Trump greets intelligence briefing with...an attack on U.S. Intelligence!

[SteveG]

Don points his tiny finger at The Bad Spooks


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016...ything-pr/
Mr. Trump is scheduled to received his first classified intelligence briefing as the Republican presidential nominee on Wednesday.
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Asked if he trusts intelligence, Mr. Trump said: “Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country.” “I mean, look what’s happened over the last 10 years. Look what’s happened over the years,” he said. “I mean, it’s been catastrophic. In fact, I won’t use some of the people that are sort of your standards.”

Mr. Trump called Gen. Flynn a “terrific guy” who’s “tough” and “smart.” “I have great people and General Flynn is one of” them, he said.

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who has emerged as a key surrogate for Mr. Trump, said the candidate would be correct to doubt the reliability of intelligence. “He should take General Flynn with him to be able to ask critical questions. This is the art of being a good executive,” Mr. Giuliani said on the program Wednesday. “The reality is our intelligence has been terrible,” he said. “Our intelligence has really let us down on a number of occasions, and there’s something substantially wrong with the way we gather intelligence.”

[samintx]

As I understand it from interviews of SService last night you can ask questions at the briefing and I'm sure Trumpster is taking these people because 1) He can't keep his attention focused; 2) He can't ask intelligent questions because he doesn't know what they are talking about.

[$tevie]

samintx wrote:
As I understand it from interviews of SService last night you can ask questions at the briefing and I'm sure Trumpster is taking these people because 1) He can't keep his attention focused; 2) He can't ask intelligent questions because he doesn't know what they are talking about.

I think you hit the nail on the head.

[Ted King]

Think about the kind of person Trump is and what he would likely do if he got control of the intelligence apparatus that Snowden revealed. The thought of him getting the nuclear football is scary, but the thought of him in charge of a vast intelligence network that already has barely any concern over individual privacy rights should give us nightmares as well.