NSC chief quits, as Trump replaces veterans with his cronies
(BTW, this is a big story, with the 'real' news media, but (fake news) FOX is ignoring it, probably until they can figure their 'spin' on it, for the sheep.)
Edward Price, appointed by GWBush, just handed in his resignation, after seeing the prez dismantle the agency he loved so much. Read the entire article here,
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/02/21/quit-cia-career-trump
and see WHY we are in trouble, as the arrogant, egotistical buffoon, who claims to 'know more than the generals', and says he doesn't believe the 17 US Intel agencies who say Russia influenced the election, while defending Putin at every turn, is wrecking US intel. I WAS gonna say that this oughta scare even the rightwingnuts, but I doubt they have the intellectual capacity to see beyond the bubble they inhabit.
Here's a sample of the reason he quit...
The final straw came late last month when the White House issued a directive reorganizing the National Security Council, on whose staff I served from 2014 until
earlier this year. Missing from the NSC's principals committee were the CIA director and the director of national intelligence. Added to the roster: the president's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, who cut his teeth as a media champion of white nationalism.
Trump's actions in office have been even more disturbing. His visit to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office, an overture designed to repair relations, was undone by his ego and bluster. Standing in front of a memorial to the CIA's fallen officers, he seemed to be addressing the cameras and reporters in the room, rather than the agency personnel in front of them, bragging and lying about his inauguration crowd the previous day.
Edward Price, appointed by GWBush, just handed in his resignation, after seeing the prez dismantle the agency he loved so much. Read the entire article here,
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/02/21/quit-cia-career-trump
and see WHY we are in trouble, as the arrogant, egotistical buffoon, who claims to 'know more than the generals', and says he doesn't believe the 17 US Intel agencies who say Russia influenced the election, while defending Putin at every turn, is wrecking US intel. I WAS gonna say that this oughta scare even the rightwingnuts, but I doubt they have the intellectual capacity to see beyond the bubble they inhabit.
Here's a sample of the reason he quit...
The final straw came late last month when the White House issued a directive reorganizing the National Security Council, on whose staff I served from 2014 until
earlier this year. Missing from the NSC's principals committee were the CIA director and the director of national intelligence. Added to the roster: the president's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, who cut his teeth as a media champion of white nationalism.
Trump's actions in office have been even more disturbing. His visit to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office, an overture designed to repair relations, was undone by his ego and bluster. Standing in front of a memorial to the CIA's fallen officers, he seemed to be addressing the cameras and reporters in the room, rather than the agency personnel in front of them, bragging and lying about his inauguration crowd the previous day.
What intelligence professionals want most is to know that the fruits of their labor -- sometimes at the risk of life or limb -- are accorded due deference in the policy making process.
Until that happens, President Trump and his team are doing another disservice to these dedicated men and women and the nation they proudly, if quietly, serve.
Edward Price worked at the CIA from 2006 until this month, most recently as the spokesman for the National Security Council.
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