Posted on 08/08/2017 9:12:14 AM PDT by ckilmer
Russia is in the process of a major comeback. The last thing that they need or want is a strong US military. So why on Earth would they have preferred a strong-on-defense team like Trump-Pence over a very weak democrat one. In fact, Obama bent over backwards appeasing the Russians on nukes and missile defense. Meanwhile, he practically crippled our military. And Hillary expressed zero concerns over the state of our military. She would have continued weakening it. That plus her handing the Russians 20% of our uranium production, via the much overlooked Uranium-One scandal.
Confirmation that the Russia story is a nothing-burger.
The more I read, the more I think Russia’s real objective was to was to create turmoil in the US Government, regardless of who won. If so, the Democrats (& RHINOs) have sure helped them achieve that objective.
The CIA is no more trustworthy than the next door neighborhood gossip.
PBS is scum. They should be stripped of every single penny that comes from taxpayers. This statement above is classic.
They can't come out and say there is or isn't any dirt on Trump.
But they sure would like you, as a reader, to assume there is from the "uncharacteristically lengthy pause".
I despise and detest PBS, NPR, etc. and all they stand for. The fact they even get 1/100,000th of a penny from my pocket galls me.
The media knows the people have moved on from the false ruskies narrative and this is their way of directing the dems away from the story..
The Russians at the meeting worked for Fusion GPS, a DNC contractor. So, yes, DNC knew about the meeting. It was in the file to be exposed at a time of their choosing.
Does he believe Russia has dirt on President Trump?
What do the Saudis have on who?
“The CIA is no more trustworthy than the next door neighborhood gossip.”
Most of the time our next door gossiping neighbor will not shoot you several times in the back of your head and get the local LEO’s to call it a suicide.
I find it interesting that Russia’s GDP is so close to that of Mexico:
8 Italy 1,815,757
9 Brazil 1,772,589
10 Canada 1,552,386
11 South Korea 1,376,868
12 Russia 1,324,734
13 Australia 1,223,887
14 Spain 1,199,715
15 Mexico 1,144,334
I’m reasonably sure that the CIA should be Phoenixed.
NPR and CIA makes this another nothing burger fake news piece trying to weaken our president.
If Trump defunds NPR and uses an Executive Order to disband the CIA, this bs will stop.
Truman founded the CIA, with an Executive Order: He didnt trust the OSS after WWII, so he disbanded them and created the CIA with his Executive Order.
Shortly, before JFK was killed, JFK, apparently wanted to limit the CIA to Intel collection.
HST wrote this shortly after JFK was killed:
HST founded the CIA, and he realized his creation had become something he didn’t want and had became what/ why he ended the OSS after WWII was over
Harry Truman Writes after JFK was killed:
Limit CIA Role (To Intelligence collection)
By Harry S Truman, INDEPENDENCE, MO., Dec. 21 1963
http://www.maebrussell.com/Prouty/Harry%20Truman’s%20CIA%20article.html
So, a simple EXO by President Trump ending Trumans EXO to end the OSS and to start the CIA, can eliminate the CIA.
I AGREE
Agree with a lot of your points. However, this particular article seems to favor Trump. Which is surprising for all the reasons you cite. Because it is NPR.
“...But when asked the bottom-line question Does he believe Russia has dirt on President Trump? Hoffman pauses before answering. An uncharacteristically lengthy pause...”
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The CIA operative knew the question was a political question so he dodged it. However, all his previous more detailed questions show that he believes the case against Trump is a fraud.
This has such a spy novel cloak-and-dagger air about it that it brings the whole ludicrous Valerie Plame thing back to mind.
Thanks for the feedback.
Whenever I/we see/read NPR or CIA by themselves in a so called news article, we/I know it is fake news.
Add both of them together for a really toxic brew.
"The way I would answer that question is that Russian intelligence collects information on their own people," he says. "They focus to a great extent on us at the American Embassy, to collect information on us. They seek to understand [as they say in Russian] what makes us breathe.
"That's really what they want to know."
Sure, says Hoffman.
Russians already knew what made Hillary and Bernie breath... had all the 'goods' on those two... Hillary or Bernie being elected would have been more 'comforting' to the Russians for that reason alone. Trump was an unknown - someone they knew so little about and who came across as unpredictable - he's not a logical choice for Russians to back. Even if they did like him better... and if the Russian people liked him better - waaay too unpredictable.
You raise an very valid point re Russia’s GNP.
What country has meddled in American Politics 24/7 since Ike, and tried to influence who we elected as president last year?
Mexico!
Which country has millions of illegals in America doing great economic and security damage to America every day?
Mexico!
Which country has been more dangerous to Americans every day for decades?
Mexico!
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