UPDATE: 8pm ET password removed.
Remember, in this series my goal is more to describe the needs of some critical Executive Branch positions from a very practical, non-pretending, perspective of what happens within specific offices. This outline is going to be a little odd, because almost no one knows what the position of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is about.
The ODNI was created as an outcome of the 9-11 Commission recommendations. In the era shortly after 9/11, the DC national security apparatus was constructed to preserve continuity of government and simultaneously view all Americans as potential threats.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose.
Washington DC created the modern national security apparatus immediately and hurriedly after 9/11/01. DHS came along in 2002, and within the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 the ODNI was formed.
When Barack Obama and Eric Holder arrived a few years later, those newly formed institutions were viewed as opportunities to create a very specific national security apparatus that would focus almost exclusively against their political opposition.
Here is the weird part. The ODNI was formed in 2004, with the intent for the office to be the pivot point of a national security radar. The DNI was intended to provide information to domestic agencies about foreign terror networks that would prevent something like 9-11 from happening again. However, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has never, not for one day, operated on this intent. This is why they are such a critical position from my perspective.
The office was new, not established yet as a functioning silo, when Barack Obama and Eric Holder arrived in 2009. They quickly dispatched an idiot, James Clapper, into the operation so they could weaponize around the offices’ fulcrum point.
Prior to the DNI office existing, the CIA radar would sweep externally and then report to the Office of the President. The DNI was intended to take external radar sweep (CIA) and make it a full 360° circle, adding a sweep inside the USA that would be handled by the Dept of Homeland Security.
The DHS sweep and the CIA sweep would then be combined into a central collection hub called the ODNI. Everyone with responsibility for “national security” could access the ODNI material. Essentially and presumably, post 9-11 nothing like jihadists practicing to fly airplanes would be missed again; at least that was the intent.
The weird part is that because the DNI was immediately weaponized, the office has never functioned to the purpose of its intent.
No one truly knows what the office possibilities consist of because no one has ever seen anyone try to functionally control the hub. If you think I’m joking about the intent of Obama and John Brennan using the DNI watch this video. This is before Brennan became CIA Director, this is when Brennan was helping Barack Obama put the pillars into place.
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For the intents of this outline the takeaway is how the DNI office has never been used for good. In a strategic way, that can be used to our advantage if you are talking about leveraging silos against each other.
Example: The DNI can assemble material from any silo. Meaning the DNI can reach into any IC silo and extract anything they want. Under the original authorities given to the DNI, this authority exists. So, let’s spread the wings on this office and do exactly what it is permitted to do, only this time extract for the purpose of showing the President what is happening in every silo.
In essence, the DNI *CAN BE* deployed like a super strong cross-silo inspector general’s office. Force the other IC silos to comply with the demands of the DNI. This has never been done. But the DNI has this unique power.
The DNI can make the FBI, DOJ, DOJ-NSD, DoD, DoS and CIA provide anything and everything they demand. Instead of the other silos using blocks and threats against the office of the President, use the authority of the DNI to get them without confrontation. Then use the DNI to declassify the documents (if requested by potus), instead of the originating silo.
Can you see how the DNI office can be repurposed to be a seriously strong weapon in the toolbox of the President, against the schemes of those inside the various IC silos. The DNI becomes much more important than the CIA Director, NSA Director, FBI Director, Attorney General, etc, because the DNI can just show up and say, “give me this.” That’s the whole functional purpose of the DNI office that has never been exerted; let’s flippin’ use it.
Let’s use the office of the DNI as the central information hub that takes information from inside the corrupt silos, then provides that information to the President who puts sunlight upon it. Each corrupt silo penetrated with disinfectant. This could begin a process to pull down the shadow operations and let the American public see what has been happening inside our IC apparatus.
To accomplish this approach the National Security Advisor to the President (NSA), would be the person who tells the DNI exactly what they are looking for.
How does the NSA know what to look for? Because the National Security Advisor is the head of the National Security Council (NSC).
Now you see why I say put the strategic scruffy people like Mike Flynn, Kash Patel, etc etc in a stripped down NSC.
Let the NSC monitor the silos with specific intent, then provide Trump’s NatSec Advisor with details on what appears to be happening and where. With the approval of the President, the NSA then turns to the DNI and says, “POTUS wants this, go get this.”
Raw, unfiltered, unredacted information. The silo administrators end up in a fight with the ODNI, not the office of President Trump. President Trump then uses the power of his office to support the demands of the DNI.
Under this approach the DNI has a lot more power; yet funnily, it’s power they already have – yet have never utilized.
Unfortunately, the DNI needs to be confirmed by the Senate Intelligence Committee – so, this factors into who could achieve the position. [NOTE: Ric Grenell is too valuable in another position.] John Ratcliffe might be a possibility, but I’m not sure he would be strong enough to go up against the system he knows well (and on a character issue he’s bff’s with Trey Gowdy).
Preferably we really want an outsider in this role, yet any true outsider is going to face massive scrutiny getting through the nomination filter. My gut tells me that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey might be a strong candidate, and as DNI he can build on his reputation for confronting DHS manipulation.
AG Andrew Bailey exposed the DHS manipulation of social media and has pushed the envelope against the Deep State/Lawfare attacks against Donald Trump. Bailey has used the power of his office for good purposes, and that provides me with cautious optimism he could do the same at a federal level in the position of Director of National Intelligence.
[The next position to outline be a combination. The Secretary of State and the CIA Director. The U.S State Dept and CIA operation is like a restaurant. The Dept of State is the front of the restaurant, with the Secretary as the Maitre D’. The CIA is the back of the restaurant, the kitchen. The Director is the Chef. The consulates are the wait staff. USAID are the food runners. The Dept of Defense are the bus boys. Ukraine is a big tipper.]
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what if the silos tell the DNI no?
what the power or conseqence they can do?
is it just that they can directly access and take information?
Any that don’t comply can now be fired. The recent Supreme Court decision give the president immunity for official acts – like having his DNI do the job as originally designed. The threat of impeachment no longer carries weight.
what is that called? Schedule F…
Exactly. Give short timelines and fire immediately. Pass timeline to someone else. Fire them too.
You know my kids when they were little would say “No” and I’d introduce them to what “Yes” looked like. IOW, if they wouldn’t turn something over, I’d just go take it from them.
ODNI has a staff. Turn the stuff over, or I send my staff to go take what we require. And then we hand a list of names to POTUS to be immediately fired and their clearances revoked.
Statutorily, they wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. It would be straight up insubordination which is an easy termination offense.
‘Clearances revoked’.
I like the sound of that. I believe a full cleaning should be undertaken immediately in January 2025; afterwhich, any employee caught sharing information should be prosecuted and lose their clearance permanently.
Anyone not in a paid, US Government job that requires a clearance should have it revoked. IC, DOJ, US Military, Congress Critter and any other former employee who has a standing clearance needs to have it rescinded immediately and no path to a new one.
When I separated from the USAF and the Oregon Air National Guard later they pulled my clearance. Immediately.
Same needs to happen to all those weasels mentioned above.
