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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Putin & Trump want to discredit US Intel Comm because they see it as an obstacle to their power"
WikiLeaks Has Joined the Trump Administration
The anti-American group has become the preferred intelligence service for a conspiracy-addled White House.
As president, Trump hasnt come out and said anything laudatory about WikiLeaks following its massive disclosure of CIA secrets on Tuesday a treasure trove that some experts already believe may be more damaging than Edward Snowdens revelations. But Trump hasnt condemned WikiLeaks. The recent entries on his Twitter feed a pure reflection of his unbridled id contain vicious attacks on, among other things, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the New York Times, and Barack Obama but not a word about WikiLeaks. Did the president not notice that the intelligence community he commands has just suffered a devastating breach of security? Or did he simply not feel compelled to comment?
Actually there is a third, even more discomfiting, possibility: Perhaps Trump is staying silent because he stands to benefit from WikiLeaks latest revelations.Perhaps Trump is staying silent because he stands to benefit from WikiLeaks latest revelations.
On Saturday, recall, Trump was making wild-eyed accusations that Obama had ordered the U.S. intelligence community to wiretap him. How low has President Obama gone to tapp (sic) my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy! The White House could not come up with one iota of evidence to support this irresponsible allegation, which was denied by FBI Director James Comey and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. But Trump would not be dissuaded from pursuing this charge, which serves as a convenient distraction from the far more serious accusations of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin while Russia was interfering with the presidential campaign.
Is it just a coincidence that WikiLeaks dumped a massive database pertaining to CIA hacking and wiretapping just three days after Trump made wiretapping a major political issue? Perhaps so. But there is cause for suspicion.
The anti-American group has become the preferred intelligence service for a conspiracy-addled White House.
As president, Trump hasnt come out and said anything laudatory about WikiLeaks following its massive disclosure of CIA secrets on Tuesday a treasure trove that some experts already believe may be more damaging than Edward Snowdens revelations. But Trump hasnt condemned WikiLeaks. The recent entries on his Twitter feed a pure reflection of his unbridled id contain vicious attacks on, among other things, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the New York Times, and Barack Obama but not a word about WikiLeaks. Did the president not notice that the intelligence community he commands has just suffered a devastating breach of security? Or did he simply not feel compelled to comment?
Actually there is a third, even more discomfiting, possibility: Perhaps Trump is staying silent because he stands to benefit from WikiLeaks latest revelations.Perhaps Trump is staying silent because he stands to benefit from WikiLeaks latest revelations.
On Saturday, recall, Trump was making wild-eyed accusations that Obama had ordered the U.S. intelligence community to wiretap him. How low has President Obama gone to tapp (sic) my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy! The White House could not come up with one iota of evidence to support this irresponsible allegation, which was denied by FBI Director James Comey and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. But Trump would not be dissuaded from pursuing this charge, which serves as a convenient distraction from the far more serious accusations of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin while Russia was interfering with the presidential campaign.
Is it just a coincidence that WikiLeaks dumped a massive database pertaining to CIA hacking and wiretapping just three days after Trump made wiretapping a major political issue? Perhaps so. But there is cause for suspicion.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/08/wikileaks-has-joined-the-trump-administration/
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"Putin & Trump want to discredit US Intel Comm because they see it as an obstacle to their power" (Original Post)
CousinIT
Mar 2017
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cilla4progress
(24,731 posts)1. Anyone know how bad wikileaks dump is for
IC reputation?
CousinIT
(9,245 posts)2. I've not read much about it except them being able to covertly use mobile devices. n/t
Cha
(297,220 posts)3. No Shite
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)4. Wow. That explains quite a lot
Those cretins want world domination pretty much
triron
(22,003 posts)5. excellent post
Thank you
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)6. Wikileaks is full out pro Putin and it is obvious.
And Trump once again flaunts that he is above the law and dares the cowards to do anything about it.
Of course they won't.
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)8. Raw wealth is power
Someone should change the keys at Fort Knox.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)9. Maybe Wikileaks has always been a Putin program. nt