Former CIA Director Brennan: "With every last ounce of devotion to this country, resist"

[kpete]

HECK: I now pose it to you, sir. Not for my sake, but for America’s sake. As someone who has devoted your entire life to public service, in your own words, please tell my constituents, my neighbors, why they should care. Not just here in Washington, D.C., but in Washington state, and Texas, and Connecticut and points in between. Why should they care? Why do you care, sir?

BRENNAN: Because for the last 241 years, this nation and its citizens have cherished the freedom and liberty that this country was founded upon. Many, many Americans — brave Americans over the years — have lost their lives to be able to protect that freedom and liberty.

They’ve lost their lives also to protect the freedom and liberties of other countries and other peoples around the world. Our ability to choose our elected leaders as we see fit is, I believe, an inalienable right that we must protect with all of our resources and all of our authority and power.

And the fact that the Russians tried to influence that election so that the will of the American people was not going to be realized by that election, I find outrageous and something that we need to, with every last ounce of devotion to this country, resist. And to try to act to prevent further instances of that.

And so, therefore, I believe that this is something that’s critically important to every American. Certainly it’s very important to me, for my children and grandchildren, to make sure that never again will a foreign country try to influence and interfere in the foundation stone of this country, which is electing our democratic leaders.

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[annabanana]

1. Kicking for the heartfelt plea. . . .n/t

[Alice11111]

2. Thank you, Director Brennan! A patriot. Thx for OP too.

[gademocrat7]

3. K&R.

[Amaryllis]

4. Wow. So articulate. That is what I call true patriotism.

[kpete]

5. I consider this

OUR MARCHING ORDERS

[Amaryllis]

7. Yep. Happy to take orders from him.

[bdamomma]

28. Yes indeed

he isn't the first who has said it, we are living in a pressure cooker, it's going to blow soon.

[Smickey]

41. "Marching orders indeed"...

What we need is to clean up our own mess. Those if us of a "certain age" myself included who have mostly sat by and watched as this country has gone to shit need to ensure that it returns to some sense of normalcy. We should not leave what is, to our progeny. I think what we need a 'grey wave' to break on DC (ex surfer). Generally, as a group we vote, we have the resources and we have the time. I have 2 extra seats in my car and I am pissed off. Are you ready?


What if?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. Yes, I had the same reaction. The Minority President is so far away from that ability & motivation.

[leftstreet]

6. Excellent statements. They could also apply to the media

The Trump humping media that legitimized him and demonized Clinton

And the fact that THE MEDIA tried to influence that election so that the will of the American people was not going to be realized by that election

to make sure that never again will THE MEDIA try to influence and interfere in the foundation stone of this country, which is electing our democratic leaders.

[Equinox Moon]

8. Why oh why did they not tell us over and over again during the campaign?

[Dustlawyer]

9. And to that the Republicans say, "Big deal, what about

The LEAKERS?"

[Volaris]

13. Lol that's right tomorrow Trump will try to fire him from his 'former director''s position.

[aeromanKC]

10. Stay off of small planes!!

Please Mr. Director, for the sake of this country please stay off small airplanes!!

[woundedkarma]

11. Wait.. what?

Umm maybe someone should have asked mr former cia director why the cia insisted on interfering in so many other elections and selections of other countries leaderships?

I feel like he's on our side but still.. you can't be from the cia and say that with a straight face.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/13/the-long-history-of-the-u-s-interfering-with-elections-elsewhere/?utm_term=.5f0d6cd6de3d

[Wednesdays]

15. Nice whataboutism, there. n/t

[Hekate]

33. The CIA serves this country, and they're not Mother Teresa. If there are flaws, correct them...

...but to ask, as Trump did in his sarcastic way, "What, do you think we're so innocent?" when it comes to protecting our country against enemies foreign and domestic, is to put yourself on the wrong side of the equation.

By the way, what did you think of the outing of Agent Valerie Plame?

[RVN VET71]

40. It comes down to Goldwater's old slogan

"Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice." I don't agree with the statement as a universal, but I get the essential meaning. And Cheney overstepped that meaning when he deliberately outed Ms Plame in retaliation for something her husband had written about his (Cheney's) lies. Cheney, of course, was not defending anyone's liberty. He was certainly under no threat of prison because of Joe Wilson's expose. But that unprincipled POS, nevertheless, saw fit to commit the very kind of treason Bush's father inveighed against: outing an undercover agent of the United States -- and with it, her entire string of contacts in Iran, btw.

Still, the CIA ain't no bastion of angels, I agree. But what Mr. Brennan said is, nevertheless completely true and, well, patriotic, as well. He's seen first hand the efforts of Russia and other enemy nations against us, so his alarum is especially poignant.

