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Former CIA Chief Says Military Could Defy Donald Trump's Orders
WSJ ^
| Feb 27, 2016
| Damian Paletta
Posted on 02/27/2016 7:16:59 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Former CIA Chief Says Military Could Defy Donald Trumps Orders
By Damian Paletta
Feb 27, 2016 4:53 pm ET
WASHINGTON Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who recently led the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, said the U.S. military would likely refuse to follow certain orders from Donald Trump if he is elected to the White House in November and follows through on campaign promises.
"I would be incredibly concerned if a President Trump governed in a way that was consistent with the language that Candidate Trump expressed during the campaign," Gen. Hayden said during an interview will Bill Maher on Friday.
Mr. Trump, the frontrunner in the GOP primary, has vowed to use torture techniques against suspected terrorists if he wins the White House, going beyond waterboarding and doing things he described as a "hell of a lot worse."
He has also suggested he would order U.S. forces to kill the family members of terrorists, a charge that some have alleged would be in violation of the Geneva Convention.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; antitrump; billmaher; election2016; hayden; michaelhayden; newyork; nsa; trump
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To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:18:08 PM PST
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% red.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Now that Obola gutted the military and packed it with fairies he may well be right.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:19:01 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Let’s see how the Trumpkins react to this one...
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:19:07 PM PST
by
CA Conservative
(Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
To: TigerLikesRooster
My penis is about like thiiiiiiis..!!This is the guy who told Congress that the NSA is not and never has intercepted the phone traffic of American citizens.
ZERO punishment.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:19:22 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: TigerLikesRooster
The Geneva Convention doesn’t apply to terrorists.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Especially the ones left after Obama’s purges over the recent years.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:19:32 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Where was Hayden and his fellow officers when that Kenyan Usurper was showing his treasonous colors, huh?
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:19:46 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Say Ted? Trump has Sarah Palin, YOU have (*snicker*) Glenn Beck. How's that workin' out for you?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Then he would be fired and possibly prosecuted.
He serves at the president’s discretion, and in times of war or other highly sensitive situations, he is obliged to follow the commander in chief.
He knows that too.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:20:16 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: CA Conservative
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:20:32 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Say Ted? Trump has Sarah Palin, YOU have (*snicker*) Glenn Beck. How's that workin' out for you?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
but you all rolled over like little b!tchs when the boy said put fags in the military and girls into combat units... feh
11
posted on
02/27/2016 7:20:51 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: mkjessup
Where was Hayden and his fellow officers when that Kenyan Usurper was showing his treasonous colors, huh? Fighting over who got to put on the kneepads first.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:20:59 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: gaijin
Yeah, if you use a magnifying glass it is.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:21:00 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: mkjessup
They’re on his side, of course. Hence the talk of acting against the next president if he does not toe the line.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:21:14 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: DoughtyOne
You got it!!! Another AssHat all talk no walk b.s.!!!
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:21:26 PM PST
by
HarleyLady27
("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:21:49 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The military not following orders is a non-issue. Those refusing to follow orders will be relieved and replaced, just like under 0bama.
And the military doesn’t waterboard anyone, that is left to the 3 letter guys.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:22:04 PM PST
by
wrench
To: TigerLikesRooster
Hahahahahaha! Now that’s funny. Career military men are going to defy the most powerful man in the world? No, they are not. This falls along the same lines of this supposed mass walk-out by the FBI, if there’s not a Hillary indictment. No way career government employees are going to put their jobs and families at stake over politics.
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:22:27 PM PST
by
Big E
To: E. Pluribus Unum
But they will sure do what Hillary says?
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:23:00 PM PST
by
Bogie
(Just a coincidence?)
To: HarleyLady27
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posted on
02/27/2016 7:23:23 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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