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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Mrjns who wrote (618419)12/12/2016 12:41:44 PM
From: bruwin   of 793917
 
One of the "Augean Stables" that needs to be thoroughly cleaned out, when Trump calls the shots after the 20th January 2017, is that CIA edifice at 1000 Colonial Farm Road, McLean, VA.

It has become, IMO, far too much of an organization that places the emphasis of its activities on the political whims of those in the White House. Its primary function, as stated in,

en.wikipedia.org

... is ....

"The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT). As one of the principal members of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet."

Note the definition ---> "... of the United States federal government".
It doesn't say "of the Democratic (or Republican) Party.

So it shouldn't be carrying out its activities according to the wishes or dictates of a President's political bias, as we have seen in recent times, apropos that current flappy-eared idiot in the White House ...
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