The hysteria over the Russia investigation has diverted attention from the real, tangible scandal: intelligence leaks.
In people’s haste to point out every single perceived faux pas coming from the White House behind the scenes, they ignore the “juicy” morsels they’re getting from leakers has a damaging effect on the country.
Leaks undermine both domestic and foreign confidence in the administration. The report Trump allegedly leaked to the Russians that Israel had an asset inside ISIS potentially puts lives in danger and weakens the exchange of information. But attention to the criminal leaks is finally growing.
Following John Brennan’s lead, another former CIA Director, James Woolsey, rebuked the leakers as “traitors.”
From Townhall.com:
President Trump is fed up with the media’s obsessive reporting on supposed “collusion” between his associates and the Russian government. Considering several investigations have resulted in no evidence to prove he worked with the Kremlin to win the 2016 presidential election, when will the media begin to focus on other newsy items, he wondered – like the leaks coming out of the White House?
Amb. R. James Woolsey, a CIA director during Bill Clinton’s presidency who also served on Trump’s transition team as a senior adviser on national security and intelligence, agrees with the president as to what he believes is the real scandal.
“I don’t see anything untoward” about the Trump administration’s back channel process, Woolsey said on CNN, adding that people in Washington do it “all the time.”
The leaking of classified intelligence deserves more attention, he argued.
“That is the real scandal here,” Woolsey said. “That so much has been disclosed it makes it hard to keep secrecy that’s essential to the operation of the U.S. government in these areas to continue.”
The people who have turned classified information loose are “traitors to the country,” he concluded.
Despite their political leanings, Brennan and Woolsey were appointed by Democratic presidents; both ex-CIA directors understand that felonious leaks are not a partisan issue.
George W. Bush had a similar problem during his administration, but he made a concerted effort to expel Clinton loyalists and prosecute leakers.
Trump appears to be doing the same. Although they’re still too many Obama acolytes and unfilled administration roles, three leakers have been exposed.
From The Daily Wire:
“CBS News has confirmed from two sources that three leakers of classified information at the White House have been identified and are expected to be fired,” CBS News reported this week, adding, “Officials within the Trump White House believe leaks of Mr. Trump’s conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are a ‘deliberate attempt’ by officials who are holdovers from President Obama’s administration and are trying to damage the Trump presidency.”
This is an important first step in putting an end to the sieve that has been undermining Trump’s presidency from the beginning.
The leakers need to Hang. Get one that will turn states evidence for immunity is all it will take.
It’s just a matter of time before everyone from Obama down to the janitor get arrested and tried for treason and wiretapping, among other charges. They should be ashamed of themselves for the trouble that they’ve caused — not only against the President, but against the American People!! They don’t think about that, though!! They do it for the laughs, and to try and discredit the President. People are losing their lives on account of them, but they don’t care!! Heartless creeps!!
Only problem is that Obama and the Clintons always manage to escape any charges of wrongdoing. Instead both parties and the media spend their time searching for a crime that doesn’t exist. They are all guilty of preventing our president from doing his job because of all the deliberate distractions.
the leakers are traitors and should be executed
This coming from the CIA, that boondoggle club that is usually wrong (e.g., their facts that Saddam Hussein was making nukes in Africa). This highly paid jokers are that last ones that the U.S. needs to be looking after us by breaking the U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights. They have no right to gather evidence or do anything to Americans in the U.S. They are supposed to work in overseas environments to protect the U.S. Instead, they were in bed with the drug lords in Central America, and killed innocent people. They were also connected to pedophiles in Haiti with their fake company DynCorp. We know lots more about your criminal actions, CIA and we are going to shut down your anti-American self-serving gangster operations. The new wind is beginning to blow.
Well, fire them first, but then have them arrested, & charged with treason.
To HELL with firing them…Just yank them out of their cushy offices, place them under arrest, and throw them in a CELL with no “bail” until they can be properly charged and HANGED. (proper treatment for TREASONOUS TRAITORS.)
Shame on our crooked government if anybody hacks our computers. FBI CIA SS AND HOMELAND SECURITY ARE A PIECE OF SHIT. Nobody is protecting our country or citizens. JEWISH MAFIA EMPIRE KILLING AMERICA . JEWS ARE DESTROYING EVERYTHING AMERICA STOOD FOR. OUR ENTERTAINMENT IS GARBAGE WITH FILTH AND FOREIGN GARBAGE. PICTURE SAYS IT ALL . WAKE UP FOLKS! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9a2a1e54d19f8e432beb5a3d266a4b9efc5bf9df98661557e2ccac65c8966644.jpg
go to the source Obama and cancel out the lying source once and for all time with tar and feathers and then maybe he will fly away and not be heard from again.
“THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TURNED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION LOOSE ARE “TRAITORS TO THE COUNTRY,” … Enough said. What BO did in his eight years was also treason. Even now, he continues to try and take this govt. down. Lock them all up!
This deserves more than just firing, it deserves hanging! That goes for Hillary and her compatriots that ran her clandestine State Department.
If they are traitors where are the arrests?
The Obama hold-overs need to be purged from the system.
Second, the non-essential positions need to be eliminated from the government altogether, so that they don’t have to wait for people to fill them.
Third, any of these positions that are civil-service status need to be re-evaluated as to whether they should still be retained. Since it’s difficult to eliminate the civil-service individuals from their respective jobs, the jobs themselves should be considered for elimination. The individuals filling those respective positions could be transferred sideways within the government. I hear there is a need for Border Patrol officers; several of these people could be transferred there.
Hillary Clinton is becoming a bit insane now, screaming, cursing, blaming her help and friends because she is not the president. But she needs to pay for her crimes: pedophilia, pay-for-play, using federal money for her Clinton Foundation, murder (92 murders and counting with a new one last week: an investigator in Florida who was investigating her and Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other crimes). Now she is old and bitter and hateful and wants to kill more people (a federal prosecutor last week in Florida). She curses people who are working for her. They tried to help her win, but she yelled and shamed them and wanted to do what they knew would lose. BUT NOW SHE WILL NOT GET SUPPORT FROM THE DEMOCRATS – THEY ARE SICK OF THAT BITCHY OLD CRANK WHO IS SO FAR BEHIND IN HER THINKING THAT THERE IS NO WAY SHE COULD WIN A DOG CATCHER ELECTION. So long Hillary. It has been unpleasant knowing you. The Democrats are throwing you off the bus for destroying their party.
Carl, could you please post the list or a link to it!! My list, I believe only has around 50 some!!
Several years ago it was 67+ and that’s not including Benghazi. The Clinton’s have a way with annihilating and destroying those who cross their path.
Granted, I just wanted to see if Carl either had the list or a link to the current up to date list!
Interesting that former CIA director under Clinton doesn’t speak out against the leaks until the leaker Comey of the FBI starts leaks to harm the new world order puppets and especially involves the Clintons. Makes one wonder what he and many other puppets are afraid of being investigated that he is connected with! Also makes one wonder if it is Comey’s leaks or his testimony to Congress that has Woolsey warning other puppets to keep their mouths closed!