Former CIA Officer Smacks Down Brennan... Told Him To Stop Pretending

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Originally Posted by burdell

Funny I don't see the letter writer's name mentioned.


Aren't unnamed sources what Trump generally terms Fake News! ?

I tend to agree in most instances, but maybe for different reasons. When so called journalists were trusted/respected, you assumed if they had a confidential informant and/or anonymous source, those people were vetted and real.
Thus even if the person worked at XYZ department, they were not just some low level hack with an ax to grind, or needing the money.

However, in the last 20 years or so, many examples of journalists cutting corners have exposed their laziness, bias, or downright dishonesty. They are not properly vetting sources, they are intentionally looking for people who have a one-sided version, and worst of all, some are making up biased stories just to push an agenda.
Sure, none of us like it when stories are framed with an intentional bias baked in, all in an effort to skew the cold hard facts, and let us decide what to think. But when you cross that line, by fabricating that sources even exist, and the false info is coming from your own warped mind, then these people need to be run out of the business.

Whether any of that is true in this case, who knows, because it is had to determine if an anonymous source is real or not.
Brennan will not be the first, nor last head of an intelligence agency with little to no experience in the field. In my estimation this is a mistake, and needs to be addressed sooner than later.

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[Salmonburgher]

Originally Posted by burdell

Still little more than an opinion piece.

There are many facts stated in that article.

[Bureaucat]

For those who think Brennan is a political appointed hack with no agency experience, here’s an excerpt from his Wiki page.

His 25 Years with the CIA included work as a Near East and South Asia analyst, as station chief in Saudi Arabia, and as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. After leaving government service in 2005, Brennan became CEO of The Analysis Corporation, a security consulting business, and served as chairman of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, an association of intelligence professionals.”

[McGowdog]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

He basically tells Brennan that he has no real in the field intelligence experience. He's just a political hack that has overseen some of the worst foreign policy blunders in a long time. Oh - and he is on the NBC and MSNBC payroll.

Read the whole thing at the link. Enjoy...

Stop Pretending

Dear Mr. Brennan,

I understand that you are a political opponent of the current President of the United States. I understand that you are an American citizen, and you have the right to freedom of speech.

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I implore you, however to cease and desist from continuing to attempt to portray yourself in the public media as some sort of impartial critic concerned only with the fate of the republic.

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You were never a spy. You were never a case officer. You never ran operations or recruited sources or worked the streets abroad. You have no idea whatsoever of the true nature of the business of human intelligence. You have never been in harm's way. You have never heard a shot fired in anger.

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All of your commentary in the public sphere is on behalf of your political patrons. It is no more impartial analysis then would be the comments of a paid press spokesman or attorney. You are speaking each and every time directly on behalf of political forces hostile to this president. You are, in fact, currently on the payroll of both NBC and MSNBC, two of the networks most vocally opposed to President Trump and his agenda.

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The extent to which you are tied directly to the Clintons, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party is clearly evident in the emotional nature of your recent commentary. Ever since this president was elected there has been a concerted effort to delegitimize him and destabilize him. This has been an unprecedented attempt to undermine the stability of the republic in order to achieve partisan political advantage. You and your patrons have been complicit in this effort and at its very heart. Now as the Mueller investigation collapses of its own weight and the extent of this conspiracy is beginning to become clear you are in evident panic. You should be.

Again - former CIA Intelligence Officer

Total smackdown... and well deserved.

Guilty as charged.

I can't wait until John Brennan and his big fat communistic mouth are being grilled in a Congressional hearing.

Anyone got a date and time on that yet?

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

For those who think Brennan is a political appointed hack with no agency experience, here’s an excerpt from his Wiki page.

Field experience is what was brought up... not agency experience.