Failure to comply could also be grounds for a charge of treason.
This is exactly what I was thinking. What will be the process when they refuse – Harsh Words ?
Court battle ? The threat of firing individuals or many of them is using a sledgehammer at the least, and if it can be done timely, expediently, will require the strongest/toughest, least pragmatic and most merciless person in the role. There can be lots of problems and obfuscations with relying on that tool to accomplish the job.
Not if you hire Mitch Rapp to do your persuading for you.
Yep! We need several like him and his ‘methods’.
I do like Mitch Rapp.
Insubordination is the easiest grounds for termination in the GS system.
‘Let’s use the office of the DNI as the central information hub that takes information from inside the corrupt silos, then provides that information to the President who puts sunlight upon it. Each corrupt silo penetrated with disinfectant. ‘ – Sundance
Thanks for reimagining the corrupt Fourth Branch of government, founded by the destructive little haberdasher Harry S Truman in 1947.
Better yet, burn it to the ground.
I think what’s being described in this article and others is the process and method for ‘collecting tinder to start the bonfire‘…
I would like see White House press office reimagined. Why can’t it be entertainment? Not exactly Reality TV, but engaging and maybe a little serialized drama to drive narratives. Also, let the White House Press Corp sit in the Brady Room all by themselves listening to crickets. The Press Secretary determines when and what press they choose to give credibility not the White House Correspondents Association.
Sounds like SD is using a template of the Florida Sunshine Laws straight to DC swamp. Having true transparency in govt. keeps corruption to a minimum, since everyone knows there is sunlight and a flashlight shining right on them.
So, if we CANT get people like Flynn, Patel, Ratcliff, Bailey
in position to use the ODNI, is it worth shutting down?
Cuz when we didn’t have the advantage there, it was brutal,
as SD points out.
Its such a pivotal position, and I’m not clear on if this is a department
under the jurisdiction of the Executive
I understand it’s head is approved by the SSCI, which sucks.
If we can’t get a legit MAGA head, can we eliminate the dept?
Who says we can’t?
As I have pointed out in numerous comments, the PDJT going back to D.C. carries with him an 11″ thick ‘binder’ full of documents which clearly convict all of those involved in Crossfire Hurricane, and he now has SCOTUS confirmatiin that he retains plenary authority to declassify and release any of this material he chooses to.
Approve my appointments, or else is a pretty compelling motivator.
I’ll buy that for a dollar.
Sometimes I forget how much power PDJT
can wield.
I like your line of thinking, Dutch.
Squeeze those effers in SSCI, and all the other confirmation groups.
Im down w playing hard ball, too.
(Battered conservative, here)
Well said Dutch!
It has been a real concern of mine, regarding how to confirm DJT’s staff through congress. Your
‘suggestion” is a real encouragement for me.
I just hope he has multiple copies of his 11″ binder !
a good technique is showing what files Obama, Hillary, Biden, whomever had on other people. people finding out files are on them might help win their backstabbing
Why would they want to avoid scrutiny, at this point “what difference does it make?” We already know what degenerate criminals they are.
No one will be held accountable or will they?
Must Be Held Accountable!!! Otherwise how can the rats’ nest ever be cleaned up!!
Best would be to completely shut down to gvt of 1789 and then slowly rebuild! if not 1789, at least to 1865
He only needs ONE, and he has it, and they KNOW he has it, and they desperately tried to get it back (Mal Raid) and failed.
While I base this on nothing, I will always suspect PDJT “set them up” for the MAL raid.
When you find out your being bugged, you don’t do like they often do in the movies, and crush it underfoot.
You USE it, to feed false info to the listeners.
I could see PDJT and Eric or Don Jr. having conversations about the binder, where to put it,..order a safe, have it installed here,..and then go to Bedminster, and watch the feebies raid MAL on closed circuit.
IIRC that particular safe was empty…
I seem to recall that, among the touted trophies of that raid displayed photographically for TPTB to coach normies to enthuse over, were copies of Time and other magazine covers of PDJT.
“See what a narcissist he is!?!?” they said desperately.
As, in this household, we laughed our glutes flat at this most elegant of Rigid Digits. Funnier than a joke-can of snake springs.
which is why if i was them I’d keep him out the Office.
I totally agree with you. I just wonder if he’ll do it. He likes to try and get along with others but praying he gets real tough with these guys and lays the law down.
Let me remind you what PDJT did during the discussion with the Taliban leader. He showed him a picture of his house and explained it would be a shame if it was turned into a crater if another U.S. soldier was harmed. I am pretty confident PDJT has sufficient experience and motivation to play hard ball during his second term. Especially if he wants a peaceful retirement.
Another or else is to revoke the security clearances of select committee members. Currently the IC grants security clearances. Those individuals can’t do that if they are fired, and POTUS can grant or remove them on his own authority.
Indeed. POTUS has plenary, absolute authority as Commander in Chief, which IS National Security.
He can override the FBI, and order someone to be given a security clearance, and he can override the FBI, and order that someones clearance be revoked.
Security Clearances are a BIG DEAL in the Swamp, both $ and prestige are attached.
If he just revokes one, the old “make an example” its gonna cause 90% of the swamp to get terminal hemeroids, from having their sphincters spasm.
It will,…get their attention.
All Trump has to do is claim “national security” to remove their clearance and fire people. They can hardly claim that national security is not an official act.
And if someone thinks they can pressure Trump to explain with details, well, duh, if he gives that out it wouldn’t keep our country secure would it?
Yes. Right now, Congress and its partners at the DOJ “investigate” themselves and find no wrongdoings. Now, the President can use their evil deeds to our advantage.
Astute Dutch and such a powerful motivator in Trump’s hands.
Who says someone like Flynn cant have the DNI position? The days of appeal to the other side and indeed to the IC agencies are long gone.
Flynn would be a FANTASTIC DNI ! and he knows where many of the skeletons are in which closets would he could really clean house!
I have always believed the the creation of ODNI and the 9/11 attack were part of the very same operation.
I really don’t think there is anybody who’s strong enough and clean enough and fearless enough to tackle this,,,Paxton is needed at AG, Rudy is so tired and compromised,,,,I don’t know if Gorka could do it or not,,,,
I was thinking about Ken Paxton. In my view, we may need him more at this level than AG. Paxton wouldn’t blink for a second to wield his power and disinfect the silos. Hell, just pressure wash the whole damn town! It would be glorious!
Please don’t take Ken Paxton out of Texas. We still have real issues here even though we’re a “red” state. In spite of our best efforts, Dade Phelan is still a member of the Texas House and if he can get enough democrats behind him, may wind up a Speaker again! We improved some things in the last election so a number of Rinos got replaced by people who we expect to be conservative, but there are still enough Rinos to make trouble.
I hear you TX, that is one of our biggest issues to overcome. Pulling talent from the states to DC to “fix” our govt. can be suicidal. States need fortification too and losing one key player puts everything in jeopardy. Have to constantly bring up the rear to fill any slots that may unexpectedly be vacated. Next man/woman up (as someone once said) will keep the states on the same trajectory, God willing.
sometimes a state has to sacrifice for the good of the entire country
and we might need a reminder that the good of the entire country also affects states
individually
“sometimes a state has to sacrifice for the good of the entire country”
A very true statement, but watching the things happening in TX, it could be the wrong sacrifice to make at this time.
