Ex-GOP lawmaker: Trump needn't rely on US intelligence agencies - he can get info from...

[DonViejo]

Ex-GOP lawmaker: Trump needn’t rely on US intelligence agencies — he can get info from foreign governments


Appearing on CNN, a former head of the House Intelligence Committee said President-elect Donald Trump should feel free to use intelligence information given to him from foreign governments in lieu of what his own intelligence agencies will be providing him.

Appearing on The Situation Room, former Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) flabbergasted host Jim Sciutto by saying U.S. intelligence agencies can provide “biased information,” before asserting Trump could also rely on information provided by foreign intelligence agencies.

Noting that Trump is still disputing evidence provided by all seventeen U.S. agencies that shows the Russians hacked the 2016 election, Hoekstra said Trump is sending U.S. intelligence a message.

“I think what Donald Trump is doing, is Donald Trump is putting the intelligence community on notice,” Hoekstra said. “That he expects them to deliver quality information in an unbiased format so that he will be equipped to make the best decisions possible as Commander in Chief. Sending that signal to the intelligence community is absolutely fine.”

“How will he judge when it’s quality? When it’s quality intelligence?” Sciutto pressed. “What will be his basis of deciding that?”

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[spanone]

1. this is just absurd. so trump knows more than the entire intelligence community?

what a fucking ego.

and hoekstra is an idiot.

[CentralMass]

2. Wow. I'll bet this doesnt end well.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. .

[1965Comet]

4. Wow

"Appearing on The Situation Room, former Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) flabbergasted host Jim Sciutto by saying U.S. intelligence agencies can provide “biased information,” before asserting Trump could also rely on information provided by foreign intelligence agencies. "

Why bother with foreign intel agencies? Why not just call up the Iranian government and ask for info on their nuke program. At least they are a primary source!

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Beyond ignorant.

I could understand comparing and contrasting information from foreign governments against our national intelligence community. But considering there are nuclear weapons ready to be activated and the potential for a nuclear game of Chicken, it is beyond ignorance and recklessness to shun the daily reports.

[Takket]

6. Trumps notice is quite the opposite

By denying the Russia link trump is basically saying he wants only false propagandized info that fits his narrative.

[Cha]

7. Yeah they can feed him any shit they want to.. treat like him like

a mushroom.

How stupid is that?

[maxrandb]

8. Why do Retrumplicans Hate 'Murika'? n/t

[maxrandb]

9. Could You Fucking Imagine

Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama saying that they could "get their intelligence information from foreign intelligence agencies"?

Can you just fucking imagine that?????

Holy fuck. The MSM would be running 25/8 (they'd create an extra day) stories and calling for Clinton or Obama to be prosecuted.

Let me say again....H-O-L-Y F-U-C-K-I-N-G S-H-I-T

[world wide wally]

10. I am sure that a foreign government would never feed us false information.

Only American gov't. Does that.

[Hugin]

12. The Kremlin has the best information! The bestly!

[Hugin]

11. This moran has now single-handedly destroyed their taxpayer funded justification for why...

The Secretary of State having a private email server is a "bad thing" and it requires "locking her up".