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Trump planning on scaling down powers of the Director of National Intelligence
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:20 pm
Wall Street Journal
26m26 minutes ago
Wall Street Journal ?@WSJ
Breaking: Trump is working with advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the top U.S. spy agency LINK
26m26 minutes ago
Wall Street Journal ?@WSJ
Breaking: Trump is working with advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the top U.S. spy agency LINK
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:21 pm to joshnorris14
Great move. Just more beuracracy.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:22 pm to joshnorris14
It's time to abolish the CIA, NSA and FBI and create some kind of National Alliance Party that takes over those duties.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:23 pm to joshnorris14
Love it. In fact, just get rid of it. You can ditch the DHS while you're at it.
This post was edited on 1/4/17 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:25 pm to joshnorris14
Wow. He is trying to weaken America. I thought it was all just a bunch of bull hysteria. If he weakens our national defenses, he should be called to account.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:27 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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create some kind of National Alliance Party that takes over those duties.
With rallies to discuss policy issues. We have to break new ground and think outside the box.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:29 pm to TBoy
If the CIA never existed they couldn't have supplied and trained a young Osama bin Laden and his Mujahideen.
This would have saved the US $6T in total war spending from 2001-2016
This would have saved the US $6T in total war spending from 2001-2016
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:30 pm to TBoy
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Wow. He is trying to weaken America. I thought it was all just a bunch of bull hysteria. If he weakens our national defenses, he should be called to account.
Lol. Getting rid of a bunch of mindless bureaucrats is going to do nothing to harm the United States
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:47 pm to joshnorris14
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If the CIA never existed they couldn't have trained and planted Barack Hussein Obama to bring our nation to it's knees
FTFY Josh
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:48 pm to joshnorris14
Any way to access full article or give some more detailed quotes?
Scaling down powers of the director doesn't necessarily mean he would be weakening our national intelligence gathering capabilities. Could it simply mean more checks and balances among the intelligence communities?
Scaling down powers of the director doesn't necessarily mean he would be weakening our national intelligence gathering capabilities. Could it simply mean more checks and balances among the intelligence communities?
This post was edited on 1/4/17 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:58 pm to TBoy
In the midst of a dispute with the IC about foreign influence in this election, his first real target in the federal government is ODNI.
This is perfect. Let's restore the Director of CIA as DCI and head of the community. Should be terrific.
This is perfect. Let's restore the Director of CIA as DCI and head of the community. Should be terrific.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:59 pm to Navytiger74
quote:welcome back.
Navytiger74
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:02 pm to joshnorris14
It's obvious Trump has no respect for our institutions. The CIA/FBI have been responsible for preventing hundreds of terrorist attacks, we just don't hear about them. And now Trump wants to cripple their ability?
This post was edited on 1/4/17 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:04 pm to joshnorris14
The Intelligence community should not be done away with. How they have been used..... SHOULD be corrected.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:07 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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It's obvious Trump has no respect for our institutions.
It's all about delegitimizing and discounting every source of information, and proclaiming that only he can be trusted. Sets him up to be impervious to criticism or charges of various improprieties. Sadly it appears to be working like a charm.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:07 pm to Lsuchs
WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump, a harsh critic of U.S. intelligence agencies, is working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation’s top spy agency, people familiar with the planning said, prompted by a belief that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has become bloated and politicized.
The planning comes as Mr. Trump has leveled a series of social media attacks in recent months and the past few days against U.S. intelligence agencies, dismissing and mocking their assessment that the Russian government hacked emails of Democratic groups and individuals and then leaked them last year to WikiLeaks and others in an effort to help Mr. Trump win the White House.
One of the people familiar with Mr. Trump’s planning said advisers also are working on a plan to restructure the Central Intelligence Agency, cutting back on staffing at its Virginia headquarters and pushing more people out into field posts around the world. The CIA declined to comment on the plan.
“The view from the Trump team is the intelligence world [is] becoming completely politicized,” said the individual, who is close to the Trump transition operation. “They all need to be slimmed down. The focus will be on restructuring the agencies and how they interact.”
The planning comes as Mr. Trump has leveled a series of social media attacks in recent months and the past few days against U.S. intelligence agencies, dismissing and mocking their assessment that the Russian government hacked emails of Democratic groups and individuals and then leaked them last year to WikiLeaks and others in an effort to help Mr. Trump win the White House.
One of the people familiar with Mr. Trump’s planning said advisers also are working on a plan to restructure the Central Intelligence Agency, cutting back on staffing at its Virginia headquarters and pushing more people out into field posts around the world. The CIA declined to comment on the plan.
“The view from the Trump team is the intelligence world [is] becoming completely politicized,” said the individual, who is close to the Trump transition operation. “They all need to be slimmed down. The focus will be on restructuring the agencies and how they interact.”
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:08 pm to joshnorris14
Get rid of the DHS, DEA, IRS, EPA, HUD, BLM, put all of them on the border working security.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:09 pm to Andrew Rowan
But, but, "17 National Security Agencies" won't be able to bust the Russians if we get rid of some!
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