America's Top Spies and Analysts Warn of Real Threat of a Trump Presidency

1. Michael J. Morell, former acting director and deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Morell is alarmed by Trump’s rhetoric—and not just by what it portends for the fate of America in the world should his bid for the presidency succeed, but also for the damage he says it is doing right now.


2. Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director, former U.S. Air Force general

In a July 27 interview with Eli Lake of Bloomberg News, Hayden took aim at Trump’s invitation to Russia to hack Clinton’s email server,

3. John Allen, retired U.S. Marines general, veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan wars

because of the comments made by Trump advocating torture and the killing of the families of terrorists. "

4. John Hutson, retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, the Navy’s former top lawyer

he (Trump) endorses torture—at a minimum. He’ll order our troops to commit war crimes, like killing civilians. And he actually said, you have to take out [terrorists’] families. And what did he say when he was told that was illegal? He said, ‘Our troops won’t refuse. Believe me.’ This morning, this very morning, he personally invited Russia to hack us. That’s not law and order; that’s criminal intent.

5. John Noonan, former U.S. Air Force captain and Minuteman III nuclear missile launch officer, former foreign policy adviser to Trump’s Republican primary opponent Jeb Bush

Trump repeatedly asked an unnamed foreign policy adviser why the United States couldn’t issue a first launch of nuclear weapons.


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