CIA director Mike Pompeo repeatedly cited WikiLeaks to attack Clinton during campaign

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Source: CNN




By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN

Updated 4:28 PM ET, Mon April 24, 2017

Story highlights

Pompeo repeatedly cited WikiLeaks to attack Hillary Clinton during the campaign, a CNN KFile review shows.
Donald Trump's administration has taken a tough stance on WikiLeaks in recent weeks.





(CNN)Donald Trump's administration has taken a tough stance on WikiLeaks in recent weeks.
US officials told CNN last week that the Justice Department has prepared charges to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at a news conference on Thursday that Assange's arrest is a "priority" of the administration.


But no Trump administration official went further in condemning the group than CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who, in a speech two weeks ago, called WikiLeaks a "hostile intelligence service."

Pompeo's comments immediately drew attention to a tweet from July 2016 in which he linked to the WikiLeaks document dump of emails from the Democratic National Committee. Critics used the tweet to call out Pompeo for his dramatic reversal on WikiLeaks.

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Pompeo, however, repeatedly cited the group to attack Hillary Clinton during the campaign, a CNN KFile review of his tweets and media appearances shows. He claimed the emails were proof of DNC collusion against Bernie Sanders, and cited emails released by the group to argue that Democrats should call on Hillary Clinton to drop out of the presidential race.................





Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/politics/kfile-mike-pompeo-wikileaks/index.html

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Here is one of his Tweets! Hypocrite!

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Need further proof that the fix was in from Pres. Obama on down? BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by Wikileaks



9:36 am - 24 Jul 2016
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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. another fucking asshole trumper. How can we take any more of this idiocy?

[ProudLib72]

2. Another punchable face

Someone in the CIA needs to leak something really good to get the public's attention focused back on what's important: Russia. Otherwise, with people like Pompeo in charge, nothing will ever be fully investigated.

[C Moon]

3. Something stinks.

[riversedge]

6. Swamps usually do stink Badly!!

[mpcamb]

4. Pompeo's a big fan of waterboarding.

Enough said.

[pfitz59]

5. I hope the CIA regulars

feed this guy total garbage. He cannot be trusted with our nation's secrets. Total douchebag...

[nikibatts]

7. Really, I just do not understand how any of Trump's cabinet were confirmed. Oh, GOP, I forgot

[Goprox]

8. The right-wing boosted the growth and power of Wikileaks

Now they have to live with it.

[athenasatanjesus]

9. This is why I don't have my hopes up on the Russian investigation.

If his guy is the director of the CIA, and the guy in charge of the FBI tanked Hillary's campaign I'm not going to hold my breath.

[lark]

10. How can this be investigated by the government when the whole government was part of the treachery?

[Bosque]

11. The people have to put enough pressure on Congress or Nothing

We have to mobilize and make demands...rise up....and Peacefully but Persistently, demand the Truth.