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US Intelligence Community Has Lost Credibility Due To Leaks (bloomberg.com)
Two anonymous readers and Mi share an article: U.K. police investigating the Manchester terror attack say they have stopped sharing information with the U.S. after a series of leaks that have so angered the British government that Prime Minister Therese May wants to discuss them with President Donald Trump during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in Brussels. What can Trump tell her, though? The leaks drive him nuts, too. Since the beginning of this century, the U.S. intelligence services and their clients have acted as if they wanted the world to know they couldn't guarantee the confidentiality of any information that falls into their hands. At this point, the culture of leaks is not just a menace to intelligence-sharing allies. It's a threat to the intelligence community's credibility. [...] If this history has taught the U.S. intelligence community anything, it's that leaking classified information isn't particularly dangerous and those who do it largely enjoy impunity. Manning spent seven years in prison (though she'd been sentenced to 35), but Snowden, Assange, Petraeus, the unknown Chinese mole, the people who stole the hacking tools and the army of recent anonymous leakers, many of whom probably still work for U.S. intelligence agencies, have escaped any kind of meaningful punishment. President Donald Trump has just now announced that the administration would "get to the bottom" of leaks. In a statement, he said: "The alleged leaks coming out of government agencies are deeply troubling. These leaks have been going on for a long time and my Administration will get to the bottom of this. The leaks of sensitive information pose a grave threat to our national security. I am asking the Department of Justice and other relevant agencies to launch a complete review of this matter, and if appropriate, the culprit should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. There is no relationship we cherish more than the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.
At the behest of Russian officials. The Amerika revolution continues, comrade!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU49MR19CcA&list=PL6B42A52B2363A16C
Hillary blamed her campaign team (as well as the Russian boogeyman) for her loss - she blamed her team for not getting her message out:
http://www.businessinsider.com...
She couldn't manage her own campaign team, yet we are expected to believe that she could run the entire US Executive branch?
Let me guess - you voted for Gary (Aleppo) Johnson? - I'm a Libertarian and even I couldn't pull the lever for him after he threw Austin Peterson's gift pistol into the trash.
http://www.washingtontimes.com...
It's easy to find fault in President Trump, but stop acting like we passed over Einstein,The Dalai Lama, and Mother Teresa to elect him.