Posted on 02/17/2017 12:57:42 PM PST by Hadean
CIA Director Mike Pompeo flatly denied a report that the U.S. intelligence community is withholding intelligence from the president, in a statement issued late Thursday. "The CIA does not, has not, and will never hide intelligence from the President, period. We are not aware of any instance when that has occurred," Pompeo said, calling a Wall Street Journal report to that effect "dead wrong."
The report "impugns the integrity of thousands of professional intelligence officers by peddling gossip without citing a single example to support its claims," Pompeo said.
Citing current and former officials, the Journal reported Thursday that intelligence officials were withholding sensitive intelligence from President Trump because they were concerned it could be leaked or compromised.
Both the White House and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence denied the allegations.
But the report underscores deep uncertainty about the health of the relationship between the president and intelligence professionals.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Deny, deny, deny
Make counter accusations
It would be nice if Trump and Pompeo were on the same page, even if the CIA underlings are off the reservation, wouldn’t it?
Go after Brennan and Clapper , et all , those who came before . Obama’s minions need to be incised
What “report?”
Whether or not it’s true, it’s nice to have the CIA calling NYTimes, CNN, and the rest “Fake News”.
SPOT ON !
Sleazy Fake News headline implies that Pompeo is withholding info from Trump.
Well, one thing is for sure, you can’t trust anything released by the press or any gonernment entity as long as they’re controlled by the left. Only those in power on the left really know what’s going on.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing
Keep your public mouth shut, and take up any concerns privately. Just you and the President. NO ONE ELSE
all need to be arrested and detained because all are flight risks. all need to be investigated in depth.
Pompeo needs review all of the CIA promotions during Brennan’s tenure and sack all of those that have a hint of political prejudice.
Methinks that there is going to be some public hangings for treason by the time this is all through.
“Go after Brennan and Clapper , et all , those who came before . Obamas minions need to be incised”
The Flynn situation had the unmistakable stench of James Clapper all over it.
The media say that information is withheld.
“U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.
The officials decision to keep information from Mr. Trump underscores the deep mistrust that has developed between the intelligence community and the president over his teams contacts with the Russian government, as well as the enmity he has shown toward U.S. spy agencies. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump accused the agencies of leaking information to undermine him.
In some of these cases of withheld information, officials have decided not to show Mr. Trump the sources and methods that the intelligence agencies use to collect information, the current and former officials said. Those sources and methods could include, for instance, the means that an agency uses to spy on a foreign government.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/spies-keep-intelligence-from-donald-trump-1487209351?
Mike Pompeo was just confirmed to the position of CIA head a few weeks ago. I understand that it would not be wise to publicly admit that there is a schism between the intelligence agencies and the Trump White House, but it does seem to be the case. Hopefully he is cleaning house at the CIA.
Sorry Mike.
We know you are trying to build confidence in how others view you and the administration but you cannot possibly know what you said is true.
You have absolutely no idea of what information the Obama and Hillary people working for you do or do not hold back so that President will not be informed.
In fact, you have no idea what they hold back from you.
And you have no idea how much of what you are told is false, half true, or biased.
You are running an organization of more than 20,000 employees many (or most) of whom were placed there precisely because they would have allegiance to Barack Obama and his agenda, not to the USA.
If I was you I wouldn’t put 100% trust in any information that came from anyone I didn’t hand pick and hire myself.
And even then I would always want verification.
Will since the CIA is always lying about everything what are we to believe?
Clapper still needs to be prosecuted for perjuring himself before Congress in March 2013.
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