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Trump picks John Ratcliffe to be CIA director
REUTERS/JPost ^

Posted on 11/12/2024 2:54:06 PM PST by RoosterRedux

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had picked former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cia; ciadirector; dci; dni; dreamteam; intelligence; johnratcliffe; ratcliffe; trump; trumpscabinet
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1 posted on 11/12/2024 2:54:06 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

SUPER - SUPER - SUPER...I was wondering about him and am glad he’s being considered....


2 posted on 11/12/2024 2:55:07 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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That’s all I’ve got at the moment. Just came over the Reuters wire and was picked up by the Jerusalem Post.


3 posted on 11/12/2024 2:55:08 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson paraphrased, "If you strike at the king, don't fail." They failed. )
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To: RoosterRedux

Yay!


4 posted on 11/12/2024 2:55:15 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: RoosterRedux

NOW someone as good as Ratcliffe as National Security Advisor....


5 posted on 11/12/2024 2:56:26 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Kash for sure! just watch that is gonna be the next announcement


6 posted on 11/12/2024 2:57:02 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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Reuters doesn’t make these picks.

Is there an explicit Trump tweet to this effect?


7 posted on 11/12/2024 2:59:16 PM PST by Owen
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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113472422495973695

8 posted on 11/12/2024 3:04:09 PM PST by monkapotamus
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To: Owen

Did you do your part by looking for a Trump tweet?;-)


9 posted on 11/12/2024 3:08:35 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson paraphrased, "If you strike at the king, don't fail." They failed. )
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To: Owen

you have to go to Truthsocial.com to follow Trump and his announcements


10 posted on 11/12/2024 3:10:00 PM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: RoosterRedux

Check your title, Rooster. Is picked for head of CIA or DNI?


11 posted on 11/12/2024 3:10:00 PM PST by Obadiah
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he was DNI in Trump’s first term. Now CIA


12 posted on 11/12/2024 3:10:47 PM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: spacejunkie2001

I’m fine with TruthSocial being the source of information from the Administration.

Then cancel daily press briefings and the Press Secretary will be some software nerd that pastes announcements.


13 posted on 11/12/2024 3:11:31 PM PST by Owen
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To: Obadiah

As you know, the title is the title. Per FR rules, the title must not be changed by us.


14 posted on 11/12/2024 3:12:00 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson paraphrased, "If you strike at the king, don't fail." They failed. )
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Hope he brings a large supply of toilet-bowl plungers with him when he reports to work...


15 posted on 11/12/2024 3:12:38 PM PST by SuperLuminal
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To: monkapotamus

Excellent. Thanks for that!


16 posted on 11/12/2024 3:12:44 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson paraphrased, "If you strike at the king, don't fail." They failed. )
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To: Thank You Rush

Same here! I was hoping he’d get appointed to a critical position. Now what’s he got planned for Kash Patel?


17 posted on 11/12/2024 3:13:07 PM PST by FrdmLvr
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He will have a difficult assignment, reining in this bunch of spooks. They have ten ways from Sunday to keep their 80 year old killing machine intact.

About the only way to reform them would be eliminating cash flow.


18 posted on 11/12/2024 3:15:02 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: Owen

Trump is posting them on X at a rapid rate.


19 posted on 11/12/2024 3:15:35 PM PST by Rio
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To: RoosterRedux

Ratcliffe is outstanding.


20 posted on 11/12/2024 3:18:32 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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