[Hekate]

48. Yes. Welcome to DU, and see you around.

[treestar]

52. were those countries having elections?

if they were dictatorships it might not be so relevant to what he is saying here.

Still, we don't deserve to have out elections undermined. Maybe we should stop interfering in others, but we shouldn't use that against ourselves.

[IronLionZion]

54. Anything recent? On Obama's watch?

Times have changed

The past shouldn't limit our future. People have used the Democratic Party's racist history against us too.

[Achilleaze]

12. This needs to go ultra viral

Maybe some Republicans will finally wake the fuck up.

[Solomon]

39. Naw, they will just throw Brennan under the bus.

They are busy doing it now.

[colorado_ufo]

14. Heroes still live!

[BadgerMom]

16. Kick

Thank you, sir. Resist, I will.

[LAS14]

17. k & r

[NastyRiffraff]

18. Thank you, Mr. Brennan

Succinct and eloquent.

[LiberalArkie]

19. It sounds so good, when do we stop interfering in other nations elections?

[orangecrush]

22. This thread isn't about

U.S. interference in other elections.

There is no justification for Russian interference in our elections.

There IS justification for interfering with Putins election, as he consistently has rigged Russian elections to stay in power.

The United States has never had any candidate engage in election tampering on Putin's scale - UNTIL NOW.

[pangaia]

27. Unfortunately, never.

[TomSlick]

32. One Arkie Liberal to another

There is no question that the CIA has interfered in the elections of other countries in the past. However, that does NOT excuse Russia's interference in our election or any collusion in that action by a US citizen. I'm all for the US not interfering in foreign elections ever again. I'm also all for figuring out if any US citizens participated in the Russian interference in our election and dragging them into court to answer a couple of criminal charges that come to mind.

[DetlefK]

38. When was the last time the US interfered in a foreign election?

Btw, toppling dictators doesn't count.

[a la izquierda]

59. Latin America, 1970s.

Probably not the last time, but it's what I know best.

[Enoki33]

20. The Republican leadership was reminded it is not patriotic

to put party before country. And it was done without mentioning their gross hypocrisy.

[Achilleaze]

25. + 1000

[orangecrush]

21. RESIST

To.

The.

Last.

Fucking.

Drop.

[ailsagirl]

45. [phone]

[Vermijelli]

23. Resist...

But not because John "The Drone Man" Brennan said so.

[SunSeeker]

24. K & R

[bdamomma]

26. We all need to

RESIST, this is our country, not fucking Russia. Putin will not win dividing this country, like his is. They will go down including tRump.

Brennan is a true

[stage left]

29. A true Patriot.

We are resisting, sir.

[Hekate]

30. Kick with thanks to Director Brennan

[CentralMass]

31. K&R

[dchill]

34. K&R.

[Poiuyt]

35. Great speech!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

37. K&R nt

[iluvtennis]

42. My sentiments exactly. So why don't the so called patriot GOP'ers feel the same way? (Rhetorical)

[MontanaMama]

43. Resisting here

in Big Sky Country. Keep it up Director Brennan. Keep reminding McConnell and Ryan that they were complicit. They KNEW what we were in for and the gave Putin the assist. They can never be forgiven.

[2naSalit]

50. +1

[ailsagirl]

44. With Every Ounce

[The Polack MSgt]

46. Not a single Trump Party member will care. Beck and Hannity already proved

That Brennan is a SECRET MUSLIN ATTACKING OUR COUNTRY FROM THE INSIDE!!1!1!!!

Remember this?

Brennan’s fitness to serve was questioned due to his supposedly becoming a Muslim while stationed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The claim’s fire was fueled after Brennan was sworn in to his office not on a Bible but on a copy of the Constitution.

The rumor about Brennan’s conversion to Islam coalesced after a 9 February 2013 radio broadcast during which former FBI agent John Guandolo levied the accusation.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/brennan.asp

We can never seem to escape the slimy tentacles of the vast right wing conspiracy

[Achilleaze]

55. republicans pissing on America's security

...will be remembered and villified as the anti-patriot republicans who sold out America.

[niyad]

47. k and r

[2naSalit]

49. K&R

[redstatebluegirl]

51. No worries we are! Thank you sir for your devotion to our country.

[mvd]

53. K&R

We've done a good job. Even some Repukes are not exactly liking his immoral budget or the Russian connections.

[WinkyDink]

56. EMAILS! You know the drill.

[Tursiops]

57. K&R

Thank you for posting this

[Stuart G]

58. K and R....nt

[furtheradu]

60. Kick with Devotion, and Gratitude

Thank You, again.