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In reply to the discussion: Oh dear gawd. Is it worse than ANYONE could have imagined??? This would be pure treason [View all]Roland99
(53,342 posts)14. From CNN:
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/09/10/politics/donald-trump-foreign-spies-skeptical/index.html
President Donald Trump has privately and repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of foreign intelligence from covert sources, including overseas spies who provide the US government with crucial information about hostile countries, according to multiple senior officials who served under Trump.
Trump has privately said that foreign spies can damage relations with their host countries and undermine his personal relationships with their leaders, the sources said. The President "believes we shouldn't be doing that to each other," one former Trump administration official told CNN.
In addition to his fear such foreign intelligence sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, Trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of the information they provide. Another former senior intelligence official told CNN that Trump "believes they're people who are selling out their country."
Even in public, Trump has looked down on these foreign assets, as they are known in the intelligence community. Responding to reports that the CIA recruited Kim Jong Un's brother as a spy, Trump said he "wouldn't let that happen under my auspices."
Trump has privately said that foreign spies can damage relations with their host countries and undermine his personal relationships with their leaders, the sources said. The President "believes we shouldn't be doing that to each other," one former Trump administration official told CNN.
In addition to his fear such foreign intelligence sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, Trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of the information they provide. Another former senior intelligence official told CNN that Trump "believes they're people who are selling out their country."
Even in public, Trump has looked down on these foreign assets, as they are known in the intelligence community. Responding to reports that the CIA recruited Kim Jong Un's brother as a spy, Trump said he "wouldn't let that happen under my auspices."
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Oh dear gawd. Is it worse than ANYONE could have imagined??? This would be pure treason [View all]
Roland99
Sep 2019
OP
Not as long as Moscow Mitch remains Putin's Bitch and has enough Repugnant support
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#16
Vocal opposition is not the problem there is plenty of that on our side what we need is
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#29
I think the Republicans would ignore it without giving it a second thought.
cstanleytech
Sep 2019
#40
Whether or not it's true, this will ruin our intel services for years to come
unitedwethrive
Sep 2019
#7
Ruins our chances for ANY type of treaty or agreement. Why make deal subject to whims of a child?
Midnight Writer
Sep 2019
#33
Can we have a National Sanity Week? One week with Trump placed in a straightjacket with no access to
DemocracyMouse
Sep 2019
#17
The DB article says "a search to replace Gordon appears to be the most likely explanation."
NCLefty
Sep 2019
#41
Yup. tRump scraping the barrel: "any senior employee who's been at ODNI for 90 days or more". . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2019
#48