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New CIA director says she'll send more spies to the field

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Trump looks like a pervert in that photo. Guess he won't be grabbing the new CIA director anywhere.....

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Dear lord, the only thing the left can focus on. Anyway, it’s great news, the CIA couldn’t have been put in better hands.

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 it was on the back of his repeated criticisms of the U.S. intelligence community over its conclusion that Russian had interfered in the presidential election.

That day, many of his remarks were focused on settling scores with the media. His comments raised the ire of former intelligence officials because he spoke in front of a wall marked with stars representing fallen CIA officers, which was viewed as disrespectful.

Trump continues to try to undermine the US intelligence community and the media. What are his connections to Russia, besides wanting to build resorts there and his loans with Russian 'financiers'. He's got to be hiding something. Maybe if he'd show his tax info...

Go Mueller!

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@bas4 Dear lord, the only thing the left can focus on.

If by the 'left' you mean those in the free, for-profit press (other than the Trump sycophants in the alt right press like Fox ‘news’, infowars, Breitbart, RT, Sputnik and others) and/or the majority of Americans who didn’t vote for Trump, and/or those who question his history and his antics in office, I disagree.

I think your ‘left’ (see above for possible definition) is focusing on an array of issues. These include: Trump’s family and fellow syndicate members trying to sell access to foreign agents; nepotism; influence peddling; money laundering; sexual misconduct; undermining law enforcement; stifling a free, for-profit press; bungling international relations; increasing risks of war; serving only his fellow rightwing .01%-ers; stripping workers’ rights, consumer protection and environmental protection, among so many others.

The only thing Trump’s true believers and other authoritarian nationalists can focus on is defending their political messiah.

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You'd either have to be greedy as hell with a big salary or be a bit on the suicidal side to become a spy for the CIA with the current Blabbermouth-in-Chief for a boss.

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it’s great news, the CIA couldn’t have been put in better hands.

Hand of a torturer.

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Imagine if the Russians loved their KGB, or the East Germans loved their Stasi, like Americans love the CIA. Seems America has perfected the art of propaganda and mass brainwashing.

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Trump continues to try to undermine the US intelligence community and the media.

Actually, the intelligence community has been systematically undermining the President and good on him for fighting back.

What are his connections to Russia, besides wanting to build resorts there and his loans with Russian 'financiers'. He's got to be hiding something. Maybe if he'd show his tax info...

And then in September this all goes away, Trump can focus on the country intensely and the Dems and libs can buy stock in Kleenex.

Go Mueller!

He will go soon .

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Cersei Lannister

Ahh, so that makes Brennan, Ramsey Bolton then.

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It wasn't a democrat or Mueller who started the Special Investigation

The Hillary camp took the ball and ran with it after that.

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Impossible since the investigation only started one year ago, in 2017 after Trump became president.

Possible....no...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3b277478a70e

After that, Fusion GPS hired dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community, according to those people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Elias and his law firm, Perkins Coie, retained the company in April 2016 on behalf of the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Before that agreement, Fusion GPS's research into Trump was funded by an unknown Republican client during the GOP primary.

The Clinton campaign and the DNC, through the law firm, continued to fund Fusion GPS's research through the end of October 2016, days before Election Day

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The Mueller Special Investigation started May 2017, 4 months into Trump's term of office.

That’s the Mueller investigation, has nothing to do with Clinton and her fellow Democrats paying for the fake dossier.

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He will go soon .

As will anyone who gets too close to the truth, eh?

Is that what you want from your country - cover-ups, deceptions and lies? Presided over by monsters and torturers...

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As will anyone who gets too close to the truth, eh?

And Trump will pardon them, so it’s all good.

Is that what you want from your country - cover-ups, deceptions and lies?

Of course not, that’s why I am looking forward to the documents to come out about a possible mole being planted by the intelligence agency and other possible Democrat players.

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And Trump will pardon them, so it’s all good.

Trump will pardon those who are investigating his campaign for getting to the truth? Hmm.

that’s why I am looking forward to the documents to come out about a possible mole being planted by the intelligence agency and other possible Democrat players.

Ah, but you're not looking forward to the Mueller probe into Russia and obstruction. Bit partisan, if you don't mind me saying so.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/21/giuliani-made-up-robert-mueller-deadline-for-trump-probe-report.html

Are you excited about Giuliani the liability? I know I am. When Trump fires him, will you agree that he's a nuisance? Or is it just Brennan who's the problem?

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"We must constantly learn, adjust, improve and strive to be better. We demand it of ourselves and America deserves nothing less,"

Empty platitudes from a person who has no moral qualms or regrets about operating a torture site.

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"Trump looks like a pervert in that photo. "

What a childish comment.

"Queen Torturer "

You want torture? Look no further than MS-13, who some Democrats are defending, complaining about Trump calling them animals, which is an insult to animals, but I forgive him for that one.

Haspel is eminently qualified for this position, she has helped preserve our freedom, including the freedom for people to say "Trump looks like a pervert" and "Queen Torturer" without fear of imprisonment or death by real torture.

Gina Haspel sworn in as CIA director

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-EWStxVnSM

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President Pørnø McMafia grabs Torture Granny and makes lewd face. This is what it's come to, this the age we live in. I can't believe it.

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Um Serrano, MS-13 is a gang. The US government isn't supposed to behave like a gang.

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Um, serendipitous, MS-13's torture is way more horrific than waterboarding, which, by the way, helped to get Bin Laden.

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Um Serrano, are you speaking from experience of having been waterboarded?

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Um, serendipitous, I'm aware that waterboarding is really scary without having undergone it. You know, the animals that the CIA waterboarded could have avoided this if they hadn't perpetuated such horrific suffering on other people.

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