TX is in preparation to reclaim its status as an independent State/Nation. There will be a referendum in the future. In the meantime, it has established its own stockmarket system and created a state despository for bullion.
This is one of the states leading the way to sound governance. TX needs the right AG in place to fight the globalists who wish to stop the state’s sovereingty.
Nevermind the incoming violence from the invasion at their border.
Steve Bannon: “Next man up!”
I may be wrong, but that phrase he uses refers to the type of fighting during the American Revolution. Soldiers lined up to take a shot and when done, the next in line stepped up to continue the fight.
The DOJ needs someone with ADMIN SKILLS, not necessarily legal skills, like a prosecutor … Two different skillsets. So … Jeff Clark, Phill Kline, etc.
People like Stephen Miller, he’s a tactical guy, but he’s on the ground, guerilla warfare. For an admin spot, needs thought.
Amen, brother. We may need Paxton for President of Texas. For anyone who says it will never happen, Texit is not an event but a current process.
Grinnell would be better at ODNI. Radcliffe is too swampy.
The talent pool is huge, we just haven’t heard of many of them. Save the key state players until the state mission is complete. Think there are 4K politically appointed positions. “Other duties as assigned” is a common addition to those job descriptions. Create new rock stars.
I like Paxton, he’s tough, takes no prisoners.
Josh Hawley could do it and the MO governor could appoint Andrew Bailey to fill his Senate seat. Hawley a former Atty. Gen. is certainly capable of standing up to the IC. He’s a traditional conservative, a strong MAGA supporter and watching him on the Senate floor is very impressive. There are others who would be good but the key is any senator removed to fill a cabinet position needs a similar replacement to take their seats. Same goes for using House reps too.
If SD wants outside of govt. and from big business, Trump trusts Dana White, Elon Musk or Linda McMahon. They certainly have plenty of wealth (can’t be corrupted) and are loyal to MAGA /Trump. They have no false illusions about the IC so will play hardball.
Not Musk, he is deeply indebted to military arm of US government and to China through his companies. I like Josh Hawley or Ron Johnson.
I like both Hawley and Ron Johnson.
Yes Johnson is a keeper and has a business approach. In the private sector the DNI directive would go something like this: Give the directive, state the deadline, if not done then reprimand, ask once more and if not done, fire them and show them the door.
As for
….As for Musk, he is already lined up for an Effectiveness and Streamlining Czar position, or some kind of advisor to Trump.
Ron Johnson can head Commerce. He ran a business. Wilbur Ross can be an advisor.
Hawley goes to Globalist shing dings. Just saying, have reservations.
Understandable to have reservations but a “shindig” is hardly a sign of compromise. Of course he has to have his head on a swivel to watch out for honey traps and cognizant of the globalist demons. I’m sure he has great insight and can protect himself accordingly, at least I hope so. He has my support after the visit to Butler, PA where he was shocked at what he observed and reported the fatal errors of security to the public. He was almost apoplectic at what he saw and I’m sure his constituents are proud of his work.
I was being polite. Also never used shindig(?) in a sentence before.
I have had reservations about Hawley for years. Could be wrong. But some outrage about Butler while nice won’t convince me I am wrong either.
If he actually said or implied the SS was part of a greater conspiracy or said that a sound analysis has led him to believe that there were more than 1 shooter….. well, that would be whole different shin diggy thing though……
I get it and of course you are NOT wrong. I don’t think he accused anyone of conspiracy but he did see egregious errors. Regardless, I don’t see a perfect situation to please everyone at every turn. As SD has mentioned in the past, this is a very long endeavor and will take years to get our core constitutional principles back. Trump getting re-elected is just the beginning.
You may already know this but I’ll put it down for others who may not know. “Shindig”is rarely used anymore, but was quite popular in the 60’s and refers to loud and wild parties. The Brits coined it during the heyday of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits and good old rock n roll. Cheers!
It was used sparingly as I was growing up. On the way out by then. The spelling flummoxed me more than anything.
No worries on Hawley. He appeals to many. You are not wrong, probably(ha).
Elon is going to have his plate full with keeping X out of the clutches of the sensors, and keeping it solvent. Leave him there.
Trump likes him and may want a position for him. He can probably juggle both X and come in as an advisor. I’m sure they are already discussing the possibilities.
Sounds like a job for a California dairy farmer.
just dropping some notes here:
we need to talk/discuss/debate the following people, before other do.
sydney powell
Michael flynn
Devin nunes
Jeff landry
when I say we should discuss/debate/talk. What I mean is that we need to scrutinize these people and determine if they have the same power of principle and are unhindered by special interest. years have past. we need to catch up. because they are family names now. known…and as much as I really hate to say this, the Trump administration/transition will eventually reach out and get these people “involved”.
do not try to read into this. this is regitiger giving good advice.
we need the BEST PEOPLE TO REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS. some for sure “deserve” a spot at the table, but we ALSO MUST be careful in how we determine what is acceptable and IF there are new developments that disqualify.
remember this is a representative republic. that is our brand of democracy. we DEMAND that our leaders choose wisely and carefully to reflect the WILL and interests of US, WE THE PEOPLE.
for example: should Rudy have a place in the Trump administration?
how about Lynn wood?
how about the defending attorney from PA who was absolutely effecting representing truth and honor and facts in the impeachment of President Trump? remember him?
these are people who do deserve a spot at the table…but are they worthy today and capable/effective?
these are different questions now. We can NOT allow past trusts to blindly lead up into a reformation of our republic with people who are not the best at THAT.
remember..and remember: for each stage of THE REVOLUTION (1-7), different people for different REASONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES are called to action. This is NOT random. Behind the seeming chaos of the stages of revolution IS ORGANIZATION.
I believe in President Trump’s current stage of power, because it has proven effective. But the people who will carry US, WE THE PEOPLE, toward all stages of revolution, are not settled YET.
we need to be mindful that we do not cling to tenure or loyalties on those basis alone.
we need fighters for different scenarios.
these are my big picture thoughts for today.
take them with some salt
God Bless America
Sydney Powell and Devin Nunes definitely.
I agree with you Regitiger. There are a lot of “familiar” names that get thrown into the hat – but are they really worthy?
I have little to no trust for anyone in the senate or the house, past or present. We elect them to represent us and the striking majority could care less. It is about power and money to them, not the people, or the country. They have all learned to talk the talk, but very few actually walk it.
Donald Trump signifies a new breed of president, of politician. Doesn’t necessarily make sense to hang onto much of the old breed just because they are familiar to us. They really haven’t been for us, or America, for a very long time…
Who in the Senate do I trust completely?
None. Perhaps Tuberville, Johnson most.
Agree 100%. One person who seems to point out the liars and fake loyalty is Don Jr.
good, thoughtful post as we have come to expect, regi.
