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by Melissa McEwan
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DICKERSON: Im just trying to get a sense of the new president-elects views about the intelligence community
The reason I ask is that hes had a lot of intelligence briefings [sic], and then when he was asked about this question, which is coming from the intelligence community, he said that it was a laughing point. In other words, the notion that the Russians were involved in the election was laughable. And so Im just wondering how he can both respect the intelligence community and then think something theyre telling him is laughable. That seems to be a disconnect.
CONWAY: Its completely compatible. He absolutely respects the intelligence community. Hes made very clear hes going to put his own people in there as well. What he has said is laughable and ridiculous is this entire notion, which people are just using as a foregone conclusion, that somehow this was meant to defeat Hillary Clinton and elevate him to the presidency.
Within this casual aside is a shocking admission: Trumps plan is simply to replace the intelligence community with yes-men. That is fundamentally incompatible with the role the intelligence community is meant to play.
The CIA delivered a report finding Russians had indeed interfered to defeat Hillary Clinton and elevate [Trump] to the presidency. Conway sniffs that it is being treated as a foregone conclusion, as though intelligence assessments are just a matter of opinion. As though it is reasonable for the president-elect to ignore them and call them ridiculous if he does not like the conclusion.
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