Ex-CIA chief questions Trump’s loyalty to the US after asking Russia to help him win election
Source: RawStory/CNN
Donald Trump sparked outrage on Wednesday when he encouraged the Russian government to find and leak Hillary Clintons emails that were deleted from her private server while she served as Secretary of State.
Now former CIA chief Leon Panetta has told CNNs Christiane Amanpour that Trumps actions call his loyalty to the U.S. into question. Whats more, Amanpour says Panetta claims Trumps statements raise questions over whether hes conspiring with a foreign power.
You have a presidential candidate who is, in fact, asking the Russians to engage in American politics, Panetta said. I think thats beyond the pale
he is truly not qualified to be president of the United States.
Panetta, it should be noted, is a Democrat who served as both CIA Director and Defense Secretary under President Obama. He is scheduled to talk at tonights Democratic National Convention.
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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/ex-cia-chief-questions-trumps-loyalty-to-the-us-after-asking-russia-to-help-him-win-election/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,032 posts)He'd cheerfully sell his country down the river if he thought it would benefit him personally.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)rotates around him.
As long as you are clear with that, he will always be out to take from you, giving less in return.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)And that's exactly why the traitor is running for President!
He could really cut himself some sweet deals with Putin under the table as President!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,089 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)RobinA
(9,916 posts)every time the man opens his mouth lately a jaw dropper rolls out. He more clueless than I ever suspected. Either that or he's trying to see how far he can go and still win votes. But I'm not sure that explanation squares with the obvious narcissism.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)responding to this with something about Hillary and uranium. Does anyone know what that is about? I suppose I could watch Fox, but I won't.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Do presidential candidates have to undergo a security clearance before they get briefings?
But the current president decides what and how much info they get. After elected though...
hughee99
(16,113 posts)several years?
Botany
(70,674 posts)... Russia mucking arround in US elections and government?
hughee99
(16,113 posts)might have a potential bias, it's worth a mention.
Let's put it this way... If Trump's former assistant also had experience in the justice department or FBI and gave some opinion that was negative toward Clinton, would YOU be okay with it if they didn't happen to mention a personal connection to Trump himself?
It's the sort of thing you might think a responsible journalist might be inclined to include in the story.
IronLionZion
(45,680 posts)and held lots of other roles. It's no secret that he's a Democrat who has worked for Democratic presidents.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)for several years could potentially be relevant when discussing their opinion her opponent?
PSPS
(13,647 posts)Some have really high post counts.
Roy Rolling
(6,947 posts)This should be the #1 issue of the campaign. It is of GIGANTIC importance. If the GOP is smart, they will try to put this fire out aggressively today. If not, it will consume his candidacy. Or maybe that's just the mango/kale smoothie talking.
wallyworld2
(375 posts)and faux spews working hand in hand
riversedge
(70,483 posts)ailsagirl
(22,912 posts)joedogs
(35 posts)why isn't the FBI, or for that fact the CIA looking into Frumps statement of asking a foreign government to intervene in an election
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Did the Russian government hack the DNC to bring down Hillary Clinton? Thats the view thats quickly emerging inside American intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/25/fbi-suspects-russia-hacked-dnc-u-s-officials-say-it-was-to-elect-donald-trump.html
The CIA? Who knows they don't advertise their ops.
Ford_Prefect
(7,944 posts)Oops, I forgot they only look into it when ordinary Americans are involved in protected speech. Donald is certainly no ordinary American so I guess they can't look into his off-shore connections. The contract to listen doesn't authorize it.
riversedge
(70,483 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Akicita
(1,196 posts)were to accede to Rumps request? The emails were deleted, The FBI can't even recover them. The FBI has all the servers. Surely the FBI is not going hook those servers back up to the internet where they can be hacked. So there is no way the Russians could now hack them.
When Rump asked the Russians to find them, he must be assuming the Russians had already hacked Hillary's server in the past and he wants the Russians to find and release the missing, deleted emails from the stash of emails he assumes were previously hacked. Even if they do release the deleted emails, who cares? How do Chelsea's wedding plans or Pilate routines or other non-work related correspondence possibly affect national security?
Ford_Prefect
(7,944 posts)for National Security to look into the connections between Trump, and his financiers and Putin. There have been questions raised before now about his dependence on Russian investment, and the relationships of several of his close advisers to Putin's inner circle.
There were and are still genuine reasons to consider that Trump has been acting, however indirectly, as an agent of a foreign power and is beholden to foreign interests in a very tangible way.
for example: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028053279
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)but we may not know what they know and what they have been investigating to this point. This may not be a surprise to FBI/CIA investigators who may have been looking into this for a while.
red dog 1
(27,942 posts)Thanks for that link.
I wish the "Occupy" Movement would go and "Occupy" Trump & the Rethugs!
I also wish WikiLeaks would spend some time & effort in leaking Trump's e-mails
and other e-mails from the GOP; or are they only interested in leaking HRC's e-mails?
red dog 1
(27,942 posts)roamer65
(36,748 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Amazing. What the eff is wrong with this country?