Former CIA Clandestine Service.
@SpycraftEnt
,
#NAFO
, Atlantic Council, Cipher Brief. Sometimes writes. Host of "Mission Implausible" podcast. Friend of dogs.
Trump on the Kurds: "They didn't help us in the Second World War, they didn't help us with Normandy." He says they're only interested in fighting for "their land." He adds, "With all of that being said, we like the Kurds."
For Christ sake. We have a historic opportunity to defeat an enemy who has been at war with us for years. Putin is destroying everything that matters to us. He is weak now. Stop being so timid and act like a superpower. Give Ukraine what they need to win!
@POTUS
Stop saying that because it suggests we won’t fight for anyone or anything else. It puts a target on non-NATO countries. We fought for Kosovo and Kuwait in similar circumstances. What about Taiwan? Australia? What if Putin uses WMD in Ukraine?
Here’s the deal on the United States Postal Service: it’s just a bad business! Poorly run. Loses billions. If it were any other business it would have gone under by now. We need to make it more accountable not keep throwing money at it.
#TrishIntel
“And if Trump wins a second term? Any nation can make a mistake once, elect a bad leader once. But if Americans choose Trump again, that will send a clear message: We are no longer a serious nation.”
I'm sick of your anti-Americanism. Smearing poison to the public of a fictitious deep state, attacking the FBI,/CIA/ambassadors damaged our country. You're aiding our real enemies and embarrassing our allies. Attacks on public servants from someone who never served is gross.
AG Barr is following the facts where they lead about how the false collusion narrative started.
This effort requires talking to intelligence agencies around the world.
That’s why he’s gathering information from our allies, like Australia, Britain, and Italy.
BREAKING NEWS: Breaking News is bullshit. Slow down, read books and longer articles. I was better informed when I got two day late Herald Tribunes when overseas.
Nearly every top Trump campaign aide was involved in meetings with Russians. No offers of assistance were rebuffed. Nobody told authorities. Almost all lied about their contacts. Much of the campaign foreign policy team is in jail. Nobody has ever explained why they met Russians.
"This is a man who was handed hundreds of millions of dollars, flushed it down the toilet, and was desperate to maintain his image of wealth and success. You couldn’t invent a more inviting target for a foreign intelligence service to manipulate."
@TulsiGabbard
These lies aren’t even artful, clever or effective. It’s the exact same lies they Kremlin dragged out numerous times, everywhere from Indonesia to Georgia etc. You know that the US was working to safeguard old Russian weapons. These are ugly, scurrilous lies. You should stfu.
Dear Trump Supporters,
Only 3 miles of wall got built; Mexico didn't pay; Hillary's not locked up; Obamacare wasn't repealed; the deficit's skyrocketed; millions are unemployed; and instead of being "great again," America is the epicenter of a global pandemic.
Y'all got played.
NEW: The whistle-blower is a C.I.A. officer who had been detailed at some point to the White House. His complaint suggests he has a sophisticated understanding of Ukrainian politics and at least some knowledge of the law.
@adamgoldmanNYT
@julianbarnes
“In November, Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that the American retreat was undercutting the Afghan government. Trump responded by firing Esper…But nobody has lied more about the Afghan collapse than Pompeo.”
I understand times are hard, but doesn't the President of the
#Ukraine
own a suit? I don't have much respect for current members of the U.S. Congress either, but I still wouldn't address them wearing a t-shirt. I wouldn't want to disrespect the institution or the Unites States.
Shame on you. You are a public institution. You should not engage in blatant partisan activity. You should not spread disinformation. You take an oath to the Constitution and to the concept of free speech and an independent media. Public servants should be above this garbage.
“An American private citizen worked with foreign spies to damage one presidential candidate and help the other. That president accepted the help. When caught, the private citizen lied. When... punished, the president commuted his sentence.”
@DHSgov
Shame on you. You are a public institution. You should not engage in blatant partisan activity. You should not spread disinformation. You take an oath to the Constitution and to the concept of free speech and an independent media. Public servants should be above this garbage.
The “problem will be fully solved only when Moscow accepts that its empire is gone for good and readjusts to life as a normal country rather than an international predator.”
Ask any national security professional in the military, Defense Department, intelligence community, FBI or Justice Department what would happen to them out they accepted stolen material from the Russians.
I said it before and I’ll say it again:
It’s not ok to seek Russian help in your campaign.
It’s not ok to use materials they stole from your opponent, or to make it part of your campaign strategy.
Sadly, my GOP colleagues do think that’s ok.
The American people know better.
FULL CIRCLE: Trump today issued the same set of demands to Attorney General Bill Barr that he issued last year to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: (1) Launch an investigation into Joe Biden and (2) make a public announcement. (There is no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.)
“Trump is attempting to win suburban voters back by feeding their worst fears of urban chaos.”
I lived in Yugoslavia. I saw how a tyrant pitted urban against rural areas. It ended badly.
The Fake News Media was fixated on the fact that I properly said, at the beginnings of Hurricane Dorian, that in addition to Florida & other states, Alabama may also be grazed or hit. They went Crazy, hoping against hope that I made a mistake (which I didn’t). Check out maps.....
