Ho hum, SHITLER got intel report on Russia help in 2020 "softened" & Dan COATS to "retire"

[UTUSN]

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https://news.yahoo.com/trump-administration-reportedly-quashed-part-170835684.html

The Trump administration reportedly quashed part of an intelligence report that showed Russia is helping him win the 2020 election

.... When the ODNI was finalizing last year's report, Trump administration staffers requested that it remove language in "Key Judgement 2" that detailed Russia's attempts to help Trump in 2020, former director of national intelligence Dan Coats told the Times.

"I can affirm that one of my staffers who was aware of the controversy requested that I modify that assessment," Coats said. "But I said, 'No, we need to stick to what the analysts have said.'"

Shortly after that exchange, Coats was surprised to learn that Trump was forcing him into early retirement. He was first made aware of the news when Trump tweeted that Coats' last day as DNI would be August 15 — months before Coats planned to retire. ....

fter Coats' departure, the National Intelligence Estimate was published with softer language describing Russia's potential motivation for interfering in the 2020 election. Instead of directly concluding that Russia wanted Trump to win in 2020, the report was updated to state that "Russian leaders probably assess that chances to improve relations with the US will diminish under a different US president."

The changes were made, according to an email reviewed by the Times, following edits by Beth Sanner, an ODNI official who presents President Donald Trump's daily national intelligence briefings. ....

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[blueinredohio]

1. I doubt Coats said no. He was in on all the bullshit until he got canned.

[mr_lebowski]

2. More accurately it was probably his staffers who got the assessment changed ...

Because IQ45, like the organized crime boss that he is ... doesn't have to issue actual orders to his capos and cronies ... they already know what he wants. This way there's no paper trail that leads to him.