Two thoughts; on the one hand we have people like Jenna Ellis, who under the kind of extraordinary pressure our enemies can bring to bear,….caved.
I have long said compare Cohen to Manafort,..Manafort the “stand up guy” that will not cave is 1/1000, and those who criticise Cohen or Ellis, and have never been under such pressure have no idea!
And, with the stick of being able to destroy your LIFE; your career, any wealth you have aquired, possibly your family and even your freedom, there is the carrot.
And we KNOW, because we can hear it on tape, how if they can’t threaten you, they can offer you virtually unlimited amounts of $, as a bribe. I am talking about the bribe offer Kari Lake recorded, and made public of coarse.
THIS, a “Carrot and Stick” approach is what anyone we are considering, has to be able to withstand.
Just a little,…perspective.
To follow up, a general suggestion for where to look for staffing the next Trump administration, beyond the key positiins we are focusing on, as he will need to staff several 1000, ..
The righteous losers, as I think of them.
The Candidates, AND THEIR STAFFS, that ran as proud MAGA candidates, WITH PDJT’s endorsement, and yet lost (had there wins stolen by the RNC, RNCC and State R parties!) in 2022.
The main names we know; Majewski, DePerno, Karamo and of coarse Lake.
However, there were “down ticket” candidates that also were targeted by the RINO machine.
Cara Castronuevo ran for NYS Legislature, for example.
Kari Lake had a whole slate of MAGA Candidates she was pulling, and there was a similar slate in Nevada.
These Candidates, and those who worked on their campaigns, many as volunteers, many under threats, provide a good, deep pool of motivated MAGA “ordinary people” that would love to go to DC, and deconstruct the administrative State, brick by brick.
Good thoughts.
Geoff Diehl was sabotaged here in blueMA.
I have a list somewhere of MAGA people to whom I donated small amounts. I keep remembering young Joe Kent, for example, and wonder what happened to him. Can’t remember whether he got PDJT’s endorsement, though – Geoff definitely had it.
Karoline Leavitt from NH was another – she has some position in the campaign now – I hope she keeps moving up.
Joe Kent is running now, for Congress, I believe.
Adam Laxalt lost in NV, Madison Cawthorn in NC, Doug Mastriano in PA, Doug Collins in GA, Caroline Leavitt in NH, Kim Klacik in MD, Daniel Cameron in KY and others add to the pool of prospective Trump administrators.
How about some who were not re elected or were kicked out like Santos and Cawthorne.
Royce White, for senate, in MN won the endorsement handily in first round but the RINO Joe Fraser refused to accept and is trying for a primary win with slimy swampy MN RINO’s supporting.
Good points. Besides updating our views of candidates, there is the issue of in some positions certain skills and talents are needed to be effective not just loyalty to MAGA, conservative issues or DJT.
DNI requires Senate confirmation. Make sure Republicans have the majority. If the Democrats have it they’ll slow-walk every single Trump appointment confirmation and maybe just outright vote against the people. Most if not all of Trump’s picks will be confirmed if Republicans are in control. Romney will be gone. 🙂 He did not seek re-election.
Look at the list of positions requiring Senate confirmation. Yah everyone, don’t let the Democrats retain control of the Senate. Trump has to get people confirmed quickly so they can start cleaning house.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_positions_filled_by_presidential_appointment_with_Senate_confirmation
If you were Mark Warner and either you vote for the appointment or you lose your security clearance and you position on the SSCI, what would you do?
Appoint DNI on day 1 on 1 year basis,yes it was done with john boltin.after 1 year if a good job was done rotate to fbi & fbi to dni.senate will slow walk no matter which party in control.can’t wait for 6 months for senate to ok or deny.
senate will slow walk no matter which party
The Democrats will do everything possible to impede Trump. Stop voting for them. Stop letting them have political power, especially majorities in state and federal legislatures.
Also consider that the Senate confirms judicial appointments which is another extremely important reason to not let the Democrats have the Senate majority ever again, even if Trump is deprived of a win again.
Since many outside names are unknown and if thinking outside the box, a known quantity is Marco Rubio. He will sail thru Senate confirmation after being on SSCI and Gang of 8 and he has mended fences with Trump. His vacated Senate seat can be filled by a DeSantis appointment, maybe DeSantis himself? Rubio has good spidey senses, can get the respect of the IC, knows where the bodies are buried, and is a kind of soft MAGA, thus he may just foot the bill.
Neither Marco nor Ron! can be trusted in my opinion. Sorry.
No problem…have to consider all angles these days. Also, some preferred names may not want the job so thinking outside the proverbial box. The deck is constantly being shuffled so we shall see.
You must be kidding! Talk to MAGA Floridians, and see what a mediocre loser he is. We hate him here, would LOVE to get rid of him here. His only loyalty is to himself. Puke.
IDK but Trump has made amends with Rubio and may be considering him for a top position. He has been in the Senate since 2010 with big support from the Latinos in South Florida. I mentioned he is soft MAGA since many Floridians are moderates, but he gets support from all Repubs. People don’t like the big money behind him, but it is part of the political landscape. Environmentalists even applauded his work on the Everglades Restoration and Lake Okeechobee projects. You are free to hate all you want…just stating what I know. At least Fla. has 2 solid Republican Senate seats, as long as Rick Scott gets reelected in November.
He may also be in a position to be controlled by Trump who knows about the SSCI doings in the past. Little Marco has such a nice position there, he wouldn’t want anything to happen to it would he?
Trump needs to play the blackmail control game better than they do and create an atmosphere where the deep state doesn’t know who is on their side anymore.
Yes that’s an angle I hadn’t considered, the leverage could come in handy for various issues Trump wants implemented. Confusing the Deep State, what a novel idea.
Does PTrump have any way to work around the need for Senate confirmation? Can he appoint his choice temporarily and make it long term while he nominates people he knows the Dems won’t approve? Then take his time to find another nominee that he knows won’t be approved all the while keeping his real choice as temporary for as long as allowed? I’m sure they have limits on this kind of thing. He would at least have some control over his real choices for a time. Just musing here but I thought this was a possibility raised in the 2016 term.
Whitney Webb on how Palantir is Privatized Surveillance and it’s connection to the CIA
8 min excerpt
(Webb is a political savant is there ever was one.)
The reason what Whitney Webb is saying is so important is that the government is looking for “subversives” who are hostile to their policies and implementation of those policies.
Palantir collects the information that helps with the labeling of the subversives based on online activities.
This is the dystopian future. Your words are read here for another purpose.
As unimaginable as it is to see what happened to innocent people regarding J6, that example should be in the mind of each patriot. Not to cause them to hesitate to stand for what they believe in, but to weigh the full measure of sacrifice that speaking out may entail.
The predators are learning.
Who remembers Robert Muldoon,the South African game warden, in Jurassic Park and what he says about the velociraptors:
“They are testing the (electrified) fences – systematically.”
To me the theme is Relentless Predation of Patriots by Government and it’s corrupt allies.
