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Trump Responds To CIA Chief Brennan, Asks "Was He The Leaker Of Fake News?"
Zero Hedge ^ | 2017-01-15 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 01/15/2017 6:23:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Just hours after John Brennan lashed out at the president-elect in an interview with Fox News, Donald Trump has responded by suggesting that the outgoing CIA Director may have been behind the publication last week of unverified and salacious intelligence connecting the president-elect to Russia....

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

.@FoxNews "Outgoing CIA Chief, John Brennan, blasts Pres-Elect Trump on Russia threat. Does not fully understand." Oh really, couldn't do...

6:16 PM - 15 Jan 2017 4,518 Retweets 16,258 likes

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

much worse - just look at Syria (red line), Crimea, Ukraine and the build-up of Russian nukes. Not good! Was this the leaker of Fake News?

6:29 PM - 15 Jan 2017 5,068 Retweets 19,384 likes

This is the most direct accusation yet in the escalating feud with Obama's intelligence agencies. As we noted earlier, no president since John F. Kennedy has dared to take on the CIA or the rest of the national security establishment. They knew that if they opposed the national-security establishment at a fundamental level, they would be subjected to retaliatory measures. To the extent that President Kennedy consciously stood up to the system, he paid the price for his attempt at independent wielding of power from the Oval Office. It is a shuddering thought. A sharp lesson in history that must not be misinterpreted. The implications for Trump are quite clear. If his refusal to take intelligence briefings, or follow CIA advice is serious, then serious consequences will follow. If Trump is serious about peace with Putin when they insist on war, there will be a problem.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; cia; fakenews; johnbrennan; trumpintelligence
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To: fatima

Ban WHO? Ban WHO, from WHAT? Surely you don’t mean to imply banning TRUMP from Twitter?

Politics, you say? This isn’t “politics”. This is our Liberty or Death moment, girl.


101 posted on 01/15/2017 8:18:32 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Educationdemia is the farm team for more Marxists coming.... infinitum.)
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To: greeneyes

His courage, to me, is every bit as miraculous as his winning the election. Yes, and his nominees for these dangerous appointments. Thanks be to God.


102 posted on 01/15/2017 8:21:28 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Educationdemia is the farm team for more Marxists coming.... infinitum.)
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To: MEG33

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He denounced Freemasonry in a news paper column.
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103 posted on 01/15/2017 8:25:29 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: RitaOK

It get’s old and childish.Act like a President.Shut up and act.Actions speak louder then words.Yes ban him.They will anyway to please the liberals.


104 posted on 01/15/2017 8:25:56 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: editor-surveyor

Brennan needs to retire or be fired.


105 posted on 01/15/2017 8:27:11 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: fatima

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Never seen it online, but it is in numerous published books.


106 posted on 01/15/2017 8:27:27 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Thanks.


107 posted on 01/15/2017 8:28:43 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: fatima

It’s called “Using the Bully Pulpit”, and it’s been around for ages, the only difference is the technology.


108 posted on 01/15/2017 8:30:54 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: MNDude

Not only is he a Muslim, he converted to Islam.


109 posted on 01/15/2017 8:33:28 PM PST by njmaugbill (Nj)
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To: fatima
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Related commentary

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110 posted on 01/15/2017 8:34:36 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: dfwgator

We need a rest.Sometimes it can bite you.Let’s prepare for President Of The United States.


111 posted on 01/15/2017 8:38:30 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: MEG33
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see post 110
112 posted on 01/15/2017 8:41:15 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: MNDude

Here’s another ‘funny’ fact about him:

“CIA Director John Brennan Proudly Acknowledges That He Once Voted for a Communist “

https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2016/09/21/cia-brennan-voted-for-communist/


113 posted on 01/15/2017 8:41:21 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama should NOT be allowed to take Air Force One to Dubia...the 'flight home' is just that - home.)
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To: Robert DeLong; RitaOK

WND came out with a long referenced article a few years back that made this claim. Jerome Corsi, I think. Just don’t ask for a link ‘cause I’m feeling particularly lazy at the moment. Lol!


114 posted on 01/15/2017 8:43:21 PM PST by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: RitaOK

“Even today, I heard Brennan speak of “beautiful Syria” in his interview with Chris Wallace, today on FOX Sunday. His sentimentality for the ME and Islam is constant and in-your-face.”

Chris Wallace’s hardball questions to VP Pence & softball questions to Obama’s outgoing CIA Director were nauseatingly biased,.....

.....Nothing to Brennan about the CIA allied with ISIS to attack Assad & Russia in Syria.....no questions about equipping fanatic Christian oppressing Muslim throat slashers in Libya, Iraq & Syria.....


115 posted on 01/15/2017 8:44:57 PM PST by Trump_vs_Evil_Witch (career libs @ BIG BROTHER Inc.,..... President Trump says your fired!)
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To: editor-surveyor

OK Now we’re talking.Thanks.


116 posted on 01/15/2017 8:48:23 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Sybeck1

If you have to ask the question...


117 posted on 01/15/2017 8:56:12 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: gibsonguy

“I like that he’s called out this scumbag but I must admit it makes me a little nervous. Maybe he should have waited until the 21st until he let em have it.They can still do a lot of damage or worse..”

That’s one way of looking at it. But think of it this way. Trump essentially just told Brennan and the world that he knows Brennan was the leaker. Brennan and his cohorts have been publicly called out and now have a huge spotlight on them. Maybe if JFK had been more direct and had a Twitter account, the CIA would’ve thought twice about killing him.

Trump just told the world that the White Hats are at war to save our countr and they have the evidence to two it. Wise move, imho. Now we ALL know because he dared to say it, but more importantly, Brennan knows the world now knows what Trump knows.

Go ahead, Brennan. Make your move. You’re being watched. Do something and dig that hole deeper and bring in more of your cohorts into the honeypot.


118 posted on 01/15/2017 9:00:34 PM PST by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: Reno89519
"Obama should fire Brennan as one of his first tasks on January 20. Send him to Gitmo."

??WTF???

119 posted on 01/15/2017 9:01:54 PM PST by TXnMA ( If it ain't broke, for da*ned sure -- don't ask the government to fix it!)
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To: aquila48

Interesting stuff, thanks.


120 posted on 01/15/2017 9:04:30 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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