re: John Brennan Says Intel Community will Withhold Key Information from Trump

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And when he wins, I hope he fires them all and strips them of their clearances.

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He also needs to turn his AG loose to go after all of them for the crimes they have committed over the last 8 years including treason charges.
There are a lot of people like Brennan who are most certainly guilty of it, and deserve to rot in prison if not worse.

Who wins most villainous sneer?




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“It’s somewhat surreal that an individual who is under indictment for mishandling classified informatio

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If only FJB had been Indicted for stealing, mishandling and improperly storing classified info by the unbiased DOJ, ole commie Johnny could withhold classified sources and methods fron Chyna Joe the Ukraine bandit too.

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The only reason he wasn't indicted was that they said he was too senile to handle the charges. That does not absolve him or clear his name.

I had the same thoughts. IF this is the criteria, Joe gets no more briefings.

prolly should just go ahead and purge a bunch of bureaucrats rather than let them sit and fester and ruin the country even more

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How does he feel about Biden getting classified briefings then

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Well, that's (D)ifferent. Read the report, my guy. Biden didn't mishandle on purpose. He did so because he's feebleminded and forgetful.

That's a huge (D)ifference. That guy deserves full briefings AND ice cream if he stays awake for it all.

Trump should turn down CIA briefings and develop his own sources.

He should make Robert Kennedy Jr. Director of CIA and give him carte blanche to avenge his uncle's murder.

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With 43 current generals wearing four stars on their shoulders it seems to me that stars are being handed out like participation trophies these days.

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44 Generals and Admirals. (ETA: Wait - you're right, the Vice Chief of NGB has a 3-star in it now, but slotted for a full general.)

It's all statutory and has been fairly high for decades. The classic numbers aren't up all that much, but now they count the 2 Coasties and the USPHS senior officer/Assistant Secretary of Health, ADM Rachel Levine ( ) in the 44.

In the bad old days, there were around 11 or so each Army, Navy and Air Force, with 3 Marines (including the Commandant). That number is up to 14 Army, 13 Air Force, 8 Navy and 3 for the Space Force (and 3 Marines). Two of those bumps are new Army 4-star slots for the National Guard Bureau chief and vice chief (until 2008, that was just 1 3-star, IIRC).

Bottom line - the Regular Army should be smaller with a much larger Army National Guard. That would shave 2 or 3 4-star billets out right there. I get the tradition, but the USPHS should not be uniformed or at the very least, should not be so large as to warrant a 4-star billet. Civilianize as much as possible and if a core of uniformed slots remain, maybe keep it at the rear admiral level.

USN and Coast Guard seems about right at 10 combined. 3 Marines have been 4-star for seemingly forever. Air Force could probably trim some, enough to get back down to 10 or 11 4-stars.

In WWII with 12 million or so in uniform (I think we put a total of 16 mill in uniform from start to finish), we only had 7 4-stars.

We have about 1000 flag rank officers now. That is an absurd ratio and every military in history that got top heavy, got humiliated and collapsed.

This is a great example of media double standards. When Trump took their security clearances away, the press went fricking nuts. Now the same guy is telling the IC to disobey their potus if elected and nothing.

If Brennan's comrades can't be immediately fired, I hear there is a pressing need for a mosquito population survey in Alaska during the caribou migration.