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I didn’t think I’d ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit.
washingtonpost.com ^ | 2/21/2017 | Edward Price

Posted on 02/21/2017 8:09:26 AM PST by rktman

Trump’s actions in office have been even more disturbing. His visit to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office, an overture designed to repair relations, was undone by his ego and bluster. Standing in front of a memorial to the CIA’s fallen officers, he seemed to be addressing the cameras and reporters in the room, rather than the agency personnel in front of them, bragging about his inauguration crowd the previous day. Whether delusional or deceitful, these were not the remarks many of my colleagues and I wanted to hear from our new commander in chief. I couldn’t help but reflect on the stark contrast between the bombast of the new president and the quiet dedication of a mentor — a courageous, steadfast professional — who is memorialized on that wall. I know others at CIA felt similarly.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cia; fakenews; obama; price; quitter; realpropaganda; trump
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To: rktman

I remember when men that worked for the CIA were real men, not cisgenders.


21 posted on 02/21/2017 8:16:47 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: rktman

Lol, bye! Thanks for doing that for us.


22 posted on 02/21/2017 8:16:52 AM PST by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: rktman

I think we found one of the leakers.


23 posted on 02/21/2017 8:17:52 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: rktman

Where was all the bravado when Obama was giving away the fort to Iran? How about installing all the far leftists, commies, PCers, et al in The Agency? Why weren’t you running to the ‘objective” media then, leaking like sieves?


24 posted on 02/21/2017 8:17:59 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT Mexico NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: jsanders2001

This man must be watched. Future security risk.


25 posted on 02/21/2017 8:18:13 AM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP 45. How sweet it is. )
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To: eyeamok

Huge EGO... One of those “LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!” guys. In his mind his is R.E.D. Retired Extremely Dangerous... when he actually was a janitor.. who operated a complex buffer and used a mop.


26 posted on 02/21/2017 8:18:16 AM PST by A. Morgan (Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Actually, this article really sounds like fake news. The pukes at the ComPost sat around and said, “If our dreams came true, what would a disgruntled CIA employee who quit because of Trump say?”

Again, right up there with “unnamed sources”.


27 posted on 02/21/2017 8:18:45 AM PST by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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To: rktman

Plenty of others in place to do the undermining he won’t do. His part in the undermining was penning this bilious fake news.


28 posted on 02/21/2017 8:19:16 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: rktman

Let me get this straight.He quits as a matter of principle then runs to the unprincipled Washington Post to spew his tale of woe? He’s a drama queen with a political agenda.
F ‘em.


29 posted on 02/21/2017 8:19:17 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Blue Jays

FU, weasel-like quitter.

30 posted on 02/21/2017 8:19:20 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: rktman
I know others at CIA felt similarly.

And you losers all graduated from Ivy League colleges, right?

31 posted on 02/21/2017 8:19:26 AM PST by bkopto
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To: rktman
I didn’t think I’d ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit

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Good luck and goodbye, whiner.

32 posted on 02/21/2017 8:20:01 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: rktman

33 posted on 02/21/2017 8:20:10 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: rktman
He is a spokesman who was part of the Obama administration and was working to sabotage Trump.

It is a good thing he is gone.

Notice the Washington Post wrote a hate Trump article for him. He certainly is very close to the hate Trump, hate America media.

34 posted on 02/21/2017 8:20:19 AM PST by detective
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To: rktman

This guy sounds like he should have never been at the CIA in the first place. I imagine the leftwing will hire him to be their “expert contributor” to all of the fake news bobblehead yak shows.


35 posted on 02/21/2017 8:20:25 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: eyeamok

I would imagine a La Razan or Muslim CIA employee might have these sentiments....we’ve been infiltrated by the enemy, hardcore. I dont think there are more than 5 % of government employees that have a patriotic bone in their body anymore. Seems they are all working for the enemy now.


36 posted on 02/21/2017 8:20:39 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: House Atreides

...and guilty of something


37 posted on 02/21/2017 8:20:47 AM PST by bonfire
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To: rktman

Great news! One less worm in the barrel.


38 posted on 02/21/2017 8:21:11 AM PST by abbastanza
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Precisely! He must have just WUVVED Obama sooo much! And now mean old Trump just ‘offends’ the hell out of him! What new CEO in business doesn’t clean house and put his own people in? Every President has done it-and has a right to- but Trump has to keep Obama’s people?? He should clean house in ALL government agencies! Top to bottom. How many of us have been in a government office and see the laziness, imcompetence and non-working, extraneous ‘staff’ who do nothing but add to bureaucratic slowdown? Out with them all!! No boss want’s subversives on his payroll.


39 posted on 02/21/2017 8:21:35 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: rktman

Obama infiltrated and planed tons and tons of antiAmerican moles and agents into our defense and security and .... yes, it appears even our intelligence agencies

no decent loyal American (of either D or R politics) would just Quit (and do it in a public manner trying to embarrass the new president)...especially not in the very first few days of a new administration where our new president hasn’t even had a chance to do much (good or bad) yet

afaiac, the more of these jerks that do quit now, the better.

we need professional and loyal Americans in these critical agencies...
like (before Obama) we generally had... there are probably many excellent good loyal people still buried away in these agencies, the ones Obama couldn’t get rid of, that should be considered for promotion now, too


40 posted on 02/21/2017 8:21:54 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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