Did Trump really ask for a list of our top spies?

[Samrob]

If so, was he ever given a list?

If so, what happened to said list?

Can he be charged with intent to obstruct just for asking for such a list, if he did?

[Walleye]

1. When someone tells you they think they can get away with anything, believe them the first time

[skip fox]

2. Others will know, but Ithinkhe asked for a list of CIA employees

with a certain profile, presumably to pick a director. I was only afterward realized this could be a list of spies or personnel of interest to our advisories.

[Botany]

3. That is what it looks like

Link to tweet

Not only our spies but their contacts too. Some of the documents that Trump stole from the
White House were listed as top secret because they could expose our intel people, their contacts,
and methods too.

And in the past year and half both Putin and Saudi Arabia's "bone saw butcher" MBS have been
cleaning house in their countries and around the world too. Trump and or Kushner might have
passed on secret intel to Vlad and MBS as per who could be threats to them.

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-oligarch-family-dead-spain-1699660

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/07/31/686556/Saudi-Arabia-detains-78-officials-in-new-corruption-case-amid-royal-power-struggle

[Samrob]

4. Yes, this is what I was posting about. Searched for verification of this but could find none. nt

[Botany]

8. The only thing Trump and his lawyers have are "process arguments" such as what was in the ....

.... affidavit, how was the search done, and can the court appoint a special person to oversee the handling
of the material the FBI seized @ Merde a Logo because forgetting all the other crimes Trump has zero legal
rights to have those documents. His ass is cooked.

Trump by just having those documents broke the law big time. Of the 3 American civilians that the
feds have busted for the level of espionage that it looks like Trump might have been at 2 were executed
(the Rosenbergs) and the other is doing 15 life terms in the Fed Super Max Prison in Colorado (FBI agent
Robert Hanssen).

He is a flight risk and needs to be in custody ASAP.

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Some of the documents were marked “HCS,” a category of highly classified government information; others related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and material meant not to be shared with foreign nations. The “HCS” acronym stands for “HUMINT Control Systems” and refers to the government systems used to protect intelligence gathered from secret human sources, the affidavit says.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/26/trump-affidavit-released/

BTW if you click on the Tweet you will see a bunch more "good stuff."

[doc03]

6. That could be but is it true? I remember on DU back when "W" was president,

there were all kinds of accusations. He was on cocaine. He had some kind of gay relationship with a journalist.
His wife murdered someone. He never was in the military. I take all of this with a grain of salt unless there is
actual proof.

[Saboburns]

5. August 3, 2019

https://www.salon.com/2019/08/03/trumps-white-house-issues-an-ominous-request-for-a-list-of-top-u-s-spies_partner/

Trump's White House issues an ominous request for a list of top U.S. spies
The request is coming at a time when Donald Trump is looking to install a loyalist as his new intelligence chief.
By BRAD REED
PUBLISHED AUGUST 3, 2019 2:59PM (EDT)


The Trump White House has asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to provide it with a list of top American spies at a time when President Donald Trump is looking to install a loyalist as his new intelligence chief.

The Daily Beast reports that the administration wants the ODNI to deliver an inventory of “all its employees at the federal government’s top pay scale who have worked there for 90 days or more,” although it has not offered an official justification for why it wants the office to do this.


The Daily Beast’s sources believe that the most likely explanation for the request is that the White House wants to remove Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon from her post. Gordon, who is widely respected on Capitol Hill, is viewed warily by the White House because she’s not seen as part of “Team MAGA,” the report claims.

“This disquiet is the latest episode of the president’s long-simmering feud with the Intelligence Community,” the Daily Beast adds. “During Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, he often fumed on Twitter about the so-called “Deep State.” And he even singled out his own officials.”

[Saboburns]

7. August 2, 2019

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-asks-for-list-of-top-intel-officials-amid-intelligence-shakeup

White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup

It’s unclear what the White House will do with the list. People on it may be eligible to temporarily lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Betsy Swan
Former Political Reporter
Erin Banco
National Security Reporter
Updated Aug. 02, 2019 1:24PM ET / Published Aug. 02, 2019 9:30AM ET

The Trump administration is taking inventory of many of America’s top spies, The Daily Beast has learned. The White House recently asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for a list of all its employees at the federal government’s top pay scale who have worked there for 90 days or more, according to two sources familiar with the request.

The request appears to be part of the White House’s search for a temporary director of national intelligence—a prospect that raises concerns in some quarters about political influence over the intelligence community.

The request, which specifically asks for people in ODNI at the GS-15 level (the pay grade for most top government employees, including supervisors) or higher, comes as ODNI’s leadership faces turmoil. Earlier this week, President Trump tweeted that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats will step down on Aug. 15, and that he plans to nominate Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe for the post. But Ratcliffe faces a contentious confirmation process that’s all but certain to stretch past the 15th, and the White House needs someone to take the DNI role in the meantime.

[viva la]

9. Trump had two convos with Putin in the 2 months before this request for the list of spies--

June 28, 2019 Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 28 during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Before the private meeting, Trump was asked by journalists whether he would warn Putin not to interfere in future U.S. elections, prompting the U.S. president to jokingly reprimand the Kremlin leader. “Don’t meddle in the election,” Trump said while wagging a finger.

July 31, 2019 Trump and Putin spoke by phone to discuss wildfires in Siberia and trade between the two nations, according to the White House. The call was first announced by the Russians, and the U.S. statement came hours after the Kremlin released its own account of the call.

[Claustrum]

10. It was well within the right of a president to know about our spy operations.

He is in charge of that. The spies would likely operate to get information that the president wanted or the IC agencies.

I don't think anyone thought that a "president" would give out our secrets to our adversaries.

[stopdiggin]

11. and it wasn't quite the "List of spies"

that is now being inferred.

" - White House recently asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for a list of all its employees at the federal government’s top pay scale who have worked there for 90 days or more .."
"The Daily Beast’s sources believe that the most likely explanation for the request is that the White House wants to remove Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon from her post. Gordon, who is widely respected on Capitol Hill, is viewed warily by the White House because she’s not seen as part of “Team MAGA,” the report claims."

The WH was looking to replace some 'career employees', particularly at higher levels, with Trump loyalists - which happened throughout the executive branch.

[Bob Oz]

12. Yes, in 2019

https://www.salon.com/2019/08/03/trumps-white-house-issues-an-ominous-request-for-a-list-of-top-u-s-spies_partner/

[marble falls]

13. Good find! Welcome!