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ffr

(22,670 posts)
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:10 PM Feb 2019

CIA Expert: Allies Fear Trump Shares Classified Secrets With Putin

Longtime CIA agent Steven Hall is very unhappy that President Donald Trump is continuing to attack United States intelligence agencies. In an opinion piece in this morning’s Washington Post, Hall said that never before in U.S. history has a president been so openly and aggressively hostile to his own intelligence community.

Hall also said that he believes that Trump’s open hostility is severely harming the national security of the United States.

A president, after taking the oath of office, is sworn to preserve, protect and defend the United States and its legal system, not undermine it. But according to Hall, Trump’s actions, such as possibly sharing information with Russian President Vladimir Putin, have had a very negative, and possibly long lasting, effect on the country.
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In addition to that, Hall says that America’s key allies are now very reluctant to share sensitive information with the CIA or other U.S. intelligence agencies. From now on, they will be extremely hesitant to share intelligence due to worries about what Trump will do with the classified information. - PolitiusUSA


In other words, republicans make us less safe. Yeah, the party that "SAYS," boasts and flag waves that they're strong on national defense, is actually killing our relationships with allies and the intelligence trust network we have shared with our allies for decades, thanks to people like Individual-1, the known Russian asset and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Sleep tight.
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CIA Expert: Allies Fear Trump Shares Classified Secrets With Putin (Original Post) ffr Feb 2019 OP
republicans traitors are the scum of the earth Achilleaze Feb 2019 #1
Good article, among many that have been out there on this traitorous president and ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #2
I agree duforsure Feb 2019 #3
Never EVER EVER EVER thought this would happen in this country!!!!!! bluestarone Feb 2019 #4
It doesn't take a brainiac to figure that out. GemDigger Feb 2019 #5
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #6

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. republicans traitors are the scum of the earth
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:13 PM
Feb 2019

It is evil for the republicans to betray America for the sake of money and power. Stinking EVIL.

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)
2. Good article, among many that have been out there on this traitorous president and ...
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:36 PM
Feb 2019

the length and effort his cohorts in Congress have gone to hide the evidence, throw roadblocks into serious investigations, fire personnel that are threats (Comey etc.), meeting w/ numerous Russian personnel before, during and after the election, by himself or via cronies, cast doubt on our in-house intelligence services vs. those of Russian say so (we didn't do anything, etc.), interfere with US elections, and the list keeps going on...

Far too many things going on to be just pure chance. Usually the answer of what's going on is the most obvious one...rump is a Russian stool pigeon, a traitor.



duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. I agree
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:41 PM
Feb 2019

And he'll be announcing another meeting with him to hand over more secrets to him soon I suspect, and to get more orders from him.

bluestarone

(16,976 posts)
4. Never EVER EVER EVER thought this would happen in this country!!!!!!
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:45 PM
Feb 2019

I feel the SAME way our Allies feel!!! How could ANYBODY feel differently?? This country is now the USA of RUSSIA!!!!!!

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
5. It doesn't take a brainiac to figure that out.
Mon Feb 4, 2019, 01:55 PM
Feb 2019

The day he was elected I thought that he would be giving out secrets like they were m&m's to make himself "look intelligent / important. He may sell some to the highest bidder. He may give them for free. He will make bank on all that he gives away though. Or, to repay his debts he may try to totally crush the country and give New England to Putin, the Southeast to China, the west coast to Saudi and on and on until all his debts are paid.

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