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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump To Start Getting CIA Security Briefings. That Should Be Fun!
So heres a fun fact: Once Donald Trump is officially declared the Republican nominee for president at Julys Republican National Convention, hell start getting classified intelligence briefings from the CIA. When Chris Hayes mentioned that little detail of the campaign process, he added, Just let that sink in for a moment. Yeah, sorry, we should have warned you to have an emergency defibrillator nearby.
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Oh, sure, there are some naysayers who worry there might be something a little questionable about giving national security information to a man given to blurting out whatever stray thoughts come into his weirdly coifed head. Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo tweeted an amusing fact about Trumps new campaign guru, Paul Manafort:
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Then of course there are the exciting prospects for Trump interviews and debates even if he manages not to blurt out secrets from his briefings, he already has a habit of telling crowds insane shit that simply isnt true, assuring them its from Top Sources. Once he actually has access to genuine secrets, we wont know whether his informed sources are Alex Jones or the spooks from Fairfax. Not that Trumpers worry too much about sources anyway. Since everyone already assumes hes full of shit, our enemies will never know whether hes spouting nonsense or real secrets its a brilliant variation on Nixons Madman Theory strategy. And if he accidentally does reveal something classified, Trump can always scream at Hillary Clinton for endangering America with her private email server.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/601463/donald-trump-to-start-getting-cia-security-briefings-that-should-be-fun#8vv5BwHW5B53rXM7.99
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Oh, sure, there are some naysayers who worry there might be something a little questionable about giving national security information to a man given to blurting out whatever stray thoughts come into his weirdly coifed head. Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo tweeted an amusing fact about Trumps new campaign guru, Paul Manafort:
Worth noting. Trump soon starts getting classified CIA briefings. His campaign chief works for pro-Putin Russian oligarchs. Shld go fine.
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Then of course there are the exciting prospects for Trump interviews and debates even if he manages not to blurt out secrets from his briefings, he already has a habit of telling crowds insane shit that simply isnt true, assuring them its from Top Sources. Once he actually has access to genuine secrets, we wont know whether his informed sources are Alex Jones or the spooks from Fairfax. Not that Trumpers worry too much about sources anyway. Since everyone already assumes hes full of shit, our enemies will never know whether hes spouting nonsense or real secrets its a brilliant variation on Nixons Madman Theory strategy. And if he accidentally does reveal something classified, Trump can always scream at Hillary Clinton for endangering America with her private email server.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/601463/donald-trump-to-start-getting-cia-security-briefings-that-should-be-fun#8vv5BwHW5B53rXM7.99
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Donald Trump To Start Getting CIA Security Briefings. That Should Be Fun! (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
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silvershadow
(10,336 posts)1. Maybe they can read his file to him.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)2. That's funny
He says so much crazy stuff you won't know if it's a secret or not.
MH1
(17,600 posts)3. Perfectly stated.
Once he actually has access to genuine secrets, we wont know whether his informed sources are Alex Jones or the spooks from Fairfax. Not that Trumpers worry too much about sources anyway. Since everyone already assumes hes full of shit, our enemies will never know whether hes spouting nonsense or real secrets
Still, I find it very unsettling that this absolute nutjob will have access to classified info.
Hopefully the spooks set up some disinformation. For the sake of the country.