Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell Admits That He Launched A Intelligence War Against President Trump

Acting director of the CIA Michael Morell with former CIA Director Leon Panetta. Image source: Wiki Commons

Politico: Ex-Spy Chief: Russia’s Election Hacking Was An ‘Intelligence Failure’

Former acting CIA director Michael Morell says the agency missed the meddling until it was too late.

The politics of spying in America has never been more intense. President Trump has taken to publicly bashing his intelligence agencies and continues, a full year later, to question their conclusion that Russia intervened in the 2016 U.S. election on his behalf. For their part, an array of career spooks have come out of the shadows where they spent their careers to challenge the commander-in-chief in once unthinkably public terms.

Michael Morell is one of the career types who’s broken with decades of practice to confront Trump. A veteran of nearly three decades in the CIA, Morell rose from within the ranks to become the agency’s longtime deputy director, twice serving as its acting leader before retiring during President Barack Obama’s second term. In the summer of 2016, he broke with tradition to endorse Hillary Clinton over Trump, and he has continued to sound the alarm ever since.

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WNU Editor: There are two parts of Mike Morell's interview with Politico that sticks out. The first one .... he equates the intelligence failure of 9/11 to the intelligence failure of not noticing the extreme lengths that Russia went

through to influence the U.S. Presidential election. Aside from the fact that such a comparison is bizarre, I am still waiting for people like him and other intelligence heads at the time .... former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA director John Brennan to name a few .... to provide the evidence to make such a claim. They have not. And saying it is so is not enough. The second thing that caught my eye is he admits to the politicization of the intelligence community and his role in launching the "intelligence war" against President Trump. No surprises there either. In fact .... the legacy of President Obama and his determination to politicize the executive branch has shown itself multiple times in multiple branches. From former FBI Director Comey participating in this war by leaking information to the New York Times, to the Justice Department with the creation of a Special Counsel to investigate Russian collusion that many now see as nothing more but an exercise to build a case of obstruction against the President. The only difference between those individuals and former acting CIA Dirctor Mike Morell is that he is admitting it.

More News On Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell's Interview By Politico

CIA Failure to Stop Russian Election Meddling Compared to 9/11 Mistakes by Ex-Spy Chief -- Newsweek
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Former Obama Admin CIA Director: Not Such a Good Idea to Leak Against and Attack New President -- Independent Journal Review
Ex-Spy Chief Admits Role In 'Deep State' Intelligence War On Trump -- Zero Hedge