Former CIA official says having Trump in the White House is the gravest threat since Civil War

[fleur-de-lisa]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/former-cia-official-says-having-trump-in-the-white-house-is-the-gravest-threat-since-civil-war/

Sean Illing at Vox spoke with a 23-year CIA veteran, Glenn Carle, who served as deputy officer on the National Intelligence Council. He does not have good news.

“We are facing the gravest threat to our institutions and our government since 1861, since the country broke in half,” Carle tells Vox. “This is a graver crisis than Watergate, which was about corruption, not the usurpation of our laws and our checks and balances. It’s graver than World War II, when Hitler never actually threatened our institutions or occupation of Washington. We’re dealing with a man in Trump who doesn’t accept a fact-based reality, who only acts for his own self-aggrandizement, and who views any action that does not serve him as a threat that must be destroyed,” he continues.

Vox asks the former intelligence professional about why some officials appear to be more concerned about the source of the leaks than what they reveal.

“These sorts of accusations are outrageous and part of the problem. It’s shocking to see such a betrayal of the oaths these people took to serve the nation,” Carle says. “With only a handful of exceptions, nearly every Republican has marched in lockstep to protect their leader because it allows them to pursue their agenda — tax cuts for the rich, increasing voter restrictions on minority districts, the elimination of entitlement programs, etc.”

[TrekLuver]

1. The CIA to the rescue. I had hope that there would be patriots in these institutions.

Yes leaking classified information is just "terrible"...except when the fate of your nation is at stake.

[pangaia]

2. And the money line is......

"............ nearly every Republican has marched in lockstep to protect their leader because it allows them to pursue their agenda — tax cuts for the rich, increasing voter restrictions on minority districts, the elimination of entitlement programs, etc.”

[oasis]

3. The former CIA official knows, and so does the entire CIA. n/t

[world wide wally]

7. So does the rest of the world

[Ilsa]

4. Malcolm Nance echoed his comments.

This is about our democracy getting torn apart.

[The Sand Reckoner]

5. This is more like the Civil War would have been

With US Grant telegraphing his battle plans to Robert E. Lee.

[Ligyron]

6. Were truer words ever spoken?

and he should know too. Good point about Hitler, he never really threatened us directly but Trump is in the White House threatening us everyday.