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by Melissa McEwan
http://shareblue.com/kellyanne-conway-says-trump-is-going-to-put-his-own-people-in-the-intelligence-community/#.WE67dzkujJE.facebook
"SNIP.............
DICKERSON: Im just trying to get a sense of the new president-elects views about the intelligence community
The reason I ask is that hes had a lot of intelligence briefings [sic], and then when he was asked about this question, which is coming from the intelligence community, he said that it was a laughing point. In other words, the notion that the Russians were involved in the election was laughable. And so Im just wondering how he can both respect the intelligence community and then think something theyre telling him is laughable. That seems to be a disconnect.
CONWAY: Its completely compatible. He absolutely respects the intelligence community. Hes made very clear hes going to put his own people in there as well. What he has said is laughable and ridiculous is this entire notion, which people are just using as a foregone conclusion, that somehow this was meant to defeat Hillary Clinton and elevate him to the presidency.
Within this casual aside is a shocking admission: Trumps plan is simply to replace the intelligence community with yes-men. That is fundamentally incompatible with the role the intelligence community is meant to play.
The CIA delivered a report finding Russians had indeed interfered to defeat Hillary Clinton and elevate [Trump] to the presidency. Conway sniffs that it is being treated as a foregone conclusion, as though intelligence assessments are just a matter of opinion. As though it is reasonable for the president-elect to ignore them and call them ridiculous if he does not like the conclusion.
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dhill926
(16,339 posts)WhiteTara
(29,715 posts)old job.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)no doubt!
Generator
(7,770 posts)The nightmare is real.
coco22
(1,258 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)of all time - will be fun watching ReTHUGs twist themselves into pretzels as he tears every institution to shreds.
I still believe the American system will stop him - we shall see
iwannaknow
(210 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,706 posts)0rganism
(23,953 posts)every single one of them will need to be scrubbed at the earliest opportunity
Generator
(7,770 posts)Is she sure of her spot in the bunker? Do they not see an incompetent buffoon? Anything for power. It really never ceases to amaze.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Hunch says,some personal info about Trump will pop via unnamed sources. These Guys have been known to create whole new Governments around the world. Besides creating other little creative thingee's.
malaise
(268,998 posts)rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Julius Caesar has no intelligence.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Eugene
(61,894 posts)Fact-free intelligence for a fact-free president.
This is a whole new level of crazy.
maveric
(16,445 posts)Secret police?
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)With the rank of Standartenführer.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)God damn this guy is really really unfit to be where he is. God damn our country is in trouble
Loge23
(3,922 posts)I never thought I would be relying on the CIA to save our democracy but I am now. Just sayin'..
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,985 posts)The last thing one needs in the intelligence community is a bunch of yes men.