To: Bill who wrote (1182852 ) 12/5/2019 11:49:33 AM From: Thomas M. Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573889 We have a real president, a true leader with a keen sense for BS and a strong belief in placing the American public's interests ahead of the interests of the global elite. The intel community is scrambling to react because they've never faced this before.One of President Donald Trump's most common responses to intelligence briefings is to doubt what he's being told, former Deputy Director of Intelligence Susan Gordon said Tuesday. Gordon, an intelligence veteran of more than 30 years, said Monday that Trump had two typical responses to briefings. "One, 'I don't think that's true,'" Gordon told the Women's Foreign Policy Group."The one is 'I'm not sure I believe that,'" Gordon continued, "and the other is the second order and third order effects. 'Why is that true? Why are we there? Why is this what you believe? Why do we do that?' Those sorts of things." It's rather shocking that previous presidents didn't do this.Gordon seemed to suggest that it was more difficult trying to figure out where the President had gotten the information that was shaping his beliefs and opinions than dealing with his tendency to doubt what he was being told. Speaking of Trump's disbelief, Gordon said, "Remember, intelligence is fundamentally a craft of uncertainty and of possibility, so that doesn't put you off. It's trying to catch up to how you adjudicate the sources that led him to believe that and how you respond to it." In other words, previous presidents were captives of the Deep State. Their information flow was restricted to what the Deep State allowed them to hear. Now, the Deep State has lost that ability to control their boss, the Commander in Chief.cnn.com Tom