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2025-09-10 Home Front: Politix

Former CIA Director Burns accuses Trump administration of pursuing a ‘campaign of retribution'

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-09-10 11:06|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1798 views ] Top

1 "Retribution, chilling effect, sowing fear"

No 'former' Director Burns, it's simply a major course correction. How about getting 'on board' and supporing the current Director and the President of the United States.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-09-10 11:14|| 2025-09-10 11:14|| Front Page Top

2 Swamp critter biting back.

Posted by 49 Pan 2025-09-10 11:28|| 2025-09-10 11:28|| Front Page Top

3 "Sowing fear" among Federal employees ?

I was unaware that was even possible.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-09-10 11:30|| 2025-09-10 11:30|| Front Page Top

4 When he talks about honorable public servants, does he mean the kind who said Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation? How about the ones who claimed the Trump colluded with Putin to steal the 2016 election?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-09-10 12:31|| 2025-09-10 12:31|| Front Page Top

5 Considering the swamp creatures that made it their duty to destroy Trump professionally, morally and even fatally....

Fuck you Burns. You are finding out.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-09-10 12:47|| 2025-09-10 12:47|| Front Page Top

6 "I have great faith in the integrity of officers who are still serving their analysts and operations officers, and their determination to continue to do that,"

Which one is that, exactly?

"Let them hate, so long as they fear."

Posted by SteveS 2025-09-10 13:06|| 2025-09-10 13:06|| Front Page Top

7 I expect Deep Tech is more pervasive.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-10 13:15|| 2025-09-10 13:15|| Front Page Top

8 "Let them hate, so long as they fear."

Let them all stand in the unemployment line.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-09-10 15:14|| 2025-09-10 15:14|| Front Page Top

9 Why should we care what William Burns has to say?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-09-10 19:48|| 2025-09-10 19:48|| Front Page Top

10 "a campaign of retribution"

Exactly what was done to Trump and those that had surrounded him. So now you are concerned? Yeah, right.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-09-10 20:31|| 2025-09-10 20:31|| Front Page Top

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