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mobeau69

(11,659 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:35 AM Aug 2018

More than 175 additional alumni of top national security jobs are joining the bipartisan outcry

With a third star-studded letter, more than 175 additional alumni of top national security jobs are joining the bipartisan outcry against President Trump's stripping of former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance.


https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4777046/Statement-From-177-Career-and-Bipartisan.pdf


https://www.axios.com/john-brennan-security-clearance-pentagon-state-department-letter-d0016a09-423a-490a-9d78-e2095f7f2694.html




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More than 175 additional alumni of top national security jobs are joining the bipartisan outcry (Original Post) mobeau69 Aug 2018 OP
K&R ck4829 Aug 2018 #1
K&R CentralMass Aug 2018 #2
Happy to see this pushback Sherman A1 Aug 2018 #3
Nope NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #8
This gives me hope 2naSalit Aug 2018 #4
The kremlin has no doubt directed republicans to ignore American patriots Achilleaze Aug 2018 #5
The nation is not going down as easily as Trumputin thinks. A lot of people are wide awake. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #6
I agree, but watoos Aug 2018 #7
It didn't take much. Eyeball_Kid Aug 2018 #9
awesome image! nt kiri Aug 2018 #16
And *that* was so breathtakingly disheartening it was like a punch in the gut. It still is.... Hekate Aug 2018 #17
These people have spines, unlike the politicians. Well done. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #10
Anyone know how I can get my name on this list?? Roadside Attraction Aug 2018 #11
Sorry, Cadit Bone Spurs doesn't think you qualify to have an opinion. Hope you get on the list. olegramps Aug 2018 #12
Well said flamingdem Aug 2018 #13
K&R bdamomma Aug 2018 #14
Great to see some pushback workinclasszero Aug 2018 #15
GOP is AWOL again to empower their republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief's attacks on America Achilleaze Aug 2018 #18
K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #19

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Happy to see this pushback
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:42 AM
Aug 2018

But I doubt that it makes any difference to our “Esteemed” 45th President.

NewJeffCT

(56,840 posts)
8. Nope
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:07 AM
Aug 2018

he'll just spoonfeed his BS to the Fox News and Infowars crowd and they'll believe it or not care

2naSalit

(93,331 posts)
4. This gives me hope
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:58 AM
Aug 2018

that there is a quiet "check" on the WH madman that we cannot see but will not let things get so far out there that it can't be stopped. I am hoping we have not passed the point of no return.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
5. The kremlin has no doubt directed republicans to ignore American patriots
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:17 AM
Aug 2018

So don't expect a show of honor or integrity from any repubes. Not going to happen. They are waiting for their next handout of filthy anti-American russian moneybucks.


Hekate

(95,216 posts)
6. The nation is not going down as easily as Trumputin thinks. A lot of people are wide awake. nt
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:22 AM
Aug 2018
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
7. I agree, but
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:30 AM
Aug 2018

I didn't expect 30% of Americans and the entirety of the Republican Congress to go down so easily.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,584 posts)
9. It didn't take much.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:14 AM
Aug 2018

Flash some campaign money and the GOPers open their mouths like baby chicks. As for Trumpy’s Fanboys, they’ll get nothing but a pocketful of dreams served with a bowl of bile.

Hekate

(95,216 posts)
17. And *that* was so breathtakingly disheartening it was like a punch in the gut. It still is....
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:12 PM
Aug 2018

I am sure they (whoever that is) count on it.

As a result I need to remind myself daily that we are not Trump Nation -- every act of resistance from whatever corner it comes is a reminder, and I try to make it conscious. Belive me, it is not complacency-- that punch in the gut doubled me over to the point I still wonder why I'm not vomiting blood.

 
11. Anyone know how I can get my name on this list??
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:23 AM
Aug 2018

While I don't have the high-powered credentials of most of the people signing the letter, I do carry a little bit of weight.
-- Retired Army infantry and intelligence officer with 30 years of service
-- As an infantry office: Platoon leader and company commander in Vietnam, wounded during both tours.
-- Third tour in Vietnam, adviser to South Vietnamese infantry division, wounded so badly could not continue in infantry, transferred to Military Intelligence.
-- I'm second-generation Swiss, grew up speaking German and French at home. Spent 20 years in Military Intelligence (Army) with my lat three assignments in a CIA cover job.
-- I recognize a dozen names on the list as people I worked for, worked with, or encountered back when I was a spook.

I'd like to add my name to the list.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
12. Sorry, Cadit Bone Spurs doesn't think you qualify to have an opinion. Hope you get on the list.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:46 AM
Aug 2018

Any truly patriotic American would love to add their name to the list. The requirement of true patriotism disqualifies the entirety of the Republican congressmen and women who fail to speak up. The fact is that the vast majority of Republicans who had the opportunity to serve their country used every excuse available, including fraudulent medical claims, to avoid service. They don't honor the flag they spit on it with their lies.

P.S. As a vet with buddies that made the ultimate sacrifice I think that anyone who served deserves be on the list far more than some.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
18. GOP is AWOL again to empower their republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief's attacks on America
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:15 PM
Aug 2018

Not a peep out of the GOP. Thus once again the cowardly, unprincipled GOP has disgraced itself for eternity by turning to the dark side and betraying America.

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