Brennan: Trump called us hacks to delegitimize intelligence report

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 11/12/17 09:33 AM EST

Former CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that President Trump called him and former director of national intelligence chief James Clapper political hacks in an effort to delegitimize the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia called for an influence campaign aimed at interfering in the United States election.

“Well first of all he was referring to us and political hacks because he was trying to delegitimize the intelligence community assessment that was done,” Brennan told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Brennan’s appearance on the news network comes after Trump said Saturday that believes Russian President Vladimir Putin “means it” when he denied Moscow meddled in the United States election. During the same comments from the president, Trump slammed the leaders of the intelligence community at the time that the declassified report was released in early January.

“And then you hear it's 17 agencies. Well, it's three. And one is Brennan and one is whatever. I mean, give me a break. They're political hacks,” Trump told reporters.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/359982-brennan-trump-called-us-hacks-to-delegitimize-intelligence-report

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1. You forgot the most important quote in the article....

Brennan noted that he, Clapper, and Comey did not author the January report, saying other intelligence officers did.
“It’s very clear that the Russians interfered in the election and it’s still puzzling as to why Mr. Trump does not acknowledge that, embrace it and also push back hard against Mr. Putin,” he said.

[jmowreader]

5. I doubt Brennan, Clapper and Comey could author one

That’s not what they do. Expecting the boss to be able to do it is like expecting GM CEO Mary Barra to know how to install a transmission or the CEO of General Mills to know how to make Cheerios.

[NCjack]

2. The question was: why is the GOP congressional leadership tolerant of #45 treason? The question

now is: why isn't the DEM leadership hanging the charge of treason around the necks of the GOP leadership?

[marybourg]

3. They're probably waiting until it can have

some impact-when people are listening-before next year's elections.

[SonofDonald]

4. At least it's beyond obvious now to the general public

That dumpf is not only guilty of something but very guilty of something.

He's unhinged and in the midst of a bigger than normal meltdown, I hope they don't take his phone away so he can continue to remove any doubt of conspiracy in a running daily public spew.

It's just a matter of time now, remember six months ago when only a portion of Americans knew how bad this really is?.

Now they all know whether they admit it or not.

The worst con man in our nations history has almost reached the end of his rope.

[Hekate]

6. Got it in one. Next question: who does it serve to delegitimize the USA intelligence community?

We all know the answer to that, don't we?

The Trojan Horse is going to bring the entire country down in ruins, given the chance.