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Former CIA, NSA director talks Trump
A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency told an Erie audience Thursday that American society is drifting toward “post-truthism” under President Donald Trump and compared this moment to a three-tiered wedding cake...
“The first (tier) of this cake is that we are basing our decision-making less on facts, information and data, and more on feelings, preferences, loyalty, fear and grievances,” Hayden said during his 45-minute talk, which was based on his recent book, “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies.”
Trump and his administration make up the cake’s second tier, Hayden said. The president intuitively understands these feelings and how people are making decisions based on what they read in social media. He (Trump) is also making it worse, Hayden said.
The cake’s third tier is the Russians and their efforts to influence American politics through social media, Hayden said.
http://www.goerie.com/news/20181109/former-cia-nsa-director-talks-trump-in-erie
“The first (tier) of this cake is that we are basing our decision-making less on facts, information and data, and more on feelings, preferences, loyalty, fear and grievances,” Hayden said during his 45-minute talk, which was based on his recent book, “The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies.”
Trump and his administration make up the cake’s second tier, Hayden said. The president intuitively understands these feelings and how people are making decisions based on what they read in social media. He (Trump) is also making it worse, Hayden said.
The cake’s third tier is the Russians and their efforts to influence American politics through social media, Hayden said.
http://www.goerie.com/news/20181109/former-cia-nsa-director-talks-trump-in-erie
Meddling in each other's politics has occurred between the USSR and USA since the Russian Revolution, when the Romanov Royal Family was unseated from power, in 1918. IMHO, the reason Teflon Don wants to curtail investigations into Russian election tampering is because Trump hired his own group of hackers to tilt election results. Any in-depth investigation would reveal numerous crimes Trump either committed, or ordered, to become president.
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