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Trump’s communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint ...
MSN.com ^ | Sep 19 2019 | Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris

Posted on 09/18/2019 8:45:13 PM PDT by rintintin

The whistleblower complaint that has triggered a tense showdown between the U.S. intelligence community and Congress involves President Trump’s communications with a foreign leader, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise” that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community, said the former officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

It was not immediately clear which foreign leader Trump was speaking with or what he pledged to deliver, but his direct involvement in the matter has not been previously disclosed. It raises new questions about the president’s handling of sensitive information and may further strain his relationship with U.S. spy agencies. One former official said the communication was a phone call.

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Who was the last president to have such a contentious relationship with the intelligence services?

JFK?

1 posted on 09/18/2019 8:45:13 PM PDT by rintintin
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2 posted on 09/18/2019 8:46:39 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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Who was the last president to have such a contentious relationship with the intelligence services?

That does not sound good.

3 posted on 09/18/2019 8:48:55 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: rintintin

Just imagine a meeting between a President Biden and the head of Russia, China or any hostile country you choose.

“We’ll bomb you back to the 12th Century, in fact, we’re beginning in one hour. You can’t come here without money for my son!”


4 posted on 09/18/2019 8:54:15 PM PDT by Rembrandt (-)
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To: rintintin

This article is such fake news BS. It’s incredible how much $hit they just make up.


5 posted on 09/18/2019 8:59:36 PM PDT by norcal joe
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To: Irish Eyes

This crap will never end. Pencil neck adam shitt? Yeah, right. That is who I want protecting our national intelligence.


6 posted on 09/18/2019 9:00:13 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: rintintin

“U.S. officials familiar with the matter. Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise” that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community,”

The President SETS foreign policy, and the intel community has no standing to sit in judgement of any promise he makes. To restore our freedom, America will one day have to deal with the power-mad intel community that has attacked America like a parasite.

The got away with anything they pleased in the 50s, murdered JFK, and removed Nixon. They installed 2 presidents, possibly as many as 4.

This is pure treason. The intel person who heard this was acting as a spy, not as a staff person assisting the President.


7 posted on 09/18/2019 9:00:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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It’s a fascinating story, even if there is only one grain of truth to it.


8 posted on 09/18/2019 9:02:34 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise” that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community,”

"This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."

9 posted on 09/18/2019 9:05:36 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: DesertRhino

Brennan was a such a loyal head of the CIA .

Now, we don’t know who HE was loyal to, but he was a loyal minion. And who and how many minions did Clapper promote?


10 posted on 09/18/2019 9:08:49 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: rintintin

John Bolton?


11 posted on 09/18/2019 9:12:01 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Here’s my wild speculation ...

Trump to Kim Jong-un: “If you are willing to come to the DMZ and hold a brief meeting with me and your South Korean counterpart, I’ll fire this jackass John Bolton.”

12 posted on 09/18/2019 9:17:50 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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0bama promised Russia he would be more flexible after winning the second time. This was caught on tape and no whistleblower cared then.
13 posted on 09/18/2019 9:18:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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“new questions about the president’s handling of sensitive information”

Well just WHO thinks that only THEY can control “sensitive” information? What “persuasion” are they politically— are they Communists, or Islamofascists who “know better”. They certainly aren’t Constitutionalists. The President is the top security cleared Intelligence leader. the “intelligence community” ... the Deep State has f’d up US foreign policy for decades in their private little club of elite.

So— are they going to deny a security clearance to the President-— because... they CAN”T.


14 posted on 09/18/2019 9:20:01 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: rintintin

The President of the United States IS Foreign Policy. Whether any pinhead at any alphabet department likes it or not.

This is just more SWAMP BS promulgated by the SWAMP supporting, President Trump hating, MSM.


15 posted on 09/18/2019 9:20:27 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (Lurking since the late 90's. Recently retired. No tagline yet.)
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according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter

All anonymous. Have we not learned yet? Just another occupation narrative. The proper response is to give them the finger, boycott their advertisers and turn them off.
16 posted on 09/18/2019 9:26:16 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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This article is such fake news BS. It’s incredible how much $hit they just make up.

Yep. That happens when universities keep pumping out creative writing degrees gobbled up by woke journalistas.

They should be cleaning toilets, plowing fields, picking up trash and not writing for fake news organizations.

We are not dealing with the brightest bulbs in the pack. Totally irresponsible to give them an outlet like this. Like give a loaded revolver to a toddler.
17 posted on 09/18/2019 9:30:55 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Ok.. as I see it, They killed JFK. Ford was on the Warren commission...becomes President. Bush fresh from the CIA is foisted on Reagan as veep and then becomes President. After Bush I came Clinto, his handmaiden from the Mena coke/Contra training operation. After Clinton, we get Bush II. After Bush, we get Obama who made trips to Pakistan when Americans couldn’t go there. His Ivy education was paid for by Saudi money. He massively expanded and protected the intel community.

So by my math, since JFK we have had a person strongly associated with the JFK murder or the CIA in general as President or vice president for 44 of the 53 years from 1963 till 2016. Hillary was supposed to be next, and when she was outsmarted, the intel community utterly freaked out.

There is no other conclusion. The intel community sets policy now, and is safe beyond government control. They install leaders, spy on Congress (including the intel oversight committee!) They spy on the Presidency and place several moles in the White House, and face zero consequences.
And they really -hate- that you have an effective rifle.

There is a term for such nations.


18 posted on 09/18/2019 9:34:03 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ocrp1982

Precisely.
No department in the Executive branch has the authority to countermand or formally question the actions of the President in his duties as head of the armed forces or as the absolute and final authority in foreign affairs. If Obama wants to give a billion dollars to the Iranian Imam no one in his administration can tell him not to do it. This is a constitutional, not an administrative issue. Nor does any minion in any department if te executive branch have unilateral authority to discuss executive matters with the legislative branch. Sorry pencil neck.


19 posted on 09/18/2019 9:41:02 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: norcal joe

Washington Post article with multiple authors. Another attempt to take out Trump. I wonder who the whistleblower is and his/her connection to Deep State. Trump is still being spied upon.


20 posted on 09/18/2019 10:05:42 PM PDT by kabar
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