Posted on 04/20/2019 7:56:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Former Central Intelligence Agency analyst John Gentry has written a scathing indictment of “unprecedented” attacks on President Trump. Gentry published his evaluation in the quarterly International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. His criticisms were both institutional and individual; people called out included CIA Director John Brenan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former deputy CIA director Michael Morell.
“A considerable body of evidence, much of it fragmentary, indicates that many CIA people have left-leaning political preferences,” Gentry said, while hedging, “less evidence shows that political bias influences CIA analyses.” Gentry observed:
“The attacks on Trump were unprecedented for intelligence officers in their substance, tone, and volume,” he wrote. “Critics went far beyond trying to correct Trump’s misstatements about U.S. intelligence; they attacked him as a human being.”
Gentry also criticized former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell for claiming in 2016 that his career qualified him to make judgments on the presidency. “Morell’s claim that his CIA career qualifies him to make political judgments about domestic issues is incorrect,” Gentry said.
“He was trained and authorized to ‘make the call’ about foreign intelligence issues within the classified, internal world of the U.S. government … He did not recommend policies, including voting choices.”
Neither did Gentry spare the Pentagon from his criticism. He noted that during the Obama administration, intelligence report editors were instructed to “avoid specifically identified terms that might trigger criticism of administration policy.”
“That clearly stated policy of politicization provoked no apparent reaction of any sort from analysts,” Gentry said. “DIA analysts seemed comfortable with politicization by omission.” Gentry believes that the seeds of this liberal bias were planted by former President Barack Obama under the guise of affirmative action.
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“MAY” be???
Shirley you jest
Don’t call me Surely.
They started in the schools teaching that the “ends always justifies the means”. And now the left has infiltrated everything. Historically, speaking this is how they operate. It is like the progression of a virus.
As a career choice, being a Democrat is the obvious one. Democrats favor an ever-expanding government (ensuring your job), see rules and laws as maliable to whatever works for them and (like the mafia) will always keep you around so long as you do what you are told and don’t rat them out. You just need to live with the stench of their malfeasance and be willing to tolerate any lie or double-cross that happens within the party knowing the only thing that matters to them is the survival of their own criminal empire.
OK, who has the Nick Cage pic?
Of course Beau.
This Gentry fellow seems to be given to wild flights of fanciful speculation. Elsewhere he has postulated that bears have been known to defecate in wooded areas.
Nothing gets by a CIA analyst. If this guy is the best we can do......
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My perspective may be anecdotal but I have met way more leftists in the IC than not.
For those non-military, IC means Intelligence Community, which is made up of military and non-military intelligence organizations.
JoMa
Oh....then they all need to be terminated immediately. Happy Easter
Eftest a-holes!
I interact with many that are in the service(s) and former service members. I am always cautious around those that are “IC”. As you say the majority seem to lean left.
‘MAY BE’.....ya don’t say.....
The whole .fedgov is biased towards the Rats.
Same here, very much so. It appears to be the case of most any organization funded by Uncle Sugar.
Gee, ya think?
Is the pope Catholic?
Is the CIA-State-NSA-DOD biased against Israel and conservatives of ALL race, creed, or religions?
Does a Russian bear wipe with the Steele Dossier in the woods?
Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
Wild Bill Donovan would not be amused. Might as well have Google run the goddamned thing.
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