Posted on 04/03/2020 11:52:50 PM PDT by Syncro
President Trump on Friday night fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who had deemed urgent a whistleblowers complaint about the presidents actions on aid to Ukraine.
In a letter to the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, the president said it is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general.
That is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general, Mr. Trump said.
The president said the firing would take effect in 30 days and he will nominate a new candidate, who must be confirmed by the Senate.
Mr. Atkinson was nominated by Mr. Trump and started in the post in May 2018. In August 2019, Mr. Atkinson received the whistleblowers complaint alleging that the president had abused his power in soliciting help from Ukraine to undermine Democratic presidential front-runner Joseph R. Biden.
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/3/donald-trump-fires-michael-atkinson-intel-watchdog/
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We should still be concerned with the company around trump with ties to the deep state and Hillary, fauci and brix
I hope he is also removed from the CIA and his off-shore accounts are seized.
Bad intelligence oversight (China) on Covid-19?
Good, but this is like throwing a pebble into the Atlantic ocean. It won’t be noticed much.
Yes
He needs to be long gone from govt “service”
Lots of ‘em do
and their Not Science models
Good timing.
IIRC, Atkinson bent the normal rule on ‘whistleblower’ to create the subsequent mess, which led to Congress impeachment inquiry turned impeachment of president Trump.
No wonder Trump lost confidence in this IG.
However the Ukraine mess did not /could not compare to the Russian Collusion hoax. I have yet to see anybody pay a price for it.
This is the guy who changed the whistleblower form to allow hearsay. For that he ought to have all of his credentials removed.
“... received a complaint from an individual....”
and we know who the individual is. That individual is a well-known anti-Trump activist and should never have been classified as a “whistleblower.”
Whoever recommended Atkinson to the President for the appointment may need to go.
“The first guy to know after Trump and a flunky is the IT guy who locks accounts and shuts off crackberries.”
As a former IT guy and Network Admin I can tell you most people would be shocked at the kind of access IT people have to everyone’s info. To do their jobs these folks need to be able to access everyone’s home directories, shared directories, e-mail etc. Otherwise really smart people think nothing of putting all kinds of stuff in those places. If an enterprise was out to eliminate someone a deep dive could probably find “something” deemed inappropriate by some standard. Could be something as small as an attachment you opened in 2016 because nothing ever dies in the network. It may sitting in a backup tape archive but it’s there.
Have him clock in and sit at an empty desk for 30 days.
Remove email and network access.
Have security with with him all day?
I thought they were both frog-marched out.
Deep State operatives need to be treated like the Wuhan virus.
Spray them head to foot with bleach.
Yes The Deep State needs to be pulled out by the roots.
All excellent ideas, SecAmndmmt-!
Personally, a really large Kitty Box would be ideal for this person’s office.
Awesome. Like watching a trashcan.
That’s a task he can safely be assigned.
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Wait 'til we see how long it takes them to get the unemployment rate down to anywhere near under 10% again.
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Yes .... just another ugly example of how ill our nation remains.
There seems no real turning around. Congresscritters stay in their positions forever, they almost all steal to keep their jobs.......... and we are the victims.
It is not changing at all.
I’m watching Pres. Trump’s daily coronavirus news conference. A reporter just asked “Wasn’t Atkinson just doing his job?” (paraphrasing).
Im watching Pres. Trumps daily coronavirus news conference. A reporter just asked Wasnt Atkinson just doing his job? (paraphrasing).Yes, that's the dem/Chinese/media talking point. (I include China because the dems and media here are doing just what China wants)
Leftists all over the 'news,' twitter and most of the www are using that smear of Trump.
Yes he was doing his job.
But his job, because his handlers are the Deep State/Soros/Pelosi/Schumer et al, is and was to bring Trump down in any way possible.
Even if it means millions of Americans die.
The media are in lockstep with those that want to destroy our Constitutional Republic.
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