Trump is getting a lot of flack for ignoring CIA briefings. He may not be wrong.

Trump is getting a lot of flack for ignoring CIA briefings. He may not be wrong.  Think of it as a biased point of view just like reading The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal.

30 September 2016 blogpost:
New Law Shifts Fight on Claims for 9/11 Victims and Saudis Warn of Risks is a headline that reflects CIA Director Brennan's erroneous view that Saudi Arabia is a key intelligence source for our fight against terrorism rather than that their extreme Wahabbi vision of Islam is the source of terrorism. Another problem is that Authoritarian regimes are opaque to the CIA but with the reassurance it's getting the really good stuff from official sources. The Agency ought to remember its experience with the Shah of Iran's authoritarian regime where it was caught flat footed when he had to flee. Brennan appears to be complacent about the need for independent intelligence gathering in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

15 May 2015 blogpost:
Mike Morrell’s hours on Charlie Rose shows a foreign policy dependent on containing the middle eastern pressure cooker rather than exploring paths to relieve some points.  I need to read his new book and critique that which appears obvious, such as where he laments the loss of Gaddafi’s stabilizing influence in Libya and welcomes Egypt’s recent military coup d'etat.

Tuesday May 19th

Just saw "Secrets, Politics and Torture" on Frontline and my opinion of Mike Morrell dropped like a stone. Don't want to bother reading his book and when he is on Charlie Rose I'll turn it off since my doubts about the CIA torture program are affirmed and its determination to cover up its ineffectiveness just makes Morrell a shill for a fraud.