Posted on 03/22/2018 9:48:58 AM PDT by b4its2late
Former CIA chief John Brennan is a liar. And he’s not the kind of garden variety dissembler that we see in Washington all the time, either. Rather, Brennan is the kind of man who feels comfortable brazenly misleading the American people about an attack on democracy, and then shamelessly lecturing them about civic decency.
You may recall, as director of the CIA, Brennan oversaw an operation of illegal spying on a staffer of the legislative branch of the United States government. At least five agency officials under his watch broke into Senate computer files, viewing drafts of a report on torture and reconstructing emails of at least one staffer. Brennan would attempt to cover up the agency’s actions by doubling down, blaming the Senate, and pushing to fire at least one staffer charged with investigating his agency.
It wasn’t until the CIA’s inspector general confirmed this wrongdoing that Brennan began negotiating with the senators about owning up to the spying (which we still don’t fully understand). Even then, however, he was lying about it to the public. When asked about the CIA hacking into Senate computers at an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations, the intelligence chief responded that “nothing could be further from the truth. I mean we wouldn’t do that. I mean, that’s just beyond the – you know, the scope of reason in terms of what we would do.” Brennan went on to contend: “Let me assure you the CIA was in no way spying on [the committee] or the Senate.”
To allow the CIA to save face, Senators began negotiating with Brennan “about holding people at the CIA accountable and publicly apologizing,” according to sources. In the end, there would be no public apology, only a private one to a Senator. There would be no explanation about why Brennan felt it was okay to circumvent oversight and use his power to spy on elected officials. It was the kind of thing that Dianne Feinstein, said undermined “the constitutional framework essential to effective congressional oversight of intelligence activities or any other government function.”
It goes without saying that such a norm-breaking event would spark a thermonuclear reaction from the press today. Rightly so. But these were the heady, scandal-free days of 2014. Brennan, who has many friends in Washington, was never held accountable. The Obama administration backed him fully, and the Senate moved on. No one put him under oath and grilled him about the specifics.
Not that it matters. James Clapper lied to congress under oath without any repercussions. And in 2018, if you’re shameless enough, and if you have the right friends and the right opinions, a history of abuse gets you a deal with NBC News. It gets you on with Morning Joe, where you can lecture the American people about democratic norms you ignored when in power. It also allows the rest of us see how reckless Brennan is.
When Trump’s made his congratulatory call to authoritarian Vladimir Putin this week — as has been, unfortunately, tradition among presidents — Brennan appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to say something that would, at other time in history, be astonishing.
“I think he is afraid of the President of Russia,” Brennan said of the president who began selling lethal weapons to Ukraine and missile defense technology to Eastern European nations, and also oversaw the U.S led bombing and killing of Russian in Syria and. “The Russians,” he went on, “could have something on him personally that they could always roll out and make his life more difficult.” They “may have things that they could expose and reveal,” he added.
Surely a former intelligence chief wouldn’t float rumors about a foreign power blackmailing the president of the United States if he didn’t have some information to back up this kind of contention. Surely, he wouldn’t further corrupt the trust Americans have in their institutions by using the respect people have for former position for political purposes. This is the former CIA director we’re talking about. It’s one thing for someone like Joe Scarborough, Trump’s jilted ex-bestie, to make such contentions. It’s quite another for a person who had access to potentially incriminating evidence to make such an assertion. Perhaps he needs to be put under oath so we can all see what he knows.
Or, perhaps, at the very least, someone at NBC might follow up on this, and other pressing questions. After all, former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power says that it isn’t a “good idea to piss off John Brennan.” Why not? Is Brennan the type of guy who would use his power for political purposes? Since Brennan is in a talkative mood, let’s find out what he knows about Putin. And while we’re at it let’s find out why he thought it okay for the foreign intelligence service to spy on the American legislative branch. Because Donald Trump’s sins do not absolve him of his.
The Republicans can’t do much of anything with McConnell & Ryan controlling the House & Senate.
.......And, doing everything they can to DERAIL THE TRUMP TRAIN
OUTSTANDING.
These domesticis hostibus never thought they could lose.
[Former CIA chief John Brennan is a liar. And he’s not the kind of garden variety dissembler that we see in Washington all the time, either. Rather, Brennan is the kind of man who feels comfortable brazenly misleading the American people about an attack on democracy, and then shamelessly lecturing them about civic decency. ]
He was part of the Barack Obama cripple-America, NWO, open-borders, war-on-Christianity, war-on-the2nd-amendment, war-on-free-speech cabal.
We should expect nothing less from this guy but to continue to disrupt.
It made me laugh out loud when I saw it in the comments section of an American Thinker article yesterday!
Sigh. This is serious stuff, I feel guilty for even laughing at it.
Brennan was closely aligned with the former regime in SA. The new young king has purged most of them and is aligned with Trump. Needless to say this is putting pressure on all those who were enjoying support from the old oligarchs.
They were doing everything they could to influence energy policy in the US to prevent energy independence. The new king is focusing on non energy resources and reforming the kingdom.
If anyone’s looking for a genuine communist spy - maybe he’s a maoist one for China - John Brennan fits the bill.
And the Senate didn’t want to do anything about the leader of the biggest spy op ever against the United States because too many of them voted for his nomination.
Yes.
That’s what I think too.
Yeah, I heard he converted? Is there a legit source?
Agreed.
Perfect!
bttt
Soon to be indicted liar.
Hahahahaha, that was a joke about the Fraud “yesterday”.
You don’t need Congress for that, but you do need an Attorney General with a pair of balls. It’s too bad President Trump didn’t make Joe DiGenova AG.
A TWOFER this afternoon!
If you’re STILL not up to speed on the issue, Trump’s new lawyer, Joe diGenova, eloquently editorially eviscerates the felonious functionaries atop the FBI in the February issue of IMPRIMIS here:
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-politicization-of-the-fbi/
diGenova, the former US Attorney for DC, KNOWS where most of the bodies are buried and is a BULLDOG and, like Trump, A STREET FIGHTER! Might want to order more popcorn ‘cause this is gonna get GOOD!
Then, for some comic relief, if you missed Laura Ingraham’s 10 minute video “encounter” with Baltimore’s mayor and come away believing left wingers are capable of dealing with facts and data, this will correct THAT gross misconception.
As I watched, all I could think of is that scene in “Finding Nemo” where delightfully doltish Dory did her little”Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...” routine. The not so delightfully doltish “mayor” diligently deployed the distracting diversionary device developed by the left of “Just keep talking, just keep talking...” in hopes it will wear down the other side. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
And this may sound a bit cruel, but, since it’s authorized in Rule #5 (RIDICULE!) of the left’s “bible” aka “Rules for Radicals” by their hero/guru and Hillary’s “mentor” Saul Alinsky, I have to ask if Spielberg is filming another “Star Wars” bar scene in Baltimore.
Enjoy. I did...right up to when it occurred to me that if the Pubbies “blow” the mid-terms and continue to betray Trump into 2020, creatures like this “mayor” may some day find their way to Washington. God help us!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG0o3TAW7zU
Never heard it...really tickled me!
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The scumbag needs a '57 Cadillac put on him.
Brennan belongs in prison for the murder of Michael Hastings.
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