Why Richard Grenell Is Such A ‘Dangerous’ Pick For Acting DNI | Talking Points Memo

Is this even legal? He is Senate confirmed, but the act that created DNI also said Principal Deputy Director of Nat Intel should become acting, but we don’t have one of those, although there is a career official carrying out the duties of PDDNI, with the improvised title of Principal Executive.

It is clear that there are three goals in Trump’s appointments: 1) protect orange sack o’ sheeyut 2) find out the SCI they try to sanitize for djt so he doesn’t give it to pooty 3) destroy as much of the functioning capability of the agency as possible.

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“The political operative’s appointment has raised questions of his fitness for the job.”

Understatement of the week, the month, maybe the year (and the year’s barely begun). How could it be more clear that he is unqualified and unfit?

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I saw his picture and immediately though used car salesman.

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it focused on the actions of someone who was arguably not a member of the intelligence community: President Trump.

Has anybody ever made the argument that Trump is a member of the intelligent community?

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The screenplay for the eventual Donnie movie is going to make “Alien” look like “Mary Poppins”.

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The inimitable Darrell Issa 10w30 look.

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“Why Richard Grenell Is Such A ‘Dangerous’ Pick For Acting DNI”

Why Trump and the GOP Want Richard Grenell to Head DNI"

FIFY…it’s the same damn analysis.

For example:

“I just think it’s quite dangerous in the sense that the right information might not get to the right people.”

Feature, not a bug.

“The DNI, and in particular his inspector general, is the center of all whistleblower protection in the intelligence community,”

Feature, not a bug.

"he can cherrypick things or fortify things that the President believes.”

Feature, not a bug.

“as a member of the intelligence community, you can’t politicize the intelligence,”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Grenell, when he comes in, will be responsible for the tone and tenor of how whistleblowers are treated in the intelligence community,”

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Technically, yes. But basically Trump fills judgeships with Federalist Society listers, and all other positions with relatives or Fox News personalities. This kind of incompetence in government generally constitutes gross negligence, but in the case of the Grenell pick, it was entirely intentional on Trump’s part.

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“The President can do whatever he wants with intelligence, but as a member of the intelligence community, you can’t politicize the intelligence,” Edmonds said.

Trump Administration: Hold my beer!

But, oh, yes…yes, you can. Do aluminum tubes and Colin Powell in front of the UN ring any bells???

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The point isn’t to govern. It’s to pillage.

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Or Sergei Lavrov.

By the way, I love the multiple layers of snark in this bit:

Grenell, a vocal Trump loyalist who is currently the ambassador to Germany, brings to the job of acting Director of National Intelligence years of experience aggravating the German government coupled with a background in strategic communications.

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or the DoJ, or the Supreme Court, or . . .

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Love how he holds his hands. I do declare, I believe he’s ready for the cotillion (with the right dress).

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Cue Lindsey Graham.

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Yeah that is good. hahahahahahaha Angela has enough trouble fending off the right in Germany - she didn’t need his helping them try to bring her government down.

Good riddance as far as Germany is concerned. Bad move for us. The guy seems to be one step up from Alex Jones.

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Well, there’s that. The tax cut simply leaves $1.2 trillion in uncollected revenue on the table. Then there is the giving away of subterranean mineral rights on federal lands, privatization of traditional public goods and services, padding of government procurement contracts, commandeering the executive to go golfing, etc. Certainly fair to say Trumpster looting is worth several trillion a year.

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I’m getting more and more convinced, at least in my mind, that trump is really a Manchurian Candidate for Putin.

So much of what he is doing benefits Russia in ways that must spin the graves of all the old Politibureau (?), Kruschev and Brezhnev and Andropov and all the rest must be spinning quite a tango in their graves at what one stupid psychopathic ahole has done in 3 short years.

Sure, the Corps and Oligarchs are getting rich, but the Authoritarians are the ones really reaping right now. President WarDerCharDenGiege is going to have their hands full fixing this mess.

The Dems better not let this slide like they did Reagan and Bush, because those people will keep causing trouble until they die and go to prison.

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OT, but related to the conversation about the general ineptitude of all things Trump:

Coronavirus-infected Americans flown home against CDC’s advice

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A strong contestant in the race to the bottom would be James O’Keefe.

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