Former U.S. intelligence officials: Trump being 'played' by Putin

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Former U.S. intelligence officials: Trump being 'played' by Putin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/12/former-u-s-intelligence-officials-trump-being-played-by-putin/
 

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Can you provide a readable link?

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Two top former U.S. intelligence officials said Sunday that President Trump is being “played” by President Vladi­mir Putin on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and accused him of being susceptible to foreign leaders who stroke his ego.

“By not confronting the issue directly and not acknowledging to Putin that we know you’re responsible for this, I think he’s giving Putin a pass,” former CIA director John Brennan said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think it demonstrates to Mr. Putin that Donald Trump can be played by foreign leaders who are going to appeal to his ego and try to play upon his insecurities, which is very, very worrisome from a national security standpoint.”

Appearing on the same program, former director of national intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. said he agrees with that assessment.

Related: [Trump says Putin sincere in denial of Russian meddling]

“He seems very susceptible to rolling out the red carpet and honor guards and all the trappings and pomp and circumstance that come with the office, and I think that appeals to him, and I think it plays to his insecurities,” Clapper said.

 

Trump told reporters traveling with him in Asia that Putin had assured him at a conference in Danang, Vietnam, on Saturday that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, and he indicated that he believed Putin was sincere.

Later, in a news conference Sunday in Hanoi with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Trump appeared to be trying to parse his earlier remarks, saying, “What I said is that I believe [Putin] believes that.”

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Why do you pay for the WaPo?  

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13 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

Why do you pay for the WaPo?  

I can afford it, delete your cookies or search through Google for the title if you really want to read the article.

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James Clapper: “The Russians do not harbor good intentions toward the United States, and there should’t be any illusions or any ambiguity about that. And our President fosters that ambiguity.” (link: http://cnn.it/2hogNvW) cnn.it/2hogNvW

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2 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

I can afford it, delete your cookies or search through Google for the title if you really want to read the article.

Laugh.

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1 hour ago, IDWAF said:

Laugh.

Why did you ask for a readable link if you had no intention of reading the article?

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51 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

Why did you ask for a readable link if you had no intention of reading the article?

I would have read it, if you had posted a link we could read without paying for it.  Looks like I am not in your league, financially.

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2 hours ago, IDWAF said:

I would have read it, if you had posted a link we could read without paying for it.  Looks like I am not in your league, financially.

if wapo is not your poison try  the Guardian, Vanity Fair or  NY Daily news for starters

Ex-intelligence chiefs: Trump is being played by Putin and US is in 'peril'

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/12/trump-putin-russia-intelligence-agencies

 

FORMER C.I.A. DIRECTOR SAYS TRUMP IS BEING “PLAYED” BY PUTIN

Trump said Saturday that he believes Putin’s denial that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.

 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/trump-being-played-by-putin-intelligence-officials

 

Former top intel officials think Trump is getting ‘played’ by Putin

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/top-intel-officials-trump-played-putin-article-1.3627903

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7 hours ago, IDWAF said:

Can you provide a readable link?

 

  I can read the Washington Post links,  and I don't pay for the site. I was wondering because you posted about this before. I don't think paying for the site is the issue, unless they have a limit on free articles and I've just never reached it.

 

   

 

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54 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  I can read the Washington Post links,  and I don't pay for the site. I was wondering because you posted about this before. I don't think paying for the site is the issue, unless they have a limit on free articles and I've just never reached it.

 

   

 

If you hit it through Google search there is no restriction ( AMP) . I think the real objection is to information that happens to be in the Post.

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Maybe he's being played, or maybe the full dossier is true and Trump is playing nice to Putin to avoid global publication of evidence of this. 

 

Edit: I  can play the conspiracy, deflection game just as well as the White House

Edited November 13, 2017 by Suss&Camm

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3 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  I can read the Washington Post links,  and I don't pay for the site. I was wondering because you posted about this before. I don't think paying for the site is the issue, unless they have a limit on free articles and I've just never reached it.

 

   

 

Dunno, boss.  I tried several things, but keep getting a cover-up page to pay, sign in, etc.  Can’t seem to get around it.  Happened the other day when NB posted a link from the WaPo.  Using Chrome on an ipad.

 

ETA: Tonight, it’s not an opaque window covering the whole article, it’s a snippet of the article followed by the ad to pay:

 

 

Edited November 13, 2017 by IDWAF

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4 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

Dunno, boss.  I tried several things, but keep getting a cover-up page to pay, sign in, etc.  Can’t seem to get around it.  Happened the other day when NB posted a link from the WaPo.  Using Chrome on an ipad.

 

ETA: Tonight, it’s not an opaque window covering the whole article, it’s a snippet of the article followed by the ad to pay:

 

 

I gave you the work around boss