “racist,” “misogynist,” “rampant xenophobe,” and more. “Fake it, pretend you’re doing a briefing, but you can’t give the guy any information.”
Ignoring Clinton's favors for the Kremlin and its operatives while serving as secretary of state, Reid suggested Trump might actually be an agent of Russia's Vladimir Putin. “This guy, he’s part of a foreign power,” complained Reid in an attempt to justify his call for providing fake briefings to Trump. “We knew he liked Putin before this, but this is quite ridiculous.” In a later interview, Reid remained adamant. “I've said publicly, give him fake briefings,” the retiring senator said.
Intelligence officials have made similar remarks. According to John Heilemann, managing editor of the establishment mouthpiece Bloomberg Politics, “some intelligence officials” have suggested that “they are concerned about Donald Trump having these briefings.” Considering what is known publicly about the activities of the U.S. government's “intelligence” agencies, that should not be a surprise. Evildoers, of course, are always afraid of their activities coming to light.
Republicans, meanwhile, have expressed concerns over Hillary Clinton's briefings, too. The Democratic Party nominee was even publicly slammed by FBI chief James Comey for mishandling classified information. In a bizarre press conference in which he argued against criminal charges despite outlining serious statutory crimes Clinton committed, Comey said Clinton was “extremely careless” in handling classified e-mails.
Citing Comey's comments about Clinton's tenure as Obama's Secretary of State, House Speaker Paul Ryan sent a letter to top intelligence officials urging them not to give Clinton any classified information. In the letter, sent in July, Ryan noted that there was no legal requirement that she receive classified material. He also said it would “send the wrong signal to all those charged with safeguarding our nation's secrets if you choose to provide her access to this information despite the FBI's findings.”
Trump even joked about it. “You can't brief her,” he said about Clinton at a campaign rally after referencing her mishandling of classified information. “Let's protest.” Attendees at the rally responded with laughter. “Lock her up” has become a common chant at Trump rallies, too, as Clinton critics urge that she be prosecuted for a wide range of crimes.
Former CIA officer and briefer David Priess, speaking to the unabashedly pro-Clinton CNN, noted that this election season was somewhat unique. “You have a candidate who seems to say what he thinks without a filter,” he said, referring to Trump. On the other hand, he noted that Clinton has already been in hot water over mishandling classified information.
General Michael Hayden, the former NSA and CIA boss who once boasted of murdering people with drones based on their “metadata,” claimed there was a “body of evidence” suggesting that Trump was, as Clinton put it, “totally unfit and unqualified to be commander-in-chief.” Still, he said Trump, as the GOP nominee, was entitled to intelligence briefings.
“It's a necessary idea,” Hayden said in an interview with establishment media service CBS. “It's not quite what the Constitution requires. It's not written down, but it is our protocol. You get the nomination of one or both of those parties, [then] you are entitled to some classified information.”
When asked about calls for Trump to receive “fake” briefings, Hayden appeared to disagree with the idea. “The sitting president has to treat both candidates perfectly equally,” he said, suggesting the Obama administration would have to provide Clinton and Trump with exactly the same information.
However, while top secret information will be available, there is much that neither candidate will get access to. “The briefings between now and the election will be very vanilla; they will be 'classified lite,'” Hayden said, adding that neither candidate would be receiving the same daily briefings as Obama gets. “This is going to look like one of those think-tank seminars on steroids,” he added. “This isn't going to be 'Let me show you the covert actions.'”
Obama's director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said both candidates would be receiving the exact same briefings. “It's not up to the administration, and it's certainly not up to me personally, to decide on the suitability of a presidential candidate,” he said. In a July letter responding to House Speaker Ryan, Clapper also noted that briefings for the candidates “will be provided on an even-handed non-partisan basis.” He said neither candidate needs a security clearance to receive the information.
Of course, if what Trump learns from his “intelligence” briefings is sufficiently evil, illegal, or immoral, he might have a moral and legal duty to blow the whistle and expose it. And considering what is already known publicly about the reckless, lawless, and oftentimes criminal behavior of so-called “intelligence” agencies, spy chiefs and establishment politicians like Reid calling for “fake” briefings are probably right to be worried.
The American people, though, should be even more concerned about what is being perpetrated in their names and with their money under the guise of secret “intelligence.”
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Well if anything shows up Rats to be Rats this does... frankly they just want to “Lie to Donald.”
How many times have congressmen received classified intelligence and promptly walked out to the cameras on Capitol Hill and started blabbing? And they are worried about Trump.
I think they need to be careful with this line of thinking as only one of the candidates is a known security risk.
It was horrifying to watch Hillary become the SOS and be exposed to our nations secret information and only God knows who has it now. And now they are feeding her more???? God help us...the GOPe won’t.
It would be a good guess that Trump already has some sources that can give him data to compare to what the establishment allows him to have...
Trump is no dummy......
Sssshhhhh.
LOL....Yeah...You’re right...My big mouth....
This is the reason DC politicians from BOTH parties don’t want Trump or ANY OUTSIDER elected.
Their secret horse sh&t will be blown all over hell and gone.
They will all never be elected again.
All of Hillary’s national security briefings are up for sale as soon as she receives them. We’re living in the Bizarro World when we have someone these traitorous on the doorstep of the presidency. I know there’s so much pessimism around here, but I believe when America’s back is to the wall it responds. Our back is to the wall and I believe the good people of this country will stand up to save it. A vote for Hillary means we fall off the cliff into oblivion.
They may not go this far, but they will do everything they can to set up a government-in-exile.
I’m with you and would bet that Trump has several very interesting contacts throughout our government...and abroad.
This is beyond pathetic — it is worse and should be illegal.
Since when do a few people decide based on whether they like a candidate or not, whether that candidate should get intel briefings or not, much less that they should get fake briefings.
Hillary already proved that she cannot be trusted with national security info. She is the one who should not get intel briefings at all and should not be allowed to be a presidential candidate.
Obama and Clinton are using every branch of our government to assure that she wins. Skewing intelligence briefs is but one facet.
This could blow up nicely- Trump says something outrageous, MSM cries that he’s lying, and he says, but that was in my intelligence brief- you mean it’s not true?
Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
If they think they are pulling a fast one on Trump, he probably has his ‘own’ sources and are telling him the truth and laughing all the way to the White House at how ridiculous these people are...this is like High School crap, yeah you should re elect these idiots!!! This is the exact reason I WILL NOT vote for Mike Lee or Mia Love!!! Think about your Representatives and Senators up for re election!!!
This is my thought as well. Someone like Sen Sessions might have access to enough that Trump can work with him to see if the info is real without Sessions revealing something he shouldn’t until after Trump is elected
I suspect Hillary will try to get Trump to reveal some intel at one of the debates. Then the hammer would come down.
Go ahead, feed Trump fake intelligence. When he is elected and gets real intelligence, they will all be jailed. Probably in the same secret prisons they intend for us.
Meanwhile, take anything they feed you as garbage.
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