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a_random_joel

(3,418 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 09:29 PM Dec 2016

Trump skipping Intel briefings, and Trump's first one.

Just wanted to bounce some quick thoughts off of smarter people here...

Trump has boasted that he doesn't need to regularly attend Intel briefings because he's "smart." But what if the real reason, is he's skipping certain ones? I'm not certain of the format, if they are all generalized, or if certain ones are compartmentalized to address certain issues, regions, etc.

But, certainly the Russian hacking issue has come up at some point? So he's publicly tweeting he doesn't believe it, but how does that jibe with the briefings he had already received, starting back in August?

And speaking of that one, remember how General Flynn was brow beating agents, so much so that Christie of all people had to tell him to tone it down? As you all know, Flynn has ties to RT and Putin... what if he was shutting down the agents information about the Russian hacking thing?

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