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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts) Wed Feb 15, 2017, 10:42 PM Feb 2017

Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump [View all]

Source: WSJ

Decision to withhold information underscores deep mistrust between intelligence community and president

Feb. 15, 2017 8:42 p.m. ET
U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.

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Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/spies-keep-intelligence-from-donald-trump-1487209351

And he's the President?

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Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump [View all] Cooley Hurd Feb 2017 OP

Unfortunately Ccarmona Feb 2017 #1

The OP posted an alternate link: Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #21

Wow! This is big. SouthernIrish Feb 2017 #2

pay wall nt msongs Feb 2017 #3

I'm sorry. Here's another link that references the WSJ story: Cooley Hurd Feb 2017 #16

Hell, I don't blame them. dhol82 Feb 2017 #4

Exactly ailsagirl Feb 2017 #30

Without full intel, he can't serve as CIC - impeach him. iluvtennis Feb 2017 #5

here: Ptah Feb 2017 #6

HAHA! Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald! elleng Feb 2017 #7

45 would call it fake anyways he is despicable bdamomma Feb 2017 #8

Alternate source here herding cats Feb 2017 #9

Our NATO allies SCVDem Feb 2017 #10

Makes sense to me! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #11

Those were adjectives I would have applied murielm99 Feb 2017 #17

I completely agree! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #18

How to make a bastard president feel illegitimate... Doodley Feb 2017 #12

Shows you what an idiot he is fountainofyouth Feb 2017 #13

How'd that work out? He may as well have urinated on the memorial wall. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #28

Trump just can't be trusted. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #14

I hope they've given him a fake nuclear launch code kskiska Feb 2017 #15

Clearly this will end well. meadowlander Feb 2017 #19

Sorry, but this plays into his hands customerserviceguy Feb 2017 #20

OTOH, maybe it's not SO BAD that true professionals are in charge ... ones not subject to the whims mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #22

Yup. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #29

They're career professionals, I'll give you that customerserviceguy Feb 2017 #32

The "bureaucracy" has been through many Presidents BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #23

Thanks for getting my point customerserviceguy Feb 2017 #31

The intelligence agencies have intel on trump and his minions. Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #24

Smart move, spies. Cha Feb 2017 #25

Nah Nature itcfish Feb 2017 #26

"Spies" is what Trump is jmowreader Feb 2017 #27

I've read in several places that rpannier Feb 2017 #33