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TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2019, 09:27 PM Aug 2019

Trump's deputy director of national intelligence quits after Oval Office meeting: report

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The next in succession for the DNI spot resigned after meeting with Trump in the Oval Office.



Jennifer Jacobs
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Jennifer Jacobs Retweeted Rod Rosenstein

Scoop: The deputy director of national intelligence, Sue Gordon, will leave her position following a meeting in Oval with Trump today, sources tell me.

Jennifer Jacobs added,
Rod Rosenstein
Verified account @RodRosenstein
Deputy DNI Sue Gordon is a proven patriot who understands foreign threats, respects the nonpartisan truth, and protects America 24/7. Daughter of a Navy Vice Admiral, mother of 2 Marine captains. Gordon is a great @realDonaldTrump appointee! @SenatorBurr @LindseyGrahamSC …
2:42 PM - 8 Aug 2019





This opens the way for some Trump stooge to give US spies and other secrets to Russia.

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Trump's deputy director of national intelligence quits after Oval Office meeting: report (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 OP
sing, sure, sing. mopinko Aug 2019 #1
exactly. Don't just resign. Spill your guts publically about that meeting mnmoderatedem Aug 2019 #2
I guarantee there is one reason and one reason only she wasn't given the top job. Vinca Aug 2019 #3
Somebody. Get. Her. On. Camera!!! Takket Aug 2019 #4

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
3. I guarantee there is one reason and one reason only she wasn't given the top job.
Fri Aug 9, 2019, 06:39 AM
Aug 2019

She doesn't look the part. Trump doesn't care about qualifications, he cares about looks. It's a casting call. A man who looks military and photographs well will get the spot. He's weakening our national security, but the reality show comes first.

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