(Hi guys)
Scientologists call members who wake up to their brainwashing “subversives.”
zephyrbreeze: Palantir was and is a spook operation.
Some suggest that reveals of things like Palantir are examples of Limited Hangouts.
In this case, they would suggest that we are shown only the tip of the iceberg, that complete multi-sensor surveillance and super-sophisticated analytics of “fused” data are already happening at a scale few can imagine, completely veiled by “National Security” imperative, built as the tech developed post-9/11.
And that “multi-sensor” means EVERYTHING, from the microphone in your phone (even if it appears “off” in some cases), to the license plate reader system, to the video surveillance cameras everywhere, to credit card transactions, to text and email, to…reader comment threads…EVERYTHING.
With data legally outside US IC reach still provided by the other Five Eyes partners and by covert state “cybersecurity” hacking.
So that for example even the video camera feed at the retail store register is tapped, so you can’t even evade surveillance of a purchase by paying cash.
And that the super-sophisticated analytics (now with AI) have largely solved the old data overload problem that used to impede Big Brother.
https://wikimapia.org/4020/National-Security-Agency#/photo/3543560
Even your newer passenger car.
Here’s another apparent Limited Hangout:
https://rumble.com/v59wk9t-big-brother-is-ford-working-on-a-scheme-to-have-its-cars-spy-on-drivers-for.html
If Big Brother can already tap every bit of data connected to the internet, they can already collect the vehicle data to add to the fused data analytics. These newer vehicles are moving to permanent wireless connectivity which means real-time data collection, and with interior microphones you can’t even break wind without Big Brother knowing about it (timestamped and geolocated with additional info including speed and acceleration).
The “sensors” are everywhere, there is no escaping the ubiquitous surveillance.
Kramer, “Why does Radio Shack need my phone number to sell me batteries? Tell me Jerry!”
I avoid customer reward programs. But google cough cough adult filims……
Michael Richards was one of the first big names to have career destroyed by racism claims. Hmmmmm?
Some suggest that to understand all this, you have to consider the evidence of what actually effected 9/11 itself and thus everything that it triggered.
ae911truth.org
Trump’s first administration having been entrenched in the DC sewer for so long had no respect for Trump or for his presidency, they thought they were smarter, knew better, and went about conducting business as usual.
We all know Pence, Pompeo, and fat ass Barr have no regrets still, but I often wonder if Tillerson, Sessions, and puke John Kelly, et al ever feel a tinge of remorse for their cowardice and the disrespect they showed to our truly courageous President Donald J Trump?
Has Sessions showed his head at all since his failure?
Much like waiting on Powel’s Kraken I kept waiting on Sessions to act honorably……
The SSCI is as corrupt as it gets. The DNI needs deep DC experience or they will be played by the silos. This individual also needs relative security immunity from the IC community regarding extortion potential and financial security. They need to know from the outset where the bodies are buried. To my thinking, 4-star Gen. Jack Keene (ret.) is a good candidate. Let’s see the SSCI try to emasculate him….
Excellent point about DC experience.
Good point. There is the position Principle Deputy Director of National Intelligence. Fill that position with Keene to advise Andrew Bailey.
Great point about deputy directors being crucial to the director in any agencies. Ideally, the first 4 layers of cabinet positions as well as critical staffing, need to be embedded with as many patriots as possible.
That was my point. An outsider at the helm with insider staff who know the BS routes and tricks.
SD, your Recommendation is very good. My hope is that All of the positions you have mentioned have their own security detail with them 24/7/365. The Swamp is demonic.
Stephen Miller is brave. Stephen Miller is fearless. Stephen Miller comes off as a little “weird”, but he’s the kinda guy I like on my six. Vicious. Vigilant. Airtight logical. Certainly not for the general public, which is probably good since he doesn’t mind being riding in the backseat.
He needs to fit in somewhere…maybe even as an adviser to keep Trump from being so easily swayed…yes. Easily swayed…even by family.
Just sayin’
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Few things made me pace my floors in askance more than when I found out Hillary had about 1500 names submitted for top clearances before Election Day.
Supposedly my Trump had about 25.
Just sayin’ 🕶️
He is great, so articulate and brilliant. Can he run the Senate gauntlet?
Miller is an extraordinary treasure. Needs careful placement.
Thoughts on Adm Mike Rogers, former NSA Director and head of US Cyber Command, who first alerted Trump to the wire taps? He also has consistently refused to join ranks with traitors like Clapper and Brennan in attacking Trump.
Isn’t he also the guy who tried to shut down the contractors abusing the NSA databases?
Intriguing Choice. Makes sense.
He’s also VERY technical. The bad guys wouldn’t be able to fool him. A lot of what has been going on is deep in the weeds of how government IT systems work.
Adm. Rodgers is too much of an establishment hack.
He saw the intel report generated by Team Obama to kick off crossfire hurricane and called it out as bs, but then sat down and shut up when they threatened to fire him.
After the NSA IG showed him that 702 searches were being abused, he shut down the about queries then went and told Trump what was going on.
Then he left NSA. He now works (as of 2022) for Talon Cyber Security.
At no point did he drop the hammer on anyone illegally abusing the FISA 702 searches. Just the usual warnings.
Judge Collyer, Adm. Rodgers, and Deputy FBI Director Bill Priestap knew of all the illegal bs going on with crossfire hurricane and pretty much did nothing to stop it. Priestap even let Comey throw him under the bus during Congressional testimony when Rep. Stefanic was grilling him. Worth noting that the same House Committee never called Priestap in for testimony.
IMHO…Since the operation was ordered by Obama, Adm. Rogers and Priestap were not in a position to do alot other than notifying Trump and the FISA court. Priestap gave testimony behind closed doors and disclosed the nature of the operation and the specific meetings. White Hats knew but the Deep State circled the wagons to keep jobs/pensions and because many are criminally compromised. Trump took corrective action by firing Comey and triggering the Horowitz report, which threw the FBI under the bus. Enforcement was stonewalled by the DOJ/FBI because they all lied on the FISA, broke procedures and fabricated evidence to undermine his presidency. They even pulled in the media to kneecap Trump and his fledgling administration at every turn, as well as indicting his key officers. The “everything by the book” Susan Rice email sent on Inauguration morning 2017, was an extra layer of plausible deniability for Obama because the FBI was under orders to use illicit means for Crossfire Hurricane. That was certainly the first public indication as to the illegalities and spying ordered by Obama and company against President Trump. Unbelievable that we have been dealing with this for eight long years.
He went to Trump in unscheduled meeting that outed himself. He didn’t wait or try to provide cover for himself.
Yes, great idea. Honorable, knows the IC inside out.
Need Erik Prince as a side military advisor, and Chris Miller (if his wife will let him come).
Honestly haven’t heard of AG Bailey before…at least not specifically. Confirmation thru the UniParty is hurdle. Not insurmountable but surrounded by slime.
The Advice and Consent will be hampered but my greatest concern: Trump gets elected but all the down ballot races are stolen. The Dems seem to think that if Trump is elected an Uncivil War/Revolution won’t happen. I’m not so sure now that it can be headed off. IMHO, the fuse has already been lit. The populace and patriots are having their eyes opened daily to the corruption and lies spewed by the MSM. Sorry about being a “Debbie Downer”.
