White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies

[Idoru]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a
broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration
officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear could curtail
their independence and reduce the flow of information that contradicts the
president’s worldview.

The possible role for Stephen A. Feinberg, a co­founder of Cerberus Capital
Management, has met fierce resistance among intelligence officials already on edge
because of the criticism the intelligence community has received from Mr. Trump
during the campaign and since he became president. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump
blamed leaks from the intelligence community for the departure of Michael T. Flynn,
his national security adviser, whose resignation he requested.

There has been no announcement of Mr. Feinberg’s job, which would be based
in the White House, but he recently told his company’s shareholders that he is in
discussions to join the Trump administration. He is a member of Mr. Trump’s
economic advisory council.


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Can you say "cover-up"? Or "purge"? I bet you can.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Cerberus

A monstrous multi headed watchdog who protects the gates of hell.

How fitting. What will the fundies think?

[Idoru]

18. Hahaha

I missed that, once again, you can't make this shit up.

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Cerberus's chairman is John Snow, Treasury Sec under Dubya; Dan Quayle chairs their Global

Investment division. They are thoroughly Republican, and thus thoroughly acceptable to fundies.

[Achilleaze]

32. KGOP sics a freaking monster on America's defenses

Their Russian BFFs will just love this.

[GP6971]

2. That's like Christie

and the law firm that "investigated" Bridgegate".

[ProudLib72]

3. So tRump is literally

unleashing the hounds of Hell upon our intelligence agencies?! Good luck with that. Can't say it will end well.

[TrumpMania]

29. That fits so perfectly....

[Corgigal]

4. And how is this one guy gonna do that?

They have black site/ info that the President isn't even aware of.

Someone is trying to shut it down, good luck with that...

[nikibatts]

5. Hey, Intel people. You have the real power. Do not be bullied.

[notdarkyet]

6. He better be vetted, pass a security clearance, agree to a lie detector test

Before, during and after any investigation. Rump has already brought in too many people that are traitors. We can't trust rumps choices or decisions.

[Blue Idaho]

7. Provided he can get a security clearance.

I understand if they can't detect a heartbeat - no clearance will be given. That leaves a NY Capital Investment CEO seriously in doubt.

[Corgigal]

8. And other thing

Unless this guy is also a Russian asset, why would he want this job? Why would anyone?

[WinkyDink]

9. The IC will DESTROY TRUMP if he tries this, maybe even literally (Think: JFK). AND Melania, Ivanka,

Jared for sure, etc.

Think they don't have the tapes?

[Idoru]

10. Oh I think this will just make that more certian

Even an attempt to do this will only further their wrath.

Hell, our allies also have these tapes and transcripts. It's only a matter of time.

[WinkyDink]

15. Exactly. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine." We hope and trust.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. "Those the gods wish to destroy they first drive mad (crazy)"

tRump is not a god and he is not up against gods, but measuring the skills and understanding of the two sides, it is as if he has declared war on gods.

tRump is half-mad already. For one thing, he is now obsessed. For another, his out-of-control narcissism make him think that it is more important to stop leaks against him than it is for him to stop leaking US intelligence -- witness the Mar-a-Lago breach of security and the security key info left on Oval Office desk in the presence of reporters and photographers. That's not even getting into the content of Flynn's calls and the "constant contact with Russian intelligence during the election".

The biggest leak is that the intelligence and wisdom and smarts that so recently graced the Executive Branch from the top down have been leaking / draining out.

[bdamomma]

11. They are not too

desperate to quash intelligence agencies huh?

I wouldn't mess around with these agencies.

[uppityperson]

12. K&R for wtf

[BaronChocula]

13. This frog-skinned limpwit

wants to go to war with the IC? Hold up while I make a sandwich.

[Zo Zig]

14. Cerberus

Is on par with the Carlie Group, lender of last resorts, vampire squids of Wall Street.

[WinkyDink]

16. Vampire. Squids. Whoa. Awesome image!

[tblue37]

27. Do you mean Carlyle Group? nt

[Zo Zig]

36. Yes

Thanks

[tblue37]

39. It could be worse. Your autocorrect gives you "Carlie." Mine gives m stuff like "Cararallylilie." nt

[TranssexualKaren]

17. Hay, he can't do that!!!

Our intelligence community is part of the commons...creating fascism!

[Kablooie]

20. Sure he can if Congress doesn't object.

It's so depressing that our whole government controlled by people who don't care about the US and are willing to destroy the world's greatest democracy just to grab more power for themselves.

I don't see what can stop them unless the CIA or FBI brings them down very, very soon. If they wait their ability to do so will be eliminated.

[Cosmocat]

28. Yep

nm

[JTFrog]

19. Lol. Because we can believe the co-founder of the corrupt neo-con controlled hedge fund over intel.

Shut the fuck up Donny!

[BainsBane]

21. Without a high security clearance

What can he really find out? He's probably there to administer a loyalty test.

[Sgent]

24. Security clearance is easy

one signature of DJT gives him carte blanche.

[BainsBane]

25. Not true

Flynn couldn't get a security clearance for his pick for deputy, and that was with Trump's support. The intelligence agencies aren't disclosing their most sensitive info to Trump. They sure aren't going to roll over for a hedge fund billionaire on Trump's command. They may give the appearance of cooperation, which is quite different from actual cooperation.

[JustAnotherGen]

26. +1

I think - *think* - they will have forked tongues while taking their loyalty oath.

[world wide wally]

22. Talk about a bad joke

There is bullshit and there is absolute bullshit.
Guess which category this falls under.

[JustAnotherGen]

30. This won't end well

For Trump.

[underpants]

33. Just about to post something like that. They are NOT going to like this AT ALL.

He's down and he's still trying pick a fight with the guy standing over him.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. The same Cerebus that had 51% stake of GMAC

and got a TARP bailout after its earlier chair Ezra Merkin was tied up with Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme.

M-kay.

[yardwork]

35. Looks like the swamp is growing.

[Tatiana]

37. How is this legal? How will he get the security clearance?

They will never give it to him.

Waiting for information about Feinberg to leak....

[Nitram]

38. Trump lost this battle before it even started. He's a lame duck and he made the mistake

of dissing the intelligence services before he even took office. Fatal mistake.

[JTFrog]

40. "We try to hide religiously,"

The men of the private equity generation want no such thing. "We try to hide religiously," explained Steven Feinberg, the CEO of a takeover firm called Cerberus Capital Management that recently drove one of its targets into bankruptcy after saddling it with $2.3 billion in debt. "If anyone at Cerberus has his picture in the paper and a picture of his apartment, we will do more than fire that person," Feinberg told shareholders in 2007. "We will kill him. The jail sentence will be worth it."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829?page=4

These fucking neocons have got to be exposed. Not a fucking ounce of credibility between the lot of them.