Sources say Trump's CIA visit made relations with intel community worse

[highplainsdem]

Source: CBS

U.S. government sources tell CBS News that there is a sense of unease in the intelligence community after President Trump’s visit to CIA headquarters on Saturday.

An official said the visit “made relations with the intelligence community worse” and described the visit as “uncomfortable.”

Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president. They say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign.

An official with knowledge of the make-up of the crowd says that there were about 40 people who’d been invited by the Trump, Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Pompeo teams. The Trump team expected Rep. Pompeo, R-Kansas, to be sworn in during the event as the next CIA director, but the vote to confirm him was delayed on Friday by Senate Democrats. Also sitting in the first several rows in front of the president was the CIA’s senior leadership, which was not cheering the remarks.

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sources-say-theres-a-sense-of-unease-in-intel-community-after-trump-cia-visit/

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The article goes on to say that only about 400 members of the CIA workforce, out of THOUSANDS who were invited, were there.

And CBS's intelligence sources said many in the workforce "were stunned and at times offended" by Trump's speech.

[Wounded Bear]

1. He really has no idea of how to show respect for others....

none whatsoever.

[BainsBane]

28. Because he's a narcissist

He stood in front of that wall of stars and thought only of himself.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. he's gish gallopping everyone.

I think the idea is to keep so many different things coming from different angles, people get thrown off and forget where they are.

[RobinA]

2. NOW

they get uneasy? He didn't exactly show a side of himself we'd never seen before.

[dalton99a]

6. Precisely.

[enough]

3. Not only were they disrespected, they got to see his bizarre, disjointed, rambling

childish, narcissistic "mind" in operation. That's the really stunning part.

[Roy Rolling]

4. Tweetstorm

I forecast a tweetstorm with CBS in a lot of them.

[dalton99a]

5. "packed house, long standing ovations, amazing people. WIN!"

[DetlefK]

7. No surprise at all.

In intelligence, accurate information can mean the difference between life and death. And the Trump administration happily invents "alternative facts" to satisfy the ego of a narcissist...

Would any of these people risk their lives and the lives of their agents based on information and decisions coming from that sort of administration?

[moondust]

8. Personally,

I don't think I'd trust him with critical intelligence. I'd be afraid it would make its way to the Kremlin and/or be exploited by him and his family to make money without regard for unintended consequences.

Maybe they can work out a way of playing the briefings game with fake intel and "alternative facts" while keeping back channels to allied intel agencies open without his knowledge.

[ffr]

10. If I was an undercover agent, I'd be CYA beginning November 9th.

This vindictive asshole is going to get people killed. The only question is will it be thousands, millions or billions.

[woundedkarma]

20. fake intel

Then they can monitor the fake intel and see if it makes it's way to Putin.

Although, it probably won't work because I'm sure Russia has plenty of moles in the cia.

[moondust]

23. Might work.

Probably worth trying to plant something fake and see where it ends up. CIA is compartmentalized so not everybody has access to everything.

[ffr]

9. Uncomfortable, you say? Don't mean to tell you that I told you so.

This election was a coup, put on by the rich to loot Treasury and public lands.

Remember what they did in Kansas? Amerika is up for auction.

[MissKat]

11. He brought in a cheering squad

He brought in a cheering squad and set them in front of the wall that honors agents killed while serving their country.

Can we find out who those 40 people were? Can we find out how many of them have served this country?

It seems to me that even his supporters should feel a bit sick about this. But then that means they have to have two skills, thinking and evaluating, and that's not happening.

Seriously, is there someway to find out who these people were? We need to light them up, put all of their personal information out there--

who they are, what kind of work they do, whether or not they've served the country, were they paid, how were they selected.

We have to make them an example-- like Rush did with Miss Fluke.

[mopinko]

12. what an idiot. these people sort out liars for a living.

if there is a bunch in this whole government that see through this idiot, it is the cia.

leak away people. we need you. now you cannot not know that.

[GusBob]

13. Yes, this. this is the part that grates my cheese

I mean, these CIA folks are anything but slackers, right?

They had to see thru his bullcrap for sure. And then to be played for chumps what with his cheerleading squad, and the bogus "they all love me" stuff.....

no, just no

They are, of course, professionals who can keep a straight face, and keep things under wraps.

But one has to imagine behind closed doors they know Trump is a chump

And they of all people know the risks

[UCmeNdc]

14. Propaganda 101. Cheering gallery

[SHRED]

15. Yep.

[Hestia]

16. I told DH that senior staff immediately went behind closed doors and looked over the

charter with a fine-tooth comb to make sure that they cannot operate in the US. Funny, not funny.

[Raster]

17. YES!!! tRump pissed off the wrong people...

...I hope they help us to hang his out to dry!

[randome]

18. People simply don't understand how someone with "a very good brain" operates under these conditions.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[lillypaddle]

19. but ... but wait!

I heard it was a "love fest!"

[elmac]

21. oh hell

those russians were sucking face at that meeting like there was no tomorrow. They loved the orange fascist.

[TeamPooka]

22. Message to CIA: I will lie to you, straight to your face, and make you sit there and take it.

[Sunlei]

24. Offensive & trashy, especially the paid? group of applauding cheerleaders.

[tanyev]

25. The more you get to know Donald, the less you like him.

[JDC]

26. His usual schtick isn't going to play any longer

Day one and his suit is more empty than ever.

[LudwigPastorius]

27. Beyond "stunned and offended", I hope that speech convinced many at the CIA that Trump...

is dangerously deluded.

Olbermann, in an uncharacteristically reserved fashion, makes that point here in a plea to Trump supporters

http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-a-plea-to-trump-fans-this-man-is-dangerous

[jmowreader]

30. Trump will receive 100-percent "open source" briefings from now on

Every intelligence service in the world has a desk that subscribes to, receives and processes information from private-sector news services like the AP, CNN, Reuters and Agence France-Press. The information so derived is called "open source." You're not supposed to base product solely on it - anyone can turn on CNN, right? - but it's good to use to fill in the gaps in your coverage.

Open source will be ALL Donald J. Taft ever receives in briefings. There is far too much risk in trusting him with anything even slightly sensitive.

[Mc Mike]

31. Just more proof that dRumpf is NOT on top of the world,

but is instead riding a splinter, in the middle of the ocean, in a howling gale, on the edge of an F 5 Hurricane.