Only a small number of Americans understand the relationship between the U.S. State Dept (DoS) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). However, as more people understand how these two agencies operate, then people have a much more accurate context for how both agencies are viewed by the rest of the world.
Almost every deployed CIA operative has a cover profile within the State Dept. The foreign service missions of the DoS and CIA are so enmeshed there is literally no way to separate the functions of their agencies. [Go back to the Benghazi Attack for an operational reference] CIA/DoS have to be viewed through the prism of connection.
To better understand this concept, I use the following metaphor:
♦ 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.
The tables and chairs are assigned by the Maitre D’ according to their value. Countries viewed as more important get the best tables. The menus offered to each nation are completely different. Israel has a table in the kitchen. To get the best experience, tips (bribes) are required for everyone, from the parking valets outside, to the sommelier, to the server. Currently, Ukraine is the biggest tipper.
On the oversight aspect the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is the control mechanism to approve/install the Secretary of State. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is the control mechanism to approve/install the CIA Director. Everything therein and thereafter is a system of pretending it is something else.
The Dept of State (DoS) is so large there’s no way of addressing the inherent institutional corruption. The Secretary of State can control a small portion of DoS operations, but that’s usually only the geopolitical stuff we see discussed on television, in print media or in press conferences. The business functions of the DoS take place within a network of carefully guarded silos.
Perhaps, the first step in advancing an American-First policy, is to just stop the various administrative offices within the Dept of State from doing anything, literally anything. The challenge within DoS is massive, complex and complicated. I’m genuinely not sure what the Executive Branch mechanism is to do it, but we need to close the restaurant for a few months and do a deep cleaning.
On the back of the operation is the kitchen, the CIA.
It is a popular DC sentiment to say the CIA Director is the most powerful person within the intelligence apparatus. As the viewpoint is shared, it is the established secrecy within the mandate of the institution that gives them power.
Essentially, the CIA was created to be a place where dark arts (lying, spying, manipulation, tradecraft) would be approved and used at the discretion of the institutional leadership. As a consequence, there is no check on the CIA operational agenda. They are permitted by function and mandate, to lie to everyone about what they are doing; this includes the Office of the President.
Because they are essentially an unchecked intelligence silo within a government that has allowed the institution to hold unilateral power and self-policing, the CIA has a power within the apparatus unlike any other member. Inside the business model of foreign policy as a restaurant, the CIA are in control of the kitchen.
Together the DoS/CIA operate a shadow government, looking out for their best interest while generating power through large multinational institutions (corporations), spy agencies (5-eyes), banks, non-governmental agencies (NGAs) and various influence operations.
The activity of the CIA/DoS construct takes place regardless of who is president. Any hope of busting up this corrupt system is going to take a lot of strategic pounding while confronting the supportive element within the Senate at the same time. [Note this is why repealing the 17th amendment would make the work infinitely easier – and also why the 17th amendment was created by banking interests.]
When you stand back and look at the challenge of confronting the DoS and CIA, you can easily see why the Emissary was the first most important person I noted. If you are going to confront the domestic corruption within the DoS, you need the Emissary as a contact for specific foreign government leaders.
Under my sketch, the foreign policy of the USA shifts away from Foggy Bottom and directly back to the White House. This provides space to destroy the system through domestic confrontation. A new State Dept Secretary is going to have to push intensely and forcefully to support the goals of President Trump while understanding the internal effort is going to be much less glamorous, but historically far more important.
♦ The Secretary of State needs to have an understanding of the scale of the system underneath them, a comprehensive understanding of the opposition they will face from within that system, and the fortitude to keep playing whac-a-mole until the heads of the sub-silos are slowly removed. The person in this role needs to be a ‘high energy, smart, multitasker.’ The odds are all against them.
♦ The CIA Director needs the same type of understanding, and an impenetrable ability to put the USA interests above the interests of anyone else who has a table in the kitchen. Given the relationships within the aligned Western Intelligence Services, this is going to be a nerve-wracking challenge. As much as I want the CIA candidate to know the scale of the problem they will face, in one important way it might be more beneficial if the person didn’t know the scale of opposition they will face. This is a dark place.
This is a four-year plunge into one of the most corrupt enterprises at the heart of the DC swamp. The DoS/CIA are the guards of the drain. The drain is underneath decades of bile, silt, muck, scum, filth and horrible stuff.
Our candidates for these jobs need to be high-energy and full of equal parts determination, fortitude, piss and vinegar.
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If many of these Alphabet Agencies like the CIA were not Constitutionally authorized meaning they are not part of the original or amended Constitution why would the heads of these agencies need Senate approval???
Makes no sense!
Because the legislation that created them under the auspice of the Constitution built in Congressional approvals to provide “oversight.” I agree Joe, the President is the Executive, recently affirmed by SCOTUS. So, in that context, Congress should not have any authority over whom is selected….but Congress and others have ignored the Constitution for decades.
It happens because of Article !!, Section 2, para 2 of the Constitution.
“He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The laws enacting the alphabet agencies give the President the authority to appoint people to certain positions, but also requires that the Senate approve those appointments.
I believe that in the case of the Senate rejecting the approval of the desired candidate, POTUS can install an interim for a period of one year without Senate approval.
Article II, Section 2, Clause 3:
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Current Senate Rules say they shall be considered “in session” so long as a “call to order” is made once every three working days. If these “pro-forma” sessions do not occur, the Senate is considered in recess and the President may exercise the recess appointment process outlined above.
And that scumbag McConnell made certain there was not ONE recess during all of President Trump’s first term. Think that wasn’t deliberate?
I agree on your choices.
Grenell is loyal and has an understanding of the corruption in the State Department.
Harriet appears to be a person that once given a task, she will be relentless in getting to the bottom and digging through the details. She appears to be a no nonsense get the job done type of lady!😬
I wouldn’t want to go up against her.
While both Grenell & Harriet are good choices, they both need equally tough underlings to eliminate problems
Clay Higgins would be glad to help.
I like Harriet, she’s smart focused doesn’t countenance fools.
I like Ely Crane, straight shooting patriot. Served his country. ☺️
Good choices if they will accept the challenges. There might be some great changes coming if these kinds of appointments are made!
YES !!! Love both.
Grenell seems the obvious choice but I do really like the idea of Hageman for CIA. But we do need Grenell. He’s been loyal and a strong advocate for us.
Thank you Brother and all who support you I respect your ability in choosing these folks. My Family and I will be praying for you. How can we send you a monthly stipend as I use your site daily. God Bless
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I’ve taken the time to read the comments. Everyone is fine with Ric.
It’s 50/50 with Harriet.
I’m from her state. Wyoming. I’d first like to say please don’t do this to Harriet. She’s too nice a person. It took a LOT to go up against Liz Cheney and that machinery in a state with only 586,000 people of which half can vote. Everyone knows Everyone. It’s like the Andy Griffin show. If you move out of your place either socially or class you’re still forever known as what you were. People are real big on saying they are 5th generation Wyoming at the same town. New people coming in are slotted in accordingly.
So when I read that Harriet backed the Kevin McCarthy after just getting there that shouldn’t be taken as a negative. She just committed a revolution in Wyoming. And then to get to DC she’s asked to throw in for another? No. 1 was enough for the state. And she knew that.
Please don’t take her from us. We don’t have many like her. I’d like to see her as a senator.
What about Rep Massie if he can make it through his own election, or Andy Biggs?
hard no to rino’s Massie or Biggs
Biggs and Massie are RINO…?
NO. They are not.
They are among the