I apologize for continuing to post this but the comments on Trump consistently regurgitating Russian disinformation fits with today's
@nytimes
story. Russia has somehow found a direct avenue to his mouth.
Imagine how easy it would be for a foreign intelligence agency to manipulate Nunes when they found out he was on a fishing expedition he was keeping secret from State, CIA etc.
🚨 Prosecutors admit that the entire Biden Burisma story was Russian disinformation.
For years, Republicans have been using lies from a Russian agent to frame the Biden family for things they did not do.
Smirnov met with Russian agents as recently as Nov, 2023.
"Imagine if after 9/11, George W. Bush had directed his anger at the NYPD instead of Osama bin Laden, or if FDR had devoted the two years after Pearl Harbor to insulting the US Navy rather than going to war against Japan."
Today, I along with over 100 senior military, national security, and public officials sent a letter urging the GSA Administrator to allow President-elect Biden access to transition services. This is an urgent natl security matter.
I'm still waiting for any explanation of why so many in the Trump campaign were meeting Russians. Why? "It's not illegal" doesn't put me at ease as a plausible explanation.
The House Intelligence Committee released the final full report on its controversial investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, detailing work that led Republicans to conclude there was no evidence of collusion with the Trump campaign.
Scientists are beginning ask whether the European measles epidemic was bolstered by Russian trolls who infiltrated anti-vaccination groups to spread the Kremlin's agenda.
Breaking News: The U.S. has provided intelligence that has helped Ukraine target and kill many Russian generals who have died in the war, officials said.
We are in a bad place where following the Constitution is seen to rip the country apart, but insurrection and flouting the Constitution has few consequences.
“The chairman of the Trump campaign was in daily contact with a Russian agent, constantly sharing confidential information with him. That alone makes for one of the worst scandals in American political history.”
Secretary Pompeo tells Fox he’s working to get more of
@HillaryClinton
’s emails out before the election.
PERINO: Will that happen before the election?
POMPEO: Doing it as fast as we can. I certainly, I certainly think there'll be more to see before the election
"Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty."
@WalterIsaacson
I’m sorry? Cause a major war? Are you kidding me? What do you think was already happening? What evidence do you have that the Kremlin’s lies and bluster are anything more than that? This is shameful.
@KarenPence
@realDonaldTrump
@mike_pence
What are your thoughts on President Trump's rampant infidelity? What would you do if your husband was screwing a porn actor while you were pregnant? If you've come to terms with it, I'd be interested in how you processed dealing with a serial liar.
Lots to ponder in 🇫🇮 President’s new year speech, especially on security issues:
“Finland’s room to maneuver & freedom of choice also include the possibility of military alignment & of applying for NATO membership, should we ourselves so decide… /1
Breaking on
@MSNBC
: The State Department Inspector General removed by Trump was looking into whether Mike Pompeo made a staffer walk his dog, pick up dry cleaning, and make dinner reservations for Pompeo and his wife, among other personal errands, per two congressional officials.
@nytimes
Bull! It doesn't promote the public interest in any way. How does it help the public if the individual worked at DIA, CIA, FBI or State Department. You are putting this person at risk. Is it because you want people to come to you rather than use proper channels? Looks like it.
No competent Administration would even consider someone like Ratcliffe for such an important position. He has no experience, is a partisan extremist, has difficulty with the truth, consorts with fringe conspiracy theorists, & never run a large organization. Otherwise...
Installing a partisan political loyalist to oversee the intelligence apparatus is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. The Senate must protect the national interest and reject this nominee.
TRUMP: "What am I doing? I'm fighting the deep state. I'm fighting the swamp. And I said I was doing it. And I'm exposing the swamp ... if it keeps going the way it's going, I have a chance to break the deep state."
“... Biden, a state-college graduate who was once the poorest man in the U.S. Senate, is facing accusations of elitism from Republicans after defeating a billionaire incumbent with an Ivy League degree...”
“Mr Riggleman said he and his team have obtained proof…that the people involved, including ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and others, were “manipulating the data”.
You don’t say.
The Kremlin has Rudy's phone, and probably listens to all his discussions with his "client". It means that Putin knows more about the president's actions, problems and views than the American people.
via
@NYTimes
“By abandoning Ukraine in a fit of political incompetence…We will convince millions of Europeans that we are untrustworthy. We will send a message to Russia and China…reinforcing their frequently stated belief that the U.S. is a degenerate, dying power.”
“Flynn should never have been allowed within 10 miles of the White House. He was a dangerous, dishonest and shady operator who was also kind of a loon.”
Bingo. His attacks are are asymmetric, terrorist-like attacks. They are the weapons of the weak against the strong. He's afraid at home, his economy is fragile, he's alienated his neighbors and he has weak allies. The West needs to stand up and stop acting wimpy.
Paul Manafort's lawyers say his health is failing & he's depressed, due to the facility’s visitation regulations, has had very little contact with his family.
"We have a president who was plainly elected with Russian help, and Republican senators want to go after FBI agents whose only transgression was to be worried about the intervention of a hostile power in our politics."
@SecPompeo
's "cowardly, slimy behavior as the leader of the State Department. I would never, ever, ever want to be in a trench with that man. Attention all U.S. diplomats: Watch your own backs, because Pompeo won’t be."
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@NYTOpinion