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still_one

(92,422 posts) Wed Feb 15, 2017, 10:23 PM Feb 2017

WSJ headline: (Spies Keep Trump in Dark on Intelligence in Sign of Mistrust)

"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"

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

I don't subscribe to the WSJ so I cannot provide the full context, however, the excerpt speaks for itself

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WSJ headline: (Spies Keep Trump in Dark on Intelligence in Sign of Mistrust) (Original Post) still_one Feb 2017 OP

And in a right-wing rag, no less. Squinch Feb 2017 #1

They have an editor who has stated that he won't call trump a liar when he lies, so still_one Feb 2017 #2

Is it just me, or is this a canary in the coal mine? I think Republicans are turning. Squinch Feb 2017 #3

Squinch

(51,021 posts)

1. And in a right-wing rag, no less.

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 10:30 PM

Feb 2017

still_one

(92,422 posts)

2. They have an editor who has stated that he won't call trump a liar when he lies, so

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 10:34 PM

Feb 2017

that they report this indicates there is a lot of concern going on in the intelligence agencies

Squinch

(51,021 posts)

3. Is it just me, or is this a canary in the coal mine? I think Republicans are turning.

Reply to still_one (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 10:37 PM

Feb 2017

I would think that the rank and file Republican would be supportive of the intelligence agencies they have been expanding and defending for a generation.

Seems like they are saying, "Hmm. It's not just the crazy Democrats saying it now."

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