Posted on 06/01/2019 11:44:47 AM PDT by John Semmens
Alarmed by the Department of Justice probe into the intelligence community’s spying on the Trump campaign and presidency, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif) urged Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats “to resist exposing our guardians to undue scrutiny.”
“While Attorney General Barr’s assertion that spying on a campaign is a ‘big deal’ may sway ignorant voters, it is out-of-step with modern day reality,” Schiff contends. “Every advanced nation has used secret police to protect itself from outside threats. This is the normal way of doing business. For Barr to go on a spree of declassification is an unparalleled deviation from this norm.”
“Since World War II we have trusted our government to do what’s best for America,” Schiff said. “To turn away from this record of success just because one candidate may have been inadvertently harmed wrongly elevates electoral fairness over national survival. Surely, the sacrifice of one person’s opportunity to be president is the lesser evil, especially considering that the only so-called ‘downside’ would’ve been the election and governance of a candidate that was the most qualified to be president in our nation’s history.”
Schiff’s position was quickly endorsed by former CIA Director John Brennan who cited “our extensive cooperation with our country’s long-term ally—the same one we fought side-by-side with to defeat the Nazis—to try to prevent Trump from seizing power. The true tragedy is that we have not yet been unsuccessful.”
In related news, one of The View’s on-air personalities, Meghan McCain, defended her call for Democrats to shoot President Trump, saying “it was only a hypothetical suggestion.” She blamed her love of hunting “for my unfortunate choice of words” and reminded everyone that “Trump, himself, once said he could get away with shooting someone on Fifth Avenue in New York City without losing any votes. Likewise, I don’t think I’m in any danger of losing any viewers for my suggestion.”
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https://azconservative.org/2019/06/01/dem-signals-support-for-secret-police/
The existence of internal security is only possible
if an internal threat exists. If there is no threat
then they will have to find one.
Why not? They admit their longings for a socialist state.
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