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MohRokTah

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Fri Aug 5, 2016, 09:19 AM Aug 2016

Former CIA chief: Putin recruited Trump as an 'unwitting agent' of Russia

One cannot be a patriotic American and vote for an "unwitting agent of the Russian Federation":

Former CIA chief: Putin recruited Trump as an 'unwitting agent' of Russia

For former acting CIA Director Michael Morell, Donald Trump does not have what it takes to be commander in chief.

In a New York Times op-ed published Friday, the 33-year agency veteran notes that he has been heretofore private with his political preferences and is registered as neither a Democrat nor a Republican.

"No longer. On Nov. 8, I will vote for Hillary Clinton. Between now and then, I will do everything I can to ensure that she is elected as our 45th president," wrote Morell.

Morell also suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin has successfully co-opted Trump's message in complimenting the political neophyte and getting exactly what he wanted in return with more praise even in light of his strongman tendencies toward journalists and dissidents.

"In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation," Morell wrote.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/michael-morell-endorses-clinton-226707#ixzz4GSnkYySt
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Former CIA chief: Putin recruited Trump as an 'unwitting agent' of Russia (Original Post) MohRokTah Aug 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Aug 2016 #1
"Unwitting Agent" C_U_L8R Aug 2016 #2
That's the way I read it, too. nt longship Aug 2016 #3

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