I think she's a White Hat all the way.
Posted on 12/28/2019 2:20:16 PM PST by bitt
The review led by U.S. Attorney John Durham is making life uncomfortable for America’s cautious spy chief.
The prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to examine the origins of the Russia investigation is focusing much of his attention on the CIA, placing the agency’s director, Gina Haspel, at the center of a politically toxic tug-of-war between the Justice Department and the intelligence community.
The prosecutor, John Durham, has reportedly asked the CIA for former director John Brennan’s communications as he examines the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment that concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened in the election specifically to help Donald Trump.
Barr has been skeptical of the agency’s conclusions about Putin’s motivations, despite corroboration by the GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee and an adversarial review by former CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
But intelligence community veterans say the Durham probe could force Haspel to choose between protecting her agency from Trump’s wrath and bowing to Barr’s wishes; they point to FBI chief Chris Wray, who has found himself at odds with the president in recent weeks over a watchdog report about the bureau’s conduct in the Russia probe.
And they say the Barr-Durham probe represents overreach by an attorney general who seems to have already made up his mind and is bent on imposing his own skeptical view of the Russia investigation on the intelligence community.
Haspel, a veteran intelligence officer known for her fierce loyalty to the CIA and acute political antennae, has rarely made headlines during her 19-month tenure atop the nation’s top spy agency, turning her focus inward on building morale and boosting recruitment. That strategy has kept her out of Trump’s sights and largely protected the CIA’s more than 20,000 employees from the kinds of political attacks that have hobbled the FBI.
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bwahahaha!!!!!! ping
I wanna hear the argument that the CIA is not subject to the AG and law enforcement. Is there any other federal agency that claims to be outside the reach of the attorney general for violating federal law?
“the Durham probe could force Haspel to choose between protecting her agency from Trump’s wrath and bowing to Barr’s wishes...”
If the CIA has nothing to hide, then she likely isn’t worried about “Trump’s wrath.” On the other hand . . .
I think she's a White Hat all the way.
Because Michael Atkinson was part of the coup plot. Before being ICIG, he was previously with the DOJ-National Security Division, when he and NSD head John Carlin were approving phony FISA warrants, and knowingly issuing false “702” accreditation statements to the FISA court - when they knew that Admiral Mike Rogers had actually shut down all “702 Queries"
What if she’s protecting her agency from corruption?
“Trump’s wrath” is just silly.
And Politico is just being passive aggressive again.
politico gives the game away admitting haspel and others are covering up the lawlessness of their respective agencies.
She is way over her head.
This is the Intelligence Community's problem with the Durham Probe. It is outside of their walls, and they are concerned that they will be unable to contain it.
She’s a traitor. Not a single CIA person has been held to account. She let Ciarmella return to Langley after he did his coup routine and was dismissed for leaking. And she is obstructing the Attorney general as he investigates the coup. He hasn’t even assisted with investigating Brennan.
She is a traitor to the US Constitution and works for the enemy.
She needs to buy suicide insurance.
The intelligence communist was supposed to be a staff position, giving information to the president. They have no right to a fiefdom where the AG may not conduct business.
They have utterly no right to tell the AG (acting on the orders of the President) that he may not show up at a foreign intel agency’s doorstep.
They need to be broken up and scattered to the winds. They clearly work for the enemies of the American Republic.
Wasn’t she highly recommended by Brennan? Just wondering if any connection.
She’s giving John Durham lots of info...
Is Haspel nothing but a DEEP STATE SWAMP DWELLER?
Ciaramella was sent back to Langley under Pompeo, not Haspel
The IC needs to be torn down and reformed like the Army was after the Vietnam was. Or just torn down. It can’t stay as is. It needs new visionary leadership or just let it die. It badly abused its power under color of authority. Like BO did with the IRS
Politico never fails to make sh*t up out of thin air.
There’s NO “bind.”
She’s a part of it and has been since it started.
If they don’t find that, then they are not really looking.
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