Ex-CIA director: Trump's comments will lead to 'wave' of resignations
Source: The Hill
Former CIA acting director Michael Morell said President-elect Donald Trumps rhetoric will undermine the agency by causing a wave of resignations and affecting its ability to work with foreign intelligence services.
First, expect a wave of resignations. Attrition at the C.I.A., which has been remarkably low since Sept. 11, 2001, will skyrocket, Morell wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Friday.
The primary motivator for some of our smartest minds to go to work at the C.I.A. is to make a difference to national security, to play a role in keeping the country safe. All of the sacrifices from the long hours, polygraph tests, unfair media criticism, not to mention the real dangers to life and limb are worth it, if you are making a difference.
Morells latest criticism of the president-elect comes as the intelligence community issued a declassified report that found Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign to help Trump win the presidency.
Morell said Trumps rejection of the CIAs assessment about Russias interference is an unprecedented political challenge for our national security establishment and a danger to the nation.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313173-ex-cia-director-trumps-comments-will-lead-to-wave-of-resignations
"A danger to the nation" -- perhaps the most succinct description of Trump yet.
pbmus
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olddad56
(5,732 posts)so he can replace them with Russian agents.
bluedigger
(17,085 posts)Analysis and operations can be directed from headquarters in Moscow.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)I was talking to some friends today who know a lot about international politics, and they were comparing the current events in the USA with the rise of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, and the similarities.
Hugo Chavez had Fidel Castro who understood the narcissistic nature of Chavez and played on it to advance his agenda, and see where Venezuela is now, people are making lines to buy food, sometimes they are in these lines for over three hours, and when they get to the door of the supermarket they find that all has been sold and there is nothing they can buy. People are dying from simple illnesses because there are no medicines, children are going hungry, kidnappings, murders, Venezuela is one of the most violent countries in the World today.
Donald Trump has Putin and Putin understands that Trump is a narcissist, he is already playing his card and Trump is rejoicing in the adulation. I know that most people who supported this crazy guy don't understand what they have done. I always make the analogy of the doctor who just by looking at you can make an initial diagnosis based on how you look and the symptoms you have. It is the same for people who have lived through dictatorships, they now know when a politician is nothing but a demagogue, and these people know that Trump is one.
One of the biggest dangers, which all dictators do from the moment they know they are taking power is to ally themselves with the military, he/she will pumper them and allow them to rejoice on the riches of the country to win their loyalty, the military will be promoted to new heights to assure they will defend the regime, and because a lot of military people are human and can fault (I won't mention Petreus name), they will be loyal to the regime and forget they once had ideals of true patriotism. If you look at Trump's cabinet picks, see how many generals he already appointed?
I am very upset to read and hear people already accepting that the man-child is going to do this and that, why isn't anyone talking about how they are going to defeat all the evil that he and republicans are already cooking up? Why isn't the CIA, and I won't say the FBI because what can we expect from them?, to prosecute all involved in the hacking, and make this election results void and null??? Yes, there will be riots, but with a patriotic military that can be controlled, but the damage that a Trump presidency will do, and if the military becomes an accomplice, is so much bigger than the riots for overturning the election.
Putin already has a plan, and he knows that with this narcissistic idiot that he can reach his goals, the future is very ugly if Trump or any of the cronies he is putting in charge take office, and anyone who thinks that it can't happen here has not read enough history.
The downfall of the USA is a given if Trump and those evil bastards are allowed to take control, you have already seen all the crap they are trying to pass even before they take the reigns, imagine when they are up there on their thrones. Lets not forget that Rome was great at one time, all civilizations fall from their own doings, and if things are not corrected before January 20th, then brace yourselves for the worst. I hope I am 100% wrong, I really hope I am.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)I hope no CIA agent resigns, I hope they stay and are able to defend the USA with what is coming, the USA needs them in, not out.
Ligyron
(7,615 posts)Perseus finally came up with a weapon to defeat the Kraken/sea monster and save Andromeda and her city.
Who knows which hero on our side will come up with a Medusa's head to spring on the monster Trump?
okasha
(11,573 posts)Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)plays into Trump's hand.