…slowly and humbly steps off soapbox…
“The ODNI was formed in 2004, with the intent for the office to be the pivot point of a national security radar. The DNI was intended to provide information to domestic agencies about foreign terror networks that would prevent something like 9-11 from happening again.”
The first name that popped into my head when I read this was Sarah Adams. Former CIA terrorist targeter, now works for the DOD. Her understanding of the current terror networks, the players and their relation to each other is incredible.
She was on the Benghazi Commission, but other than that, she is relatively unknown and I believe “clean”. So she might get through the senate pretty quickly.
What I appreciate is she sees clearly how nefarious our government is in dealing with the terrorists.
She did a couple of excellent interviews on The Shawn Ryan Show – the first one is difficult to find on YouTube because it was censored.
https://shawnryanshow.com/blogs/the-shawn-ryan-show/srs-81-sarah-adams-cia-targeter-exposes-how-hamza-bin-laden-is-alive-part-1
https://shawnryanshow.com/blogs/the-shawn-ryan-show/srs-116-sarah-adams-cia-targeter-tracks-down-1-enemy-of-benghazi-attacks
Trump really needs to listen to her. She is jaw dropping amazing. She is who I would select, but I won’t hold my breath for anyone like her to be chosen. Highly suggest people take a break from keyboarding to listen to her.
Sounds good. May be good.
I don’t think, however, that anyone can be considered clean. Even George Washington would want checks and balances on ny position he had.
I don’t trust Ratcliffe. I was actually thinking the Missouri AG would be better for US AG than Paxton. I feel like he’s been more aggressive
Is this true? 🤔
Looks like another theatrical production by the FBI-DOJ custom-made to distract attenti0n from the massive security failure at the Butler PA Trump rally.
Bingo!
“from the massive (intentional) security failure at the Butler PA Trump rally.?
Certainly a “Look, a squirrel” type of DOJ act.
“We have a new patsy!” – the FBI
The Fumbling Bumbling Idiots are not a :new patsy” They have been behind so many nefarious happenings forever! They and the USS have to be cancelled! The USSS needs to go back to counterfeiting prosecutions and that’s all!
filling the blanks of their narrative. another patsy.
It may or may not be true, but me thinks it would be a better fit in the Presidential/resistance thread as it is a wee bit off topic for this thread.
Interesting. At the point the password gate is openrd for this episode, it has roughly 1/2 the # of comments as the previous one in the series, which had no PW gate.
As my dearvold Dad used to say, it “just shows to go ya!”
Truly the ‘Cliff Notes’ for understanding the potential of the ODNI. Thank you Sundance . From your keyboard to God’s ears.
My first thought was: they will just refuse to comply, the ability to fire someone for refusing should mitigate that. I can imagine the response would be: See? Trump is a dictator and threatening national security! They will try something of the sort. I love the premise of eliminating the containment of information in the silos!
Reading the thread I’m reminded of union work groups rallying against operations by management. One thing they’re really good at is munging up everything, on purpose. Federal workers presumably have that down to a fine science since wholesale firing of rank and file historically rarely happens and certainly not without massive pushback, and I’m then reminded of ‘six ways to Sunday’.
My experience is in heavy industry, not government, so I know what heavy industry work groups can do to pretty much anything they set their mind to. I trust the entrenched employees in government are equally zealous. I only had one tangential experience with that, my father, who was a high level rank and file in state government for over three decades. Hard to get rid of was an understatement.
Hope I’m wrong and the pink slips flow like flamingos in flight.
Devin Nunes for DNI. If anyone knows that matrix, he does. 👍
No FBI Agents, no CIA and NSA officers and no DOJ Attorneys are covered by any collective bargaining agreement or labor union!
From my understanding, many of these jobs are staffed by active and former military. So they move from assignment to assignment and don’t need union protection. They are not technically fired but are reassigned elsewhere.
Yep, and non union work groups have been around for decades too. I was part of one, and also union, in the 70’s. That’s where my comment on work group came from, with the emphasis on ‘group’. Groups coordinate. That’s why they’re effective.
Note how the Communists beat us down, by dividing and isolating us. We can review recent history for many examples, from the Covid operation to J6 aftermath to the convoys to the myriad examples provided by Treepers daily.
How do the Communist work groups in government retain cohesiveness and defend against such invasion and divsion? Surmounting that obstacle is that particular mission, one of many in the war against Communists.
The DNI was designed precisely to defeat silo-ization of intelligence, which led to 9/11. Why wasn’t it used this way in the first Trump term? I’m guessing that Mike Pompeo, Bill Barr, Gina Haspel, Rod Rosenstein, and hundreds of others combined to preserved the silos and keep Trump from understanding what the ODNI was supposed to be doing.
What has to be understood about Trump’s first term–if we are to have any hope of preventing it happening in a second Trump term–is that most key administration officials lied to Trump constantly and ceaselessly. To give one example that Trump has frequently discussed at rallies, it wasn’t until two years into his administration that Trump had a fortuitous meeting with a USAF Lt. Gen. John D. “Raisin” Caine who clued Trump in to the fact that Obama-era rules of engagement intentionally designed to keep ISIS alive were having the desired effect and keeping ISIS in business. Once Trump learned this, he tossed out the Obama ROEs and finished off ISIS in about 5 weeks. Trump always wanted to defeat ISIS; how many people had to lie to him for how long that he was not able to do this until two years? And would never have done it without the chance meeting with “Raisin” Caine?
Almost everyone in the swamped lied to Trump constantly throughout his first term. How is this going to change during his second term? Who is going to change it? Mortal enemies like Lindsay Graham are still given access to Trump. Why?
Why wasn’t it used correctly in the second Bush term when it was first approved and implemented? Why?
Probably because it was too new and the agencies wanted to protect their turf and maintain the silo system. I don’t think it was partisan, because it was Obama who weaponized the intelligence community for partisan purposes.
The main point I’m trying to make is that isn’t the structures that are the heart of the problem, it’s the people. They’re ideologically bent to the Left, and that cannot be fixed by tinkering with structures. That’s why Sundance is talking about key staffing decisions. But it’s very difficult to find people who are ramrod straight of integrity, and cannot be co-opted by the swamp system. Remember that the conservative establishment, the GOPe, in Washington DC hates Donald Trump every fiber as much as the Democrats do. And even if they cannot be co-opted ideologically, their snobbery can be appealed to, since Trump didn’t go to the right schools and doesn’t use the right kind of language.
Bush was uniparty in the big club, no? His father introduced the NWO when president so yes I agree it was not partisan as they were all uniparty.
And you have made another case to go with another outsider, which Andrew Bailey is that.
Was ISIS defeated?
Or did the Islamic extremists simply shape-shift and morph into essentially similar extremist groups with new labels?
For that matter, are they “extremists” or simply ultra-orthodox Islamists?
Everything we “know” is based on what we are fed by controlled media.
