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applegrove

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Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:44 PM Jul 2018

The Point w. Chris Cillizza at CNN on why former top Intel people keep their top secret clearance.

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3. Trump would be cutting off an important arm of the intelligence community -- its former employees. As CNN's Barbara Starr notes, one of the main reasons these ex-officials retain their security clearances is so that current intelligence operatives can consult with them, taking advantage of decades of institutional wisdom.

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The Point w. Chris Cillizza at CNN on why former top Intel people keep their top secret clearance. (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2018 OP
Institutional Wisdom???? WE DON'T NEED NO INSTITUTIONAL WISDOM!!!! NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 #1
Exactly. Trump wants to run everything through himself. applegrove Jul 2018 #2
I think that's what their "deep state" is - institutional wisdom from vademocrat Jul 2018 #3
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