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Bill Clinton’s CIA chief: You can’t trust Hillary with the White House
HotAir.com ^ | 09/13/2016 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 09/13/2016 8:27:01 AM PDT by MaxistheBest

Do voters grasp the significance of Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal and her mishandling of classified information? One certainly does — and he knows the Clintons all too well. James Woolsey served as CIA director under Bill Clinton during his first term, and he knows enough to tell the rest of us that Hillary Clinton can’t be trusted with the nation’s security. In fact, he’s joining Team Trump as an adviser for that reason:

“She demonstrated a complete lack of understanding and an inability to lead the agency she headed in such a way as to maintain its mission and security,” Woolsey said in a statement.

“Based on the emails thus far released we know that Secretary Clinton also lacks the ability to lead her senior managers while complying with and maintaining the basic protocols designed to protect our government’s sensitive and classified information. Mr. Trump understands the magnitude of the threats we face and is holding his cards close to the vest.”

As Politico’s Brianna Ehley points out, Trump isn’t the first Republican Woolsey has endorsed. He also publicly supported John McCain in 2008, although his endorsement didn’t have much impact. This is a different situation; Woolsey worked directly for Bill Clinton for two years, and presumably had some contact with Hillary Clinton. Despite that familiarity — or maybe because of it? — Woolsey has chosen the less-experienced Trump as the safer national-security bet.

Woolsey went on CNN to discuss his endorsement, and got a tough reception. In this interview, Woolsey focused more on Hillary’s budget proposals than on the e-mail scandal:

Woolsey appeared on CNN shortly after the announcement, saying he joined the Trump campaign because he favors the Republican candidate’s defense budget proposal. Trump has proposed to lift the caps on defense spending. Woolsey also advised Republican John McCain’s presidential campaign.

“He seems to be very much more so than his opponent in favor of a strong defense budget and we have got a lot of space to make up, problems that have been left in defense by the Obama administration,” Woolsey said on CNN Monday, adding that Trump is more willing to keep classified information private.

“He seems willing to keep a secret and not to blab everything to the public and our opponents. You can’t go yakking about everything you’re interested in. You have to keep your counsel,” Woolsey said.

CNN hosts Kate Bolduan and John Berman tried to shake Woolsey by asking some odd questions about whether he “likes” Donald Trump, and suggested that Trump blabbed secrets by talking about the briefers’ body language. “I wouldn’t suggest body language is classified,” Woolsey quipped. They then tried to pin Woolsey down on specific examples of Hillary “blabbing,” apparently unaware of the irony of that question in light of Hillary’s e-mail server and her professed incomprehension of classifications and security protocols. Had they read Woolsey’s statement, they might have already had an answer to that question.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; cia; crookedhillary; election; hillary2016; trump2016; trumpintelligence; woolsey

1 posted on 09/13/2016 8:27:02 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: MaxistheBest

Whoa. This dude has some brass balls.


2 posted on 09/13/2016 8:28:21 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: MaxistheBest

bttt


3 posted on 09/13/2016 8:34:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ConservativeDude

Indeed. Note how assiduously the Democrat dominated “news” media is not covering this story.


4 posted on 09/13/2016 8:35:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: MaxistheBest

This was a great move in the Trump campaign...this guy knows where the bodies are buried and he does have a spine and balls...this is why the Clintons are very worried...

I just hope he has a lot of security around him all the time, and has a ‘food tester’ in his midst...


5 posted on 09/13/2016 8:36:28 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: ConservativeDude
Whoa. This dude has some brass balls.

Or, his CIA experience allowed him to stash away some really good dirt to be released upon his demise --- and he has informed them about it....

6 posted on 09/13/2016 8:56:52 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

right.

he has to have some sort of countermeasure in place.

otherwise, he’d have a “car accident” or a “boating accident” or “commit suicide in the park”.


7 posted on 09/13/2016 8:58:59 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: MaxistheBest

2017 If Clinton is our Potus!

If Illiarily is elected, Huma will be running/ruining our country!


8 posted on 09/13/2016 9:03:34 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm a Deplorable Freeper, who supprted Trumip since last July 2015! I will proudly vote for Trump!.)
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To: ConservativeDude

Yes he does...


9 posted on 09/13/2016 9:12:30 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Alinsky Rule #12 “Proud to be in the Basket of Deplorables”" freeper TexasTransplant)
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To: MaxistheBest

Thank you James Woolsey. The neocons like Paul Wolfowitz are busy kissing Hillary’s boots.


10 posted on 09/13/2016 10:10:36 AM PDT by sockhead
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To: ConservativeDude

Or,possibly a barbell will fall and crush his neck!


11 posted on 09/13/2016 10:47:26 AM PDT by Noob1999
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To: MaxistheBest

Someone who has “... demonstrated a complete lack of understanding and an inability to lead the agency she headed in such a way as to maintain its mission and security...”

and who’s a mental epileptic, to boot. Kiss America good-bye.

Really.


12 posted on 09/13/2016 1:19:05 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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she knew what she was doing....she's a top notch crook and sells state secrets an access for money for her slush fund...her slush fund serves to keep her fat ass in comfort but also is used as a battering ram to force others...people...companies..countries..to do what she wants...

we will have all out war....other countries that don't have her access will not stand idly by...

13 posted on 09/13/2016 1:21:42 PM PDT by cherry
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