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Senior U.S. officials recommend removal of NSA director: sources
Reuters ^ | Sat Nov 19, 2016 | 6:42pm EST | Phil Stewart, John Walcott, Mark Hosenball and Patricia Zengerle

Posted on 11/19/2016 5:15:58 PM PST by Olog-hai

The heads of the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community have recommended to President Barack Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers, be removed from his position, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

The recommendation by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, first reported by The Washington Post, was delivered to the White House last month.

Obama chose Rogers to take over at the NSA in 2014 and tasked him with repairing the damage after the huge leaks about its electronic spying program by contractor Edward Snowden.

But there have been other security lapses, the sources said, including the one that led to the arrest of NSA contractor Harold Martin earlier this year. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 2014; ashcarter; clapper; leaks; nsa; obama; rogers; snowden
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1 posted on 11/19/2016 5:15:58 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The Obama admin needs ADM Rogers OUT OF THERE so the admin can being to shred.


2 posted on 11/19/2016 5:20:38 PM PST by BAW (It is Yuge!)
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To: Olog-hai

If there’s a problem, it will soon be dealt with.


3 posted on 11/19/2016 5:20:47 PM PST by Sasparilla (I Am Not Tired Of Winning)
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To: Olog-hai

Fire every stinking liberal in Foggy Bottom. Clean out the State Department. Fire everyone of them, ALL of them. Do it immediately January 20th.


4 posted on 11/19/2016 5:22:16 PM PST by RetiredArmy (Believe or not, we R in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! RU saved?)
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To: Olog-hai

If the Obama folks want him out, he’s better than we thought.


5 posted on 11/19/2016 5:24:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Olog-hai

It’s obvious from the Snowden material that the NSA is the data arm of the criminal mafia globalist elitist drug running enterprise known as the CIA. Their Utah center should either be nuked or turned into an indoor Burning Man party warehouse.


6 posted on 11/19/2016 5:32:57 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: Olog-hai

bookmark


7 posted on 11/19/2016 5:35:10 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

I tend to agree they want him out of the way so they can destroy files before trump gets to them


8 posted on 11/19/2016 5:36:15 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe the house of cards is crumbling?

Imho, there is enough possible treason to go around...

5.56mm


9 posted on 11/19/2016 5:38:59 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: RetiredArmy
President Bill Clinton fired all 93 US Attorneys in 1993 when he took office.
The House Dems on the Judiciary Committee want President Elect Trump to be more like Clinton. Oblige them.
10 posted on 11/19/2016 5:40:28 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

It’s obvious from the Snowden material that the NSA is the data arm of the criminal mafia globalist elitist drug running enterprise known as the CIA. Their Utah center should either be nuked or turned into an indoor Burning Man party warehouse.


^^^^^ This


11 posted on 11/19/2016 5:44:26 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Olog-hai

If there were truly a problem with Admiral Rogers so severe, why would they wait until now to suggest he be removed? Did the supposed issues just happen? I will feel a lot better once it is 2018. The next several months could be dicey.


12 posted on 11/19/2016 5:44:51 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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“”President Bill Clinton fired all 93 US Attorneys in 1993 when he took office.””

True and not a ripple from the MSM. GWB did the same thing but I’m not sure it was ALL of them and the MSM and left wing kooks went nuts! Ox / gore metaphor...


13 posted on 11/19/2016 5:49:47 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: PghBaldy

“”The next several months could be dicey.””

Obozo is going to be on TV second guessing every move Trump makes after inauguration day. We’re sick of him now - just wait! No other president has behaved in office as he has nor once out of office as he WILL!!! Can you imagine being such a small person that you have to take the opportunity to badmouth abroad the very country that has given you EVERYTHING?


14 posted on 11/19/2016 5:52:56 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

GWB made a mistake. He tried to dismiss only some of them, and that for cause. Trump could do exactly the same as Clinton did; all of them at the beginning of his term.


15 posted on 11/19/2016 5:55:29 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Olog-hai
Just what exactly is the purpose of the NSA? Other than being a part of Echelon, what does it do? It has failed to stop the most recent “workplace violence” episodes in Texas, California, and Boston. What exactly does it do other than spy on the American people? How did we manage before its existence? How did we manage before the 16th amendment? Very well thank you.

All federal agencies are nothing more than guaranteed work for unelected federal busy bodies for no reason. Dig a hole, fill it back up, Dig a hole, fill it back up,Dig a hole, fill it back up. This must stop.

16 posted on 11/19/2016 6:02:49 PM PST by Fungi
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To: DoughtyOne
If the Obama folks want him out, he’s better than we thought.

LOL!
My same thoughts.

17 posted on 11/19/2016 6:24:14 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: El Cid

“:^) -—


18 posted on 11/19/2016 6:30:31 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Olog-hai

BTT


19 posted on 11/19/2016 7:50:08 PM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS CHRIST, suck it up buttercup you lost)
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To: DoughtyOne

Sounds right to me

His private trip to meet with trump is just full of implications


20 posted on 11/19/2016 8:42:34 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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