Who Needs Intelligence?

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November 11, 2019

I understand that nations need intelligence communities that keep track of adversaries.  The United States has layer upon layer of intelligence agencies – some we know about and some whose very existence is too sensitive for the hoi polloi to know about.  Our CIA has perpetrated any number of unsavory, illegal and downright horrifying acts over the years.  That being said, on the assumption that they do at times provide necessary services for our national security, I would much rather have them working for our interests than for Russia’s, as Donald Chrump and his vast network of Russian and Russia-adjacent agents seem to prefer. 

Chrump from day one has repeatedly denigrated our intelligence community in favor of Vladimir Putin.  To be fair, Chrump’s relationship with anything that smacks of intelligence has all the solidity of a lace doily engulfed in flames.

May Day Mayday

Last week, Comrade Chrump told stunned reporters – when he wasn’t bellowing at them to “be quiet” – that his idol and benefactor Vladimir Putin invited him to attend next year’s May Day Parade in Moscow.  Have no doubt that Chrump knows nothing of the history of May Day, or Russia, or May Day in Russia.  “President Putin invited me to the – it’s a very big deal!” he said. “Celebrating the end of the war, etc., etc.  A very big deal.  So I appreciate the invitation… I would love to go if I could.”  I would gladly buy him a one-way ticket.

A Drip Down Memory Lane

Chrump yukking it up with two of his Russian benefactors right after he fired Comey

During a May 10, 2017 meeting in the Oval Office, the president betrayed his intelligence community by leaking the content of a classified, and highly sensitive, Israeli intelligence operation.  The meeting, during which Chrump did not allow American press, also featured Chrumpo the Clown telling the Russians that he was not concerned about their meddling in the 2016 election.  It is unclear if Chrump requested and/or paid for more Russian help for his re-election bid in 2020.  It would be wise to assume that he did.

I. Mangrey reporting.  Home, home on the rage.