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CIA Director Mike Pompeo 'counting on' stopping and punishing leakers soon
Washington Examiner ^ | Jun 24, 2017 | by Sean Higgins |

Posted on 06/24/2017 3:30:38 PM PDT by HokieMom

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said he's "counting on" preventing and punishing leakers in the near future.

He said during an interview shown Saturday on MSNBC that the "sole purpose" of WikiLeaks and other similar groups that expose classified government information was to undermine America and democracy. The Trump administration was going to make stopping them a top priority, he said.

"We, and I would say all of President Trump's government, is incredibly focused on both stopping leaks, of any kind, from any agency, and when they happen, pursuing them with incredible vigor. And I think we'll have some successes both on the deterrent side, that is stopping them from happening, as well as on punishing those who we catch, who have done it," Pompeo said in an interview with Hugh Hewitt on his new show.

Asked if stopping and punishing some of these leakers would be happening soon, Pompeo replied: "I'm counting on it."

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


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: cia; leakers; pompeo
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Lock her up!

1 posted on 06/24/2017 3:30:38 PM PDT by HokieMom
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2 posted on 06/24/2017 3:32:33 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

You can start with the former FBI director James Comey.


3 posted on 06/24/2017 3:33:10 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

Right! We have his confession.


4 posted on 06/24/2017 3:33:55 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

Need to attack all of the agencys in the IC.


5 posted on 06/24/2017 3:37:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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6 posted on 06/24/2017 3:38:42 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Parley Baer

THANK YOU - was about to post that.

Of course, he’ll have to get someone else to do it.

Get Comey’s “friend” too.


7 posted on 06/24/2017 3:39:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: HokieMom

Popeo said...”the “sole purpose” of WikiLeaks and other similar groups that ‘expose’ classified government information was to undermine America and democracy.”....

How and what Wiki Leaks chooses to “publish” is not the same as those who knowingly determine to expose the classified information in their realm of control, who have sworn oaths not to reveal.

I am not going to fall for Wiki Leaks being the culprit or target when in fact ‘people working within our government’ are doing the deed and should be punished for doing so.


8 posted on 06/24/2017 3:39:42 PM PDT by caww
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To: HokieMom

I hope he succeeds. The uncontrolled leaking makes the administration look incontinent ... er, incompetent.


9 posted on 06/24/2017 3:41:34 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Golden Rule. Just that.)
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To: Paladin2

I attended a memorial service this week for the former head of the Republican Party of Virginia. The topic of conversation during the reception afterward, as the deceased would have loved, was about filling the Trump administration. Many are waiting to hear from the powers that be for Assistant Director of this or the Deputy Director of that... people have been waiting since January to help get rid of the Obama holdovers and drain the swamp.


10 posted on 06/24/2017 3:41:37 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Parley Baer

Of course, it’s difficult to stop FAKE leaks, let alone prosecute them.


11 posted on 06/24/2017 3:41:39 PM PDT by euclid216
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To: HokieMom

Depends?


12 posted on 06/24/2017 3:42:51 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: HokieMom
I want to see some big fish frying.


13 posted on 06/24/2017 3:45:07 PM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.)
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To: McGruff

Wouldn’t THAT dump their hat in the creek.


14 posted on 06/24/2017 3:47:41 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: SaveFerris

Yes and the Professor too. He is an accessory.


15 posted on 06/24/2017 3:48:36 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: HokieMom
I absolutely do not agree with going after Wiki Leaks...

When OUR GOVERNMENT can stop the leaking like we are finding out then it will time to make the Wiki Leaks decision...until then, HANDS OFF WIKI LEAKS!!!

16 posted on 06/24/2017 3:50:54 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: Tax-chick

Or both


17 posted on 06/24/2017 3:55:28 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Parley Baer
They can share a cell.


18 posted on 06/24/2017 3:58:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: teeman8r

I don’t really know about their personal habits.


19 posted on 06/24/2017 4:02:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Golden Rule. Just that.)
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To: SaveFerris

(obviously that pic is a little out of date!)


20 posted on 06/24/2017 4:04:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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