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I have listened to a few speeches and Q&A’s with Grenell and I have to say I came away extremely impressed. He is direct, has a keen mind, and might be one of the best advocates for the Trump doctrine in the administration.

At first glance, he appears to be a solid choice and he did an interview in Germany that I just tried to find where he presented one of the most effective defenses of Trump vs the Establishment that I have heard from anyone in the administration. I think there was a thread here on it.

However, while I am hopeful that he will not betray Trump like many others have, past experiences do not belittle your skepticism. There are VERY few people in the beltway culture who have exhibited loyalty.

The key for Grenell will be if he brings the same independent streak to the job so he can avoid being captured by the permanent bureaucracy that seems to rule all of the intelligence agencies no matter who is appointed. We need a disruptive force in that position who can end some of the foolishness we have endured.

Ratcliffe was a great choice and would have done that.

<>Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, derided Trump’s selection of Grenell because he lacks “any intelligence experience.”<>

Uh, no. rat Warner and pubbie Richard Burr are neck-deep in leaks and selling out the US and probably taking kickbacks from foreign governments as well.

They will oppose Grenell for the same reason they opposed Ratcliffe and screwed General Flynn; all three would have flipped over the flat damp rocks of our intelligence agencies and stomped on what scurried out.

Remember the decades long committee staffer James Wolfe? He was caught dead to rights leaking intell to newspapers and should have spent the rest of his life in prison . . . except he promised to out the intell committee senators who ordered him to do so.

Oh, and the Chinese spy on Feinstein’s personal staff for 20 years?

Senate intel committee is a traitorous enemy within.