Posted on 08/16/2018 2:21:52 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Today the New York Times has published a column by John Brennan under the headline “President Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash.” Brennan served as Director of the CIA until January 2017 and held the highest security clearance until yesterday. He must know what he is talking about. Looking for the goods, I turn to his column. Here is the nub of the column:
The already challenging work of the American intelligence and law enforcement communities was made more difficult in late July 2016…when Mr. Trump, then a presidential candidate, publicly called upon Russia to find the missing emails of Mrs. Clinton. By issuing such a statement, Mr. Trump was not only encouraging a foreign nation to collect intelligence against a United States citizen, but also openly authorizing his followers to work with our primary global adversary against his political opponent.
Such a public clarion call certainly makes one wonder what Mr. Trump privately encouraged his advisers to do — and what they actually did — to win the election. While I had deep insight into Russian activities during the 2016 election, I now am aware — thanks to the reporting of an open and free press — of many more of the highly suspicious dalliances of some American citizens with people affiliated with the Russian intelligence services.
Mr. Trump’s claims of no collusion are, in a word, hogwash.
So Trump’s public — and obviously jocular — expression of hope that Russia might be able to “find the 30,000 emails that are missing” makes Brennan wonder what Trump privately encouraged his advisers to do. Based on what he has read in the New York Times and other such organs, he has suspicions!
Hogwash indeed.
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Yeah, an offhand joke made literally in front of the entire campaign press corps is the basis for the CIA Director’s concerns about Russian collusion. TDS at its finest.
The question is: Is he so stupid he doesn’t get it was a joke, or is he just that dishonest?
Democrats/Liberals have no sense of humor at all. DJT was obviously goading them because of Hillary’s missing emails. Do you think they really do not remember about her missing emails? Does an ostrich put it’s head in the ground to avoid unpleasant things? YES!!!!!
He looks like a shoebill pelican.
This mans is a total jackass, and was CIA director? How the hell did this commie get approved? It was a joke jackass, and most liberal jackasses cannot recognize a joke. What an abject fool using the same alinsky tactic—accuse your opponents if what you are doing.This commie should have no credibility.
A throwaway wisecrack becomes a clarion call for Russian intervention in the fevered brain of a Brennan.
Book him Dano.
When the left feels that removing the president is essential to national security, none of them should have access to state secrets. Or the FISA courts.
Hey Brennmoron you dyckhead
Trump might have said that as an inference that due to the Wikileaks news of Hillary’s illegal public server Russian intelligence might have easy pickins to the Hag’s emails.
BUT I guess thats just too far over your head, huh?
When you are caught red handed using the full powers of the US intel community to influence domestic politics and engage in sedition when your stupid plan doesn’t work and Trump wins, the thinnest of reeds must seem like potential lifelines.
Hard to tell with Brennan.
Sounds like a move Donald Sutherland would have been in in the 1970’s.
Reports like this from the Deep State operatives are singularly focused to be gobbled up by only the batchit crazy and mentally ill folks who dont know male from female.
i.e. liberal demomarxists
Yes he was. During Barrak Hussein Obama's administration
2)Brennan knows all about the Clinton security lapses and the FBI cover up
3)Brennan is one of the authors , if not the originator, of the Russian collusion hoax.
All the ridiculous and bombastic things that come out of his cartoon faced mouth are said because he knows the imbeciles who buy the Russian collusion tripe are eating up his lies like Sunday dinner.
Remarkably, the answer to that question is...
Both.
The best part of the joke was that the Russian’s might have been the only competent intel or law enforcement to have captured all the email from HilLIARy’s illegal private home server, on which she destroyed evidence. Ha ha. Good one.
Note to Breñnen: Hillary had a server in her bathroom she used to communicate with Overseas contacts and government business, Huma had 650,000 classified and Secret emails on a laptop a pedophile was using to communicate over the internet with and you as Head of the C_A didn’t have a clue?
I won’t say hogwash, it’s more like a White wash!
“The already challenging work of the American intelligence and law enforcement communities was made more difficult in late July 2016…when Mr. Trump, then a presidential candidate, publicly called upon Russia to find the missing emails of Mrs. Clinton. By issuing such a statement, Mr. Trump was not only encouraging a foreign nation to collect intelligence against a United States citizen, but also openly authorizing his followers to work with our primary global adversary against his political opponent.”
Again, FFS, how can anyone actually believe this crap?
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