Discussion: CIA Chief Pompeo Defends Decision To Meet With Russian Intel Officials In US

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Both Republican-controlled houses of Congress would
Endeavor to
Nitpick the administration to death by
Grandstanding and
Holding
Another
Zany
Inquiry into booga booga scary Clinton conduct

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I can’t help but notice how Pompeo just blew past the the part where this guy was on a “not allowed to set foot in the US” sanctions list.

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tRUmp admin credibility re: anything russia = 0.00 on infinite scale

say whatever you want Pompeo, your words have as much value as your bosses.

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Pompeo did not miss a point, he chose to evade it. In particular, why was a person, Naryshkin, who was precluded from entering our country be allowed in to participate in these conversations ? Pompeo is being deliberately misleading. Another attempt by the Trump administration to cozy up to Putin.And Pompeo is going along with Komrade Trump.

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Don’t know if Pompeo has sold out but sadly I believe Joe may be right about Kelly, who I thought initially was trying to protect the US from Donald.

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CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Thursday defended his decision to meet with officials from the Russian intelligence service last week, arguing that there was nothing “untoward” about the meeting.

It looks like they’ve decided to un-back away from Chiselin’ Trump’s brilliant joint cyber security effort with Russia.

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Never mind if Obama’s Administration had done this!

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if the WaPo story is true, then he (and ‘1600’) allowed two guys (Naryshkin and Korobov) on the sanctions list to come here.

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Pompeo’s defense came in the form of a letter to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who on Tuesday questioned why U.S. officials met with their Russian counterparts in the U.S. Oval Office.

FIFY!

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In exchange for ceding America’s security secrets, Pompeo was given a Denny’s Gift Certificate for a short stack and a bitchen postcard to carry near his heart.

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This guy looks like the ‘don’t bother me our mission here at the CIA is to keep 99.9% of America in the dark,’
When he’s actually another major obstructionist.

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Pompeo has always looked and acted to my eyes as someone who would not hesitate to answer the loyalty to Trump question with a lapdog’s enthusiastic YES.
He’s in the bag for Trump, not the country.

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Well, of course the hens should invite the fox to a meeting in the hen-house to discuss recent troubling events. It might even make sense to revive the rooster’s helpful suggestion that they work with the fox on a plan to make the hen-house chicken-wire fence much more secure. I mean, the rooster has a great working relationship with the fox. They really respect one another, and say nice things about each other too!

What could possibly go wrong?

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Maybe at some point the MSM will start asking…why so much Russia? Russia is all over the place. Were investigating Russia and paling around with them at the same time. We let them break our laws and then invite them to tea. Why so much fucking Russia?

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from The Guardian

“The various US government bodies involved clearly carried out conscientious work along these lines,” he said. “At the last minute, however, somebody high up – no one knows who at this point – threw out the experts’ work and instead wrote down the names of the top officials in the Russian presidential administration and government plus the 96 Russian billionaires on the Forbes list.”

mumbling: “that person will be revealed soon.”

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And Trumpy, in the SOTU, was essentially silent on the whole frickin’ issue! Dereliction of duty!

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I wonder what our FVEY allies think at this moment.

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“When those meetings take place, you and the American people should rest assured that we cover very difficult subjects in which American and Russian interests do not align,” he added. “Neither side is bashful about raising concerns relating to our intelligence relationships and the interests of our respective nations. We vigorously defend America in these encounters and pull no punches — we never will.”

Former CIA Director John Brennan: “Frequently, people who go along a treasonous path do not know they are on a treasonous path until it is too late.”

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More of this.

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Because it can’t be said enough: Fuck Mike Pompeo. Fuck him deep and hard right in his ass.