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2019-03-04 Home Front: Politix

To Woo a Skeptical Trump, Intelligence Chiefs Talk Economics Instead of Spies

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-04 10:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1773 views ] Top

1 Douglas H. Wise, a career C.I.A. official and a former top deputy at the Defense Intelligence Agency

Excuse me for wondering if this isn't some disgruntled former spook talking to NYT hacks to produce an article that concludes the president is a fool...aka more propaganda from the Deep State.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-03-04 12:16|| 2019-03-04 12:16|| Front Page Top

2 .... disgruntled former spook talking to NYT hacks to produce an article that concludes the president is a fool...aka more propaganda from the Deep State.

Continuing to do what they've always done.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-04 12:18|| 2019-03-04 12:18|| Front Page Top

3 Since the intelligence agencies failed at their core purpose (predicting unexpected political events) at an almost 100% rate, President Trump is wise to force them to use a more updated and comparable metric.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-04 13:08|| 2019-03-04 13:08|| Front Page Top

4 Put in power during Osama Barry Obama. A deep state mole decrying Trump to misdirect from the attempted coup, sedition and yes, actual treason.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-03-04 14:17|| 2019-03-04 14:17|| Front Page Top

5 Specialists (Number 4s in the hierarchy) generally see things from within their soecialty, instead of the big picture. The ise and clever ones figure out how to present the information in a form their generalist/big picture bosses can use, instead of dwelling on all the to-them exciting details. I am very glad to hear that someone in the intelligence hierarchy has figured this out, no matter how much the lower level specialists might resent having to think outside their blinders.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-03-04 15:03|| 2019-03-04 15:03|| Front Page Top

6 But yes, the New York Times is trying to get mud to stick to the hated commander-in-chief. This paragraph from the piece entirely undermines their point, though:

Presidents have long shaped their intelligence briefings based on their interests and the issues of the moment ‐ be it a Cold War with the Soviet Union or Al Qaeda and terrorism. Other presidents have also told intelligence agencies to focus more on economics. After his election, President Bill Clinton told his briefers that he wanted more economic information. And during the recession caused by the 2008 financial crisis, President Barack Obama had an economic intelligence briefing created to supplement the daily intelligence briefing.

One must conclude either that this president is perfectly normal, or that he is extraordinarily strong willed in getting the agencies to give him what he needs instead of being trained to accept their usual way of doing things.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-03-04 15:22|| 2019-03-04 15:22|| Front Page Top

7 Not to be confused with a prior executive who lacked any understanding of economics outside of Marxism.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-04 15:36|| 2019-03-04 15:36|| Front Page Top

8 Trump gets it. No wonder ~~Capitol~~ Washington DC hates him.

Posted by Bugs Darling of the Wee Folk1353 2019-03-04 17:32|| 2019-03-04 17:32|| Front Page Top

9 I'm so old I can remember when the intel chiefs were threatening not to brief the incoming Prez.
(OK, that would make me about... three)

Posted by SteveS 2019-03-04 17:40|| 2019-03-04 17:40|| Front Page Top

10 I'm so old I can remember when the intel chiefs were threatening not to brief the incoming Prez.

Yes, our first clue as to the Board of Directors of the Deep State.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-04 18:37|| 2019-03-04 18:37|| Front Page Top

11 TW, I immediately thought of the aphorism about a man with a hammer.

Now, would anyone care to comment on why Trump might be skeptical of the IC? Hmmmmmmmmm?

Posted by AlanC 2019-03-04 19:45|| 2019-03-04 19:45|| Front Page Top

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