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The cable outlet (CNN) claimed the exfiltration (of American Intel Assets in Russia) was made in response to Trump sharing sensitive intelligence with top Russian officials
the CIA sought to extract the asset in 2016 — prior to Trump becoming president — over exposure concerns after top U.S. officials in the Obama administration "revealed the severity of Russia's election interference with unusual detail."
After CNN helps President Trump win re-election, the government should shut them down.
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: CriticalStinker
Ministry of Truth perhaps?
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.
But when intelligence officials revealed the severity of Russia’s election interference with unusual detail later that year, the news media picked up on details about the C.I.A.’s Kremlin sources. C.I.A. officials worried about safety made the arduous decision in late 2016 to offer to extract the source from Russia. The situation grew more tense when the informant at first refused, citing family concerns — prompting consternation at C.I.A. headquarters and sowing doubts among some American counterintelligence officials about the informant’s trustworthiness. But the C.I.A. pressed again months later after more media inquiries.
CIA slams CNN's 'misguided' and 'simply false' reporting on alleged CIA spy's extraction from Kremlin
But the government had indicated that the source existed long before Mr. Trump took office, first in formally accusing Russia of interference in October 2016 and then when intelligence officials declassified parts of their assessment about the interference campaign for public release in January 2017. News agencies, including NBC, began reporting around that time about Mr. Putin’s involvement in the election sabotage and on the C.I.A.’s possible sources for the assessment.
The exfiltration took place sometime after an Oval Office meeting in May 2017, when President Trump revealed highly classified counterterrorism information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, said the current and former officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive operation.
That disclosure alarmed U.S. national security officials, but it was not the reason for the decision to remove the CIA asset, according to the current and former officials.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: carewemust
After CNN helps President Trump win re-election, the government should shut them down.
Excellent idea...
We should also establish an agency that monitors media outlets to make sure they're "approved".
Maybe we can get a list of government approved talking points.
Too many people are making noises with their face holes, and I simply don't like it.
No specific medications or treatments for misophonia have been found yet. Mimicking offensive sounds is an unconscious response some people have to the sounds that trigger their condition. This mimicry may enable them to handle the uncomfortable situations they find themselves in better.
Monster grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the Noodle to know the difference.
RAmen
How about we do one better and reverse Obama's bullsh@t law change that let's media spew propaganda and lies?
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: GenerationGap
No, I don't like the blaze as "the" source.
I would rather your op have contained several sources to go along with the blaze.