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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. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 2014; ashcarter; clapper; leaks; nsa; obama; rogers; snowden
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To: Sasparilla

I want Ash and Clapper gone asap...


21 posted on 11/20/2016 12:41:02 AM PST by cherry
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To: Thank You Rush
Obozo is going to be on TV second guessing every move Trump makes after inauguration day.

NBC is going to pay Obola more money than a good linebacker, to do what Chelsea was supposed to do. But, dumBO is so lazy he will not put in the work to do the job. Someone will have to put what he has to say on a TelePrompTer, so, he can read it. Within six months he will be relegated to MSNBC and gone within a year. Mooch will be given a no show job to criticize Melania' s dress.

22 posted on 11/20/2016 5:30:02 AM PST by depressed in 06 (I'm going to have to come up with a new tag line.)
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To: Olog-hai

Seems that those recommending his removal have their knickers in a twist because Rogers went to meet with Trump without notifying his superiors. More petty BS from the usual suspects.


23 posted on 11/20/2016 6:44:08 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: Olog-hai

Given all of the hacking and leaks involved in the last election, I find this turn of events fascinating. This is a story to follow in the days ahead.


24 posted on 11/20/2016 6:46:36 AM PST by independentmind
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To: af_vet_1981

“”Trump could do exactly the same as Clinton did; all of them at the beginning of his term.””

Boy! There have been an awful lot of US Attorneys in recent years that have made some pretty stupid moves so they aren’t as well regarded as they should be for someone in their position...I remember that I got pretty upset with some of their decisions and can’t even remember what they are now. It’s no wonder that we can’t remember things since we’ve been bombarded with idiotic decisions for the past nearly 8 years. We need a breather from the stupidity and we’ll get it now...


25 posted on 11/20/2016 7:39:24 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: af_vet_1981

Roger that. Fire every stinking one of them. Fire anyone that Obama put into office, that Klinton put into office, that George W. Bush put into office. Mr. Skull and Bones Bush was a disaster also.


26 posted on 11/23/2016 7:48:51 AM 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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