Trump needs to register as a foreign agent.
okasha
(11,573 posts)have already said that they will not obey illegal orders from Trump. The "generals and admirals" in his entourage are mostly pariahs like Flynn.
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)THE KGB. Catchy name!!
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)twisting arms to make them cook up something like a war----like Cheney did with Iraq.
Cha
(296,778 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)so they can be easy to replace with his supporters, or just leave those positions empty and claim he's reduced the size of government in the most idiotic way.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)But he won't. He perhaps believes that he can be a voice of stability. He won't matter.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Mattis is pretty terrible
elleng
(130,714 posts)and may be government-wide (but for difficulty finding new jobs to go to.)
Was thinking it may happen at the White House, after a while.
Ain't we having fun!
C_U_L8R
(44,983 posts)and protect us from this candy colored clown
tenorly
(2,037 posts)God help us all.
keithbvadu2
(36,640 posts)Pence agrees with most of these policies.
You don't see him disagreeing, do you?
A loyal lackey just as Trump is to Putin.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,640 posts)tenorly
(2,037 posts)He'll play at being Trump's devoted friend and follower up to the very day King Con is felled by a "lone gunman" in some school book depository.
I agree with your comment
tenorly
(2,037 posts)As bad as Trump is, Mike Putz is almost certainly far worse. The fact that he's fooled most people into thinking of him as an aw-shucks Sunday school teacher makes it all that much scarier really.
onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Dedicated smart, intelligence people aren't going to work their butts off, just to be kicked by this ass.
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)I retired from the Army in 1995 after 28 years of service.
I had a few tours of duty at the Pentagon where I worked with Dept of Defense civilians whose positions ranged from administrative assistants to Assistant and Deputy Secretaries of Defense. I watched these folks take a LOT of undeserved shit from politicians whose favorite sport is beating up on "guvmint bureaucrats."
Occasionally I encountered someone who was a drone but the vast majority are dedicated, serious professionals who believe they are doing something useful . . . they hang in there in spite of the shitstorms piled on them.
My last two assignments were as the military commander of units that actually were CIA operations under military cover. Every single person I encountered there was serious, dedicated, professional . . . 100% opposite of the freak show that surrounds The Trumpster.
bdamomma
(63,791 posts)I hope those who you commented on in your post do step for our country which is in deep trouble right now. God help us all.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)moondust
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Stay and do what you can to serve and protect your country despite/from Yambo OR get the hell out of there before you get stifled and blamed for the disasters he creates?
ETA: Could be especially tough call for covert ops who may not be completely confident that they won't be outed by a vengeful Yambo or his like-minded comrades. Remember Valerie Plame?
Bwahaha!
napi21
(45,806 posts)watching this and seeing their opportunities for some kind of attack are opening up, but that would mean he actually THINKS about the job he's about to take and the responsibilities with it. We all know the only things he thinks about are what opportunities will open up that will benefit HIM & his billions! I've never been one to worry about attacks, invasions, etc, because I trust our security people, but if a lot of them, leave, it might be time to start to worry.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)hire all these highly trained individuals and start a white hat network that will act like guardian angels to the little guys.
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I heard that this morning on Bloomberg radio.
Because they went against his love affair with Putin,
Trump will install his own people,
not only as agency heads but the whole top layer is expected to get sacked
and replaced by 'Trump supporters'.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)He can't even get anyone to perform for his inauguration.
lark
(23,059 posts)and he's stupid enough to go along. Fuckedupistan is us!
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)He'll replace them all with sycophants
iluvtennis
(19,826 posts)Hum
(31 posts)The FSB has a shitload of agents ready to fill the CIA's vacancies.
sellitman
(11,605 posts)We have the KGB after all.
Generator
(7,770 posts)I had to look that up to know! I laughed in my bitter way at your response though!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/fsb-putins-modern-day-kgb
Generator
(7,770 posts)and obstruct him. It's what a patriot should do!
Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)They have to hurry. There's not much time left.
DonnaRx7
(18 posts)we need fewer people employeed at the cia not more!
mdbl
(4,973 posts)You'll end up with the KKK and Nazi'a running it. What do you think happened in Germany in the late 30's? We're really Fuct.
rickford66
(5,521 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)They will want to stay and expose Trump.