Trump said it was defeated, and there doesn’t seem to be much controversy about that. Obviously, jihad terror in one form or another will always be with us, but ISIS did in fact lose all its territory in Iraq and Syria.
The point I am trying to make is that the chain of command at the top of the US military did not tell Trump that it would be easily possible for him to liquidate ISIS by changing the rules of engagement. No one else told him that either, not Mike Pompeo not thoroughly modern Millie, not Gina Haspel, not anyone. He had to discover that fact in a happenstance meeting with an Air Force general halfway around the world. Nobody in Washington DC told him what he needed to know to destroy ISIS, because Washington gets rich on forever wars, not by ending wars.
See my previous post about Sarah Adams. Watch those interviews and you will discover what is happening with Al Queda, ISIS, the Taliban, et al.
But I would suggest you prepare to be unhappy with our government as you listen.
I’ve searched high and low. Where do I set up a password?
email admin and they will reply with the password.
If I knew……
Sarah Adams. If you don’t know who she is, look her up.
An excellent look at the DNI position as originally designed and then as used. Sundance is absolutely correct, as usual, but the real test will be finding the right person.
“Washington DC created the modern national security apparatus immediately and hurriedly after 9/11/01.”
Almost as if it had been written years earlier by The Deep State, sitting in a file cabinet somewhere just waiting to be rushed into law in the aftermath of a terrorist attack … or something. Almost.
Secretary of State: Sebastian Gorka.
CIA Director: Admiral Mike Rogers.
Once President Trump took office we never heard from Adm Rogers again through three years of the Russian Collusion Dossier Hoax!
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard Gorka affirm the stolen vote or mention the J6 prisoners.
But then again I don’t listen to him very often because he kinda sounds phony to me.
He is a bit too theatrical, for my taste; perhaps that’s just his basic personality.
Back in the day … when this $hit worked, CIA director Casey was dual hatted as Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Director, Central Intelligence. In the latter role he was the senior intel officer and his staff for this role competently did the job for years.
Lets get rid of the additional feifdoms and princes and prosecute a heap of people who abused systems and authorities on behalf of Team Obama.
The over-riding consideration in whom to choose for “Trump Staffing 2025” offices seems to be rock-solid loyalty to Donald Trump and to his “Drain the Swamp” agenda for his second term as President.
Whether these offices require confirmation (by the Senate; and the inescapable “veto” that this provides the “Deep State”), or are solely within the granting power of POTUS, this surely is an intrinsically-precarious operation (and there are way-more offices for any President to fill than can be covered in this series: 4,000).
Does the Pres. have the power to create offices solely within the White House; e.g. “Special Counsel to the President”? If he does, could this office be set up and staffed, and commissioned with the job of only monitoring the performance of all of his other appointees?
This SCP would be the full-time (24/7) “eyes-and-ears” of the President, with the authority to gather information about what every appointee, in every agency, was doing – or not doing – to support the policies of President Trump. And it would have direct access to POTUS, to keep him current on what was actually happening in his Administration; to do with this information as he sees fit.
The SCP would act to assure the men and women working throughout the Executive branch that they always “had a friend in the White House.”
Keeping in mind that the signal failure of DT’s first term was the undermining, and outright-betrayals, of his agenda by the people he appointed (“When I came to Washington, I didn’t know anybody…”); perhaps this arrangement might help to “extend his power” over his own administration beyond the first “parceling-out” of that power.
If there were no DNI, would the various intelligent agencies have to report directly to the Office of the President? I believe that’s how it used to be done. As far as catching things like terrorists taking “flying lessons” with no interest in learning how to land, we can already do that. Unfortunately it’s the American gestapo doing it and they do not have America’s best interests at heart. But they are a different problem, fixed best by starting to put agents into prison, leaving them in GenPop.
A note on Senate Support the President Trump. If enough like minded MAGA Senators. (i.e. 51 ) are not elected then Chuck Schumer or a Mitch McConnell Clone (if not Shanghai Mitch himself) will be the Senate Majority Leader. That is the reality of the 2024 Elections. Mitch McConnell has already made it very clear via his recent very derogatory opinion on President Trump’s Foreign Policy where he or one of his clones stands v/v President Trump.
It is going to be temp/acting appointments from the start, unless the Senate can be co opted.
Further, President Trump needs to ORDER DECLASSIFIED anything he wants the DNI and NSA Directors to obtain ahead of their efforts on his behalf. Then have the White House Counsel fight the battle for “release” if necessary. The real battle is not so much declassification as it is release after declassification … with swamp creatures and their lackeys in congress using release as a trigger for an impeachment effort.
The recent SCOTUS decision about the power of the executive has taken all the teeth out of impeachment.
Not like the evildoers won’t be looking for new tricks, of course.
I’m adding MM’s name to my daily prayer list.
I confess that I became a bit of a Ric Grenell fanboi since he came onto my radar (no g- pun intended) in the first term. Like many no doubt, I assumed that you would “tap” him for an encore in the ODNI slot. Your tease has me intrigued.
It’s going to be difficult to have Trump’s nominees approved by the SSSI Committee. From the Ronald Reagan playbook, that is where we Maga enter into the equation.
The President puts out the call that the committee and greater Senate are being recalcitrant, and we respond in force to our respective State Capitols (or some such) as his voice of the people.
The President’s communication to us must be very specific to be effective with our time and efforts. And of course, we must be prepared to avoid counter demonstrators.
Does acting agency head have all the powers of senate confirmed agency head? If so, get to work right away and don’t stress confirmation as much.
Glitch will do Glitchy things or Thune or whoever….. These top RINOs in Senate don’t fear being ousted,
primaried or Trump, sorry to say…..
I like Bailey for this! Will Scharf can then serve Missouri AG.
I so appreciate the insights of Sundance. I never thought about AG Bailey. But being a Texan I did think about AG Paxton!
I am a Texan as well. You’re completely sold on Paxton? Until his impeachment I had lumped him into same category as Abbott. He filed so many motions against the Dim’s/Biden open border policies that produced nothing tangible. IMHO. He would win some and Illegals entering would hit the new all time high a week later. Nothing to be done on 80,000 illegals in an illegal subdivision/city outside Houston?
His 2020 filing on Pennsylvania and 3 other swing state’s election law changes harming Texas struck me as futile, last minute, amateurish grand standing. When Cruz said he would argue it in front of SC well, ………. . But then the impeachment happened. Not completely sold on him, still. Case against was very weak in truth. Now though, he is completely vetted and MAGA.
Colony Ridge is a shady housing development with over 70,000 illegal immigrants. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Colony Ridge development in Liberty County for deceptive trade practices, fraud in real estate transactions, and other violations of Texas and federal law. It working it’s way through the courts. Paxton has been fighting battles on many fronts, and it ain’t over yet. He is a bulldog !
Of course he is. But nothing changes. I stand by my points and doubts. Gone round and round with Michael Berry over him and Teddy. 100% sure on Teddy.
70, 000 years ago. Rumors Abbott has influential friends behind Colony Ridge. If so expecting ‘successful’ outcome to eventually come from filings is unlikely and his actions so much theater.
