Posted on 12/17/2016 8:09:19 PM PST by Rockitz
It appears clear enough that he has not only leaked classified information. He has done so for partisan political purposes. The US is now one step closer to a Banana Republic.
ACC has just run a story about how the FBI now reportedly agrees with the CIA that Russia tried to influence our election. We quoted the Daily Caller which said:
“The CIA has not issued any public statements, and all assertions are based on anonymous leaks.”
This may be technically true, but is misleading. We now know pretty clearly who has been leaking from the CIA.
NPR reported yesterday that John Brennan, the head of the CIA, sent a written message to CIA staff members stating that the FBI now agreed with the CIA assertion of Russian interference in the election. NPR itself noted that Brennen knew perfectly well that a general message to employees would be leaked. In effect, he was asking the CIA staff to leak it. So here we have an instance of the head of the CIA leaking conclusions from a classified report although in a roundabout way.
It really was bad enough for the secretary of state and her staff to treat classified information as she did. Has no one in Washington learned anything from this? And what does it tell us that the leaker is the head of the CIA, where secrecy is supposed to be greatest?
When the CIA was founded after WW2, some commentators warned that having a super secret spy agency inside our government was not a good idea, that it might eventually try to influence or even subvert our democracy. Rumors of the CIA working with the Mafia and the like in the past were just rumors. But there now seems no doubt that the agency has leaked classified information knowing that it will be used for a highly partisan political purpose, to undermine the legitimacy of the Trump election.
I don’t know how others will react to this, but I find it more than troubling that the head of the CIA could in this way inject himself into domestic politics.
We have some great city lake like Pampa TX that just got stocked by TX Parks & Wildlife ... 5000 trout last week. Bunch near Amarillo at well. I will be down at Sam Raburn and into the Hill Country etc next spring.
Our wildflowers and spawning bass make April maybe the best month to visit. Skeeters still dormant, trees leafing out, ping me in spring. BBQ briefings and updates, etc.
WILL DO !
Thank you for expressing your feelings. Have a nice Sunday.
I think on Monday or Tuesday, we’ll get a public statement from Comey or Clapper, where they contradict what Brennan said.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cowards don’t have the stones to refute him NOW? LOCK ‘EM UP!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.