Posted on 08/17/2016 11:30:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
GOP nominee Donald Trump is poised to receive his first classified intelligence briefing
in New York City on Wednesday. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will give Trump a "fairly general" report, says Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Retired Gen. Michael Hayden emphasized this latter point, noting the secret meetings will be "secret-light."
Many have voiced their concerns about Trump having knowledge of important national security intel, especially after he invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails.
the words "Trump" and "classified intelligence briefing" are so hard to write in the same tweet.— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) August 17, 2016
Others pointed out that hours before Trump's intelligence briefing, he said he "doesn't' trust" U.S. intel.
He receives his first briefing today. [shudders.] | Trump: I don't trust U.S. intelligence information https://t.co/2nAsmhqm5R— Michael Hicks (@MikeH5856) August 17, 2016
As for the Democratic nominee, who as secretary of state mishandled national security intel on an unsecure private server, House Speaker Paul Ryan formally requested she be prohibited from receiving such briefings.
But the “critics” are fine with Hillary who can’t pass a security clearance due to her “extreme carelessness” of having an illegal private server and ignoring her position as SOS, which by definition, is at minimum CLASSIFIED when receiving and sending emails. The “critics” make me sick. They are dumber than dumb for thinking we are as dumb as they are.
Staff are never allowed.
I know, it was more wishful thinking.
You'd never expect these dry, dusty, old pundits to be such snarky little bitches.....
Townhall cringes. lol
Even with a very watered down report, he’s more up to date than The Golfer who can’t be bothered with briefings.
Couldn’t they just sign him up for email alerts from the DNC and Clinton campain where the rest of the world gets their classified info from our government?
What secrets are left after those Hillary and Biden sold/gave away?
So that Twitter dope trusts Hillary more with sensitive information??
Christie and Gen Flynn (as governor and retired general officer, respectively) obviously do.
Security Clearance??? This is the post-Clinton SecState, era where they can share classified information with anyone and no reasonable prosecutor will prosecute.
“Many have voiced their concerns about Trump having knowledge of important national security intel...”
You mean as compared to giving Killary an actual email account?
You cite the Clinton-exception rule. All other humans must obey the law.
All you can do is shake your head.
The same bunch of pearl clutchers are perfectly fine with Hillary having access to Intel.
She’s probably already sold it
I could not have said it any better. On the other hand , with a pea-sized brain that liberals have, it’s difficult for them to engage their brain before they open their mouth.
The left is pathetic. Between Trump and Hillary, which one has compromised national security secrets?
“at least Trump won’t email them to our enemies”
Exactly. People should cringe at Hillary getting security briefings. In fact, if any other American had done what Hillary did, putting classified material in unclassified emails, they would be in jail for a very long time with never getting a security clearance again — ever.
He needs to be careful. I believe this is the trap Obama’s snakes used to shut Romney down, in particular on Benghazi.
I think he was given a phony briefing on going operations and a nondisclosure agreement that limited things he could say.
It is almost better to turn down these briefings until after the election.
This is surreal. Townhall has become as leftist as the NYT & the Washington Compost.
Hillary sold our secrets, but she is more trustworthy than Trump? Insanity.
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