Trump's refusal to accept intelligence briefing on Russia stuns experts

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Trump's refusal to accept intelligence briefing on Russia stuns experts

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. (Evan Vucci / AP)
Dana Priest, Tom HamburgerThe Washington Post

Former senior U.S. national security officials are dismayed at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's repeated refusal to accept the judgment of intelligence professionals that Russia stole files from the Democratic National Committee computers in an effort to influence the U.S. election.

The former officials, who have served presidents in both parties, say they were bewildered when Trump cast doubt on Russia's role after receiving a classified briefing on the subject and again after an unusually blunt statement from U.S. agencies saying they were "confident" that Moscow had orchestrated the attacks.

"It defies logic," retired Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency, said of Trump's pronouncements.

Trump has assured supporters that, if elected, he would surround himself with experts on defense and foreign affairs, where he has little experience. But when it comes to Russia, he has made it clear that he is not listening to intelligence officials, the former officials said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-intelligence-briefing-russia-20161014-story.html

[lark]

1. This is the true menace of drumpf.

He will sell out the world to Russia for his own gain, petty hateful scum that he is.

[BSdetect]

2. Another nail in his oversized coffin.

Running out of places to nail.

[Botany]

3. I wonder if the links between Trump and the Russians were made more public if some ...

.... red states (Texas, Utah, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alaska) might flip?

Trump's links to Russian money and Putin are real threats to the United States. Trump
gives pro Russia talking points in his speeches all the time.

BTW Wyoming, Idaho, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia are lost
cases.

[Motley13]

5. No need to brief him, Putin already told him

and he knows more than the generals, believe me.

[The Genealogist]

6. This "stuns experts?"

Why would it "stun experts?" Orangenfuehrer has a history of saying "screw you" to anyone who dares challenge him or his ideas. I'm certainly not stunned, considering how buddy-buddy he is with good old Vlad.