Trump fired Joe Maguire from Office of Director of National Intelligence, as head of all 17 intel-agencies because a high-level official under him, Shelby Pierson, lawfully briefed the bipartisan House Intelligence Committee: on election security, with a subsequent discussion of when U.S. government should warn Democratic candidates if they’re being targeted by foreign governments. Intel-agencies have new information regarding Russia trying to interfere in the 2020 primaries, and the committee members briefed were told that Russia had developed a preference for the Trump administration to advance Kremlin’s interests. Devin Nunes, present in that briefing, immediately called Trump to inform him that Rep. Adam Schiff, as head of the House Intel-Committee, was also present in this briefing. Trump was infuriated, fired DNI Maguire and has now installed as Acting Director, Richard Grenell, who is U.S. Ambassador to Germany, where he is not liked or trusted, and is reportedly left out of many meetings. Grenell is NOT qualified to be head of the Intel-agencies. Trump is purging ranks of perceived “disloyal” officials; his removal of Maguire exacerbated long-standing tensions between Intel-officers, but Trump is definitely ‘Exacerbator-in-Chief’.
Truth is crucial to our democracy. Truth still matters in this country! Does it matter to you? This politicalization of intelligence is very dangerous. U.S. Intel-officials have all agreed that “Russia’s cyber-warfare and campaign of misinformation in 2016 was sweeping and systematic, unlike previous Russian or Soviet efforts”. Trump feels this information sabotages his 2020 reelection campaign; he seeks to squelch all information he doesn’t agree with. Adam Schiff said, “we count on the Intel-community to inform Congress of any threat of foreign interference in our elections. If reports are true, and the president is interfering with that, he is again jeopardizing our efforts to stop foreign-meddling”. Trump is a psychologically-impaired president, putting our country in constant peril. Trump ousted Sean Doocey, as head of White House Presidential Personnel Office, replacing him with Johnny McEntee, instructing him to install more “MAGA loyalists” in government positions. Trump fired John C. Rood, the official in charge of Defense department policy, who certified that Ukraine had met anti-corruption obligations required by law to receive the U.S. aid that Trump had froze. On another note: all top newspapers carried the story today 2/21, “Mick Mulvaney says the U.S. is desperate for more legal immigrants, as a workforce to fuel our economic growth”. SUGGESION: Trump could grant immediate citizenship to ‘Dreamers’, instead of threatening and deporting them!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Mar 4 2020
Letter to the Editor: TRUTH STILL MATTERS IN AMERICA!
Trump fired Joe Maguire from Office of Director of National Intelligence, as head of all 17 intel-agencies because a high-level official under him, Shelby Pierson, lawfully briefed the bipartisan House Intelligence Committee: on election security, with a subsequent discussion of when U.S. government should warn Democratic candidates if they’re being targeted by foreign governments. Intel-agencies have new information regarding Russia trying to interfere in the 2020 primaries, and the committee members briefed were told that Russia had developed a preference for the Trump administration to advance Kremlin’s interests. Devin Nunes, present in that briefing, immediately called Trump to inform him that Rep. Adam Schiff, as head of the House Intel-Committee, was also present in this briefing. Trump was infuriated, fired DNI Maguire and has now installed as Acting Director, Richard Grenell, who is U.S. Ambassador to Germany, where he is not liked or trusted, and is reportedly left out of many meetings. Grenell is NOT qualified to be head of the Intel-agencies. Trump is purging ranks of perceived “disloyal” officials; his removal of Maguire exacerbated long-standing tensions between Intel-officers, but Trump is definitely ‘Exacerbator-in-Chief’.
Truth is crucial to our democracy. Truth still matters in this country! Does it matter to you? This politicalization of intelligence is very dangerous. U.S. Intel-officials have all agreed that “Russia’s cyber-warfare and campaign of misinformation in 2016 was sweeping and systematic, unlike previous Russian or Soviet efforts”. Trump feels this information sabotages his 2020 reelection campaign; he seeks to squelch all information he doesn’t agree with. Adam Schiff said, “we count on the Intel-community to inform Congress of any threat of foreign interference in our elections. If reports are true, and the president is interfering with that, he is again jeopardizing our efforts to stop foreign-meddling”. Trump is a psychologically-impaired president, putting our country in constant peril. Trump ousted Sean Doocey, as head of White House Presidential Personnel Office, replacing him with Johnny McEntee, instructing him to install more “MAGA loyalists” in government positions. Trump fired John C. Rood, the official in charge of Defense department policy, who certified that Ukraine had met anti-corruption obligations required by law to receive the U.S. aid that Trump had froze. On another note: all top newspapers carried the story today 2/21, “Mick Mulvaney says the U.S. is desperate for more legal immigrants, as a workforce to fuel our economic growth”. SUGGESION: Trump could grant immediate citizenship to ‘Dreamers’, instead of threatening and deporting them!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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