DNI Head Dan Coats To Reportedly Resign, Ratcliffe To Replace Him

[outis]

@castor_troy

I saw the clip… Scary, but if the alternative is Nunes, that one’s already a known traitor.

If Trump picks him over Nunes, there is likely a reason, and a bad one.

[haddockbranzini]

Does Coats go out with a scathing resignation letter or does he shut up and take his “campaign job” payola?

[castor_troy]

Fair point. I’d counter that Nunes might have a heckuva time in his confirmation, though, and be on the hook for either perjuring himself, or revealing a bit too much about his connections.

[haddockbranzini]

@ralph_vonholst

So, who will he and Barr go after first? Hillary, Obama, Comey, Mueller?

Vince Foster: Cold Case Files

[ralph_vonholst]

If he should happen to discover some intelligence within the regime, I trust he won’t hesitate to let us all know.

[quin]

There is only one qualification for any Rump appointment: total obedience to Great Leader. It’s what all Stalinesque autocrats require of their flunkies. What we are seeing are people of limited knowledge and moral courage who thought they could handle Rump being replaced by complete idiots and moral ciphers.

[pshah]

You can either work on behalf of our National Security or on behalf of Donald Trump, but you can’t do both. It’s one thing for Radcliffe to blather on in an House meeting, but if he takes this job -as serious and consequential as they come -his day of reckoning is coming. I hope he picks the right path.

Let me backtrack a bit. I just hope he passes a clearance review for starters.

And, by the way, I imagine what DNI Dan Coats knows would make our collective heads spin.

[sooner]

Or dog forbid Screwy Louie Gohmert

[ralph_vonholst]

I think Marsha Blackburn should be given a shot at it.

[uneducated]

Breaking News:
Trump has just signed one of those order thingy’s.
There will be no intelligence as long as he is President.

[manhattan123]

So Ratcliffe’s groveling, toadying, lapdog routine at the Mueller hearing paid off?

[occamscoin]

@thunderclapnewman

head and shoulders above Devin Nunes, who’s also rumored to be in the running for the job.

Devin Nunes is street smart.* He knows that the DNI gig has an 18 month expiration date, while if he gives up his congressional gig in Feedlot, CA, he’ll never get it back.

*street smart: remembers which side of the street he lives on

[castor_troy]

O/T: Kavanaugh 2.0…

Both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee maintain that her account is plausible, but some members have also said they are wary of taking her uncorroborated word over the categorical denials of a decorated four-star Air Force general endorsed by high-ranking colleagues.

Ummmm… You can’t both contend that she’s credible and plausible, but then call her a fucking liar. You’ve got to pick one or the other.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/a-colonel-accused-a-four-star-general-of-sexual-assault-a-senate-panel-will-decide-what-happens-next/2019/07/28/4a19ccfe-afbd-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html?utm_term=.2b6bd906a477

[ralph_vonholst]

emptywheel (emptywheel)

[occamscoin]

@ralph_vonholst

So, who will he and Barr go after first? Hillary, Obama, Comey, Mueller?

Pelosi

[erratum]

god, I’m depressed.

[castor_troy]

OTOH, when you’re dealt a shit sandwich to start, you don’t have much to work with.

[benthere]

Further evidence that DJT lacks the required temperament to hold the office. But we knew that and now have an administration stacked with incompetents, hacks, and RWNJ’s. Deplorable!

[castor_troy]

@erratum

I’m depressed.

Luckily for you, comrade, that depression will soon be cured by an extended stay at one of the Trump Re-education Camps being set up by private contractors to handle the round-ups of registered Democrats after the 2020 election.

[maximus]

Should be intelligent be a prerequisite for being in the intelligence field?

Apparently, abundantly not…