The power of this position scares me to death. Yes I sleep better if Trump is president and someone we trust as much as Trump is in the DNI Position. The wrong person in that position could kill the presidency as was nearly done in 2016.
As tenuous as the office of POTUS is to hold (even with someone as strong as Trump). It scares me to death that this kind of surveillance exists at all, much less with no checks and balances and owned/operated by our enemies currently.
Interesting ‘new’ position. Won’t it require cooperation from agencies it has authority over? Agencies that will lie and obfuscate?
Could pay off. Could be a game changer. Hate to waste a proven MAGA commodity on a could be but it ‘could be’ an extremely important position. Perhaps deserving of someone who is proven. Hate to see a Sessions get the job if it is truly game changing.
Incredible! how Sundance makes complicated things clear!
“The DNI can make the FBI, DOJ, DOJ-NSD, DoD, DoS and CIA provide anything and everything they demand. Instead of the other silos using blocks and threats against the office of the President, use the authority of the DNI to get them without confrontation. “
Does this not depend on the ‘respect’ that these other agencies have for the DNI? It appears to be simple enough for these intelligence agencies to disregard any demand from Congress….why not just ignore the demands from a DNI where these agencies feel it represents an opposing viewpoint??
Sundance and his crew are the best. Gives us hope (hope is a good thing) keep going you have America to save .. God Bless all of you, your always in my prayers. I support you whole hardheartedly.
Good outline. Wonderful strategy. It’s just plain good government, too.
Refreshing. We the People deserve good government.
PASSWORD WAS VERY STUPID !!!!!!
I’m really enjoying these articles! Thanks Sundance!
Insteresting, proposal – convert the ODNI back to it’s original mission by pulling in an honest, orgnaization-agnostic, citizen (Bailey) from fly-over to lead. However, the ODNI is a CIA-controlled swamp within the swamp. It was originally staffed with CIA bodies (look at the location of the 2 hq’s) for expedience but quicly became the company’s annex. To achieve the needed change there would be have to be a severe haircut at the ODNI to purge all the CIA loyalists and backfill with bodies loyal to the ODNI’s original mission. Reversing the years of infiltration would be like St Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland. Only harder.
SD thought about this overnight. Like the choice of Andrew Bailey. Here’s hoping your voice to their ears and Mr. Bailey accepts. Go MAGATREEPERS!
Marco Rubio is key to unlock the door for MAGA to knock down Obama pillars and reform IC…
Current members of Senate SSCI Committee here: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/
I mentioned Rubio as a good pick in an earlier post for some of these reasons. It was instantly challenged as a “no”due to trust issues. Rubio now has Trump’s respect and he knows about IC machinations. I think he can be put on a short leash and is capable of fulfilling the duties of DNI. As long as his seat is filled with either Byron Donalds, Corey Mills, or others he could work. With classic Cuban heritage, his values are aligned with MAGA, but he is a subtle Latino. There is no way he will allow the US to fall under communism, due to his history and he is a strong capitalist. He sounded the alarm in 2016 about China being a threat and everyone was like “what is he talking about?” It was such a profound thing to say at the time, the proverbial gorilla in the economic room that nobody was addressing. He brought it to Trump’s attention which was a bedrock issue for his economic nationalism agenda. Seems like he is not getting some of the credit he deserves, but any support he can give to Trump is a good thing. Trust but verify.
Clarification: My comment was aimed at Rubio remaining as ranking member of Senate SSCI committee and leading effort to confirm Trumps choice of DNI; not Rubio as the DNI.
OK I see your point, hadn’t even thought of the inner workings of the SSCI. If Rubio and Trump have a good working relationship and implement parts of the America First agenda, then I see that as a win win.
Great, very informative essay, Sundance. Thank you. There is hope that we can win this battle. You have outlined a way for us to combat the Deep State.
Making good cabinet choices is not Trumps strong point. He hired every backstabbing clown in the GOP last time. Hope he reads your concerns and advice Lord knows he needs it. Like is our govt. working with Iran right now against Isreal. Will they stand down like the SS did when the missles start to fly. Quite possible how crazy far left these people have drifted.
How do I get a password?
Have you tried doing a search? I will let you look around the site because you will learn more by doing it yourself.
For you who are outside of MO, you need to thoroughly investigate all aspects of Bailey. Not what you think he is, start w/ being an appointment by Gov. Parsons, identify that gentleman’s actions and financing. MO politics dominated by “rinos” and worse in yesterday’s primaries, open primaries allow democrats to romp in primary races, anti trump former politicians’ money and influence interfere greatly.
And he just won the primary:(
I voted for Will Scharf. Friend gave me list from a republican meeting and Bailey was listed as the one to vote for. I also think he did the big law suit to get his name in front of people.
3xALADY (love your screen name) Yeah, my research was showing he “fumbled” by missing a filing deadline that let Planned Parenthood skate (I think they were then able to escape a fine; I don’t have all the details at my fingertips). The pro-life issue has always been paramount for me, so I think it’s a bad sign he “fumbled” in Planned Parenthood’s favor.
Here’s a link that compiles some of the concerns in one place with its own hyperlinks (I’m unfamiliar with the website itself but the hyperlinks reflect what I was reading; the AG GOP primary was a race even the grassroots seemed a little unsure of, but Bailey’s track record on at least some dealings with
Planned Parenthood enunciated in the hyperlinks was what went into forming my option):
https://dailytorch.com/2024/05/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-keeps-rolling-over-for-planned-parenthood/
And from Breitbart, a similar analysis:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/30/exclusive-justin-smith-missouri-conservatives-have-a-clear-choice-for-attorney-general-in-trumps-attorney-will-scharf/
Based on such information, my opinion was Bailey was not following through on some crucial social issues. 🙁
-The easiest way to discredit Bailey was to point out he was appointed by Parsons.
-Bailey filed several big lawsuits that went nowhere but received plenty of media attention.
-For what it’s worth, attorneys and judges like and respect Bailey.
-Who knows if Bailey even won the Primary election last night? We cannot know. 27% of Missouri’s Votes cast in 2022 Federal election were not valid. There were 281,000 more ballots counted than voters who voted. That is what Sundance taught us to observe.
-I have the receipts. AG Bailey has the receipts. SOS Ashcroft has the receipts. They have been sent line by line detail of every single voter ID in question. They have done nothing.
-How can we trust Bailey with such a position? (This may be the few times I have had questions about a Sundance pick.)
-https://rumble.com/v59xr83-one-in-four-votes-in-missouri-2022-elections-came-from-a-facially-invalid-r.html
-https://x.com/UnitedSAmerican/status/1820473702510628896
Eric Schmitt, who is now a US Senator for Missouri, would be a better choice than Bailey. He was the AG for Missouri before he ran for the Senate seat. Like others, I am not enthusiastic about a Gov. Parsons endorsement of Bailey or for Kehoe who won the Republican primary for Governor. Schmitt challenged the White House on many issues, check his record.
When Sundance said it was a Missouri AG, I thought of Schmidt right away.