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Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency - The Wall Street Journal https://apple.news/AkPzpSAb_SniU4SjBuKsp7Q So um yeah...
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Well that's legitimately terrifying.
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Jan 5, 2017 00:27
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Jan 5, 2017 00:30
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gently caress
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Jan 5, 2017 00:33
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The proposed budget is loving hilarious. They propose adding $9 trillion to the deficit over nine years, with it getting progressively bigger every year and capping out at $1 trillion in 2026.
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Jan 5, 2017 00:39
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency - The Wall Street Journal He's gonna be found face down in a taco bowl isnt he? This seems.... unwise.
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TBeats posted:The proposed budget is loving hilarious. They propose adding $9 trillion to the deficit over nine years, with it getting progressively bigger every year and capping out at $1 trillion in 2026.  MazelTovCocktail posted:Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency - The Wall Street Journal 
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TBeats posted:The proposed budget is loving hilarious. They propose adding $9 trillion to the deficit over nine years, with it getting progressively bigger every year and capping out at $1 trillion in 2026. Deficit spending only destroys the country and hurts our freedoms when the other guys do it silly. Now let me tell you how the Obama Economy was so bad from 2008 until Trump and how removing all the regulations and imposing tariffs is the only way to fix things.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:02
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yo if things continue like this you are legitimately hosed as is probably the rest of the free world
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Jan 5, 2017 01:06
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Two Finger posted:yo if things continue like this you are legitimately hosed as is probably the rest of the free world It had to end some time
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Jan 5, 2017 01:09
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Two Finger posted:yo if things continue like this you are legitimately hosed as is probably the rest of the free world Sort of relevant, but I love this picture 
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Jan 5, 2017 01:11
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Proud Christian Mom posted:It had to end some time WHY CAN'T HE JUST BE COMICALLY INCOMPETENT
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Jan 5, 2017 01:12
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The worst part is most of these schmucks will probably be dead by the time the poo poo they hosed comes back to bite the country in the rear end.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:17
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He is. All of this stuff is a result of his ego being hurt.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:17
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no comically incompetent is where he's just a buffoon that accomplishes nothing rather than actively destroying everything around him
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Jan 5, 2017 01:30
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Two Finger posted:WHY CAN'T HE JUST BE COMICALLY INCOMPETENT Turn that frown upside down! After the 1.5 million years from now, Octopus sapiens will thank us for having given them the opportunity to inherit the Earth.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:30
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Naked Bear posted:If your policy or position can't be stated clearly and concisely in 140 characters or less, then it's completely worthless and not worth sha 
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Jan 5, 2017 01:36
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You know, I'd prefer Mike Pence at this point. It's obvious Trump is going to roll over on everything domestically, so there's not much of a difference between the two of them outside of Pence at least knowing how government works. He has a son in the Marines so at least he has a stake in this game and probably less inclined to do anything batshit crazy foreign policy wise.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:39
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency - The Wall Street Journal Wow, that's certainly a thing.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:45
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency - The Wall Street Journal If I was lower level CIA I'd start looking at a new line of work.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:47
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Why do we need the CIA when we have Russian intelligence?
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Jan 5, 2017 01:49
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I'm going to enjoy a very-leaky CIA that's pissed like hell at Donnie.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:53
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psydude posted:He is. All of this stuff is a result of his ego being hurt. Narcissism 101. All the intelligence agencies are saying things that are taking away from the grandeur of his victorious conquest, so they are bad. They must be hurt.
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Jan 5, 2017 01:57
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bird food bathtub posted:Narcissism 101. All the intelligence agencies are saying things that are taking away from the grandeur of his victorious conquest, so they are bad. They must be hurt. 
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Jan 5, 2017 02:09
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My favorite excuse is "WELL LOOK WHAT THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SAID ABOUT WMDS IN IRAQISTAN"
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Jan 5, 2017 02:10
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I wouldn't discount Flynn's influence here, especially if you apply the "Trump's opinion is that of the last person he talked to" interpretation. The few details in that article are pretty vague, but seem to imply a reduced analytical function and increased gathering/operations function - and Flynn has wanted to control covert operations for a long time. Less analysis also suits Trump/Flynn - they probably don't think they require it, in the vein of other paranoid, vengeful leaders.
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Jan 5, 2017 02:11
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no seriously i got nothing funny to say i'm just like what the actual gently caress is wrong with this world oh and charlie brooker's 2016 wipe wasn't so much funny as absolutely devastating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanyPq5BcoA
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Jan 5, 2017 02:12
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And here I was hoping the intelligence community wouldn't be affected by the hiring freeze. Oh how naive I was.
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They won't be. Positions deemed critical to national security or the operation of the federal government will continue to be filled.
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psydude posted:They won't be. Positions deemed critical to national security or the operation of the federal government will continue to be filled. I mean let's hope? I fear that that's optimistic at this point. Oh well. More time to putz around in the private sector I guess.
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Jan 5, 2017 03:01
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Trump secretary of state eyes $180m payout to cut Exxon tiesquote:The arrangement will mean Rex Tillerson meets the conflict of interest requirements for the role, Exxon said.
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Jan 5, 2017 03:04
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christ at least try to hide your gigantic payouts to your mates
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Jan 5, 2017 03:09
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missed this 4 pages ago, christ this thread moves quick
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Jan 5, 2017 03:10
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To be fair, the inevitable government welfare for Exxon will make that $180m look like lunch money, so they'll be happy to pay it to shut up the one journalist asking questions between Trump tweets.
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Jan 5, 2017 03:12
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Two Finger posted:christ at least try to hide your gigantic payouts to your mates Nah, to his credit he complied with the guidelines of the OGE (or whoever it is that manages financial ties for appointees) and put all of his assets into a blind trust, in addition to selling off all of his shares of Exxon and agreeing to not work in the energy sector for 10 years following his leaving office.
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Jan 5, 2017 03:12
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The Iron Rose posted:I mean let's hope? I fear that that's optimistic at this point.
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Can't wait to check out e-Chirp. For those non-IC folks, e-Chirp is essentially Twitter on the high side. It was intended to be an information sharing platform, but like all social media devolved into memes and pissing contests. It is, however, a somewhat useful tool to gauge the pulse of the IC to see what the worker bees are thinking and not necessarily what the policy makers are saying. And before OPSEC Wizard says something, this is all public knowledge.
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Lazy Reservist posted:Can't wait to check out e-Chirp. As a non-IC guy I liked e-Chirp because it was a good source for breaking stuff that would normally take a week or so to work it's way through like 3 iterations of an admiral's staff brief and be chopped all to hell. Also it was useful for finding stuff on high side because searching blindly is so loving painful.
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Jan 5, 2017 03:38
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The confirmation hearings are going to be interesting if even the new CIA director nominee is getting these kind of questions from the media (and not answering them): https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/816823925623623684
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NSA WIZARD posted:gently caress I'm so glad you regged these gimmick accounts for these very important situations, Just know that you're noticed, in case you thought nobody cared or loved you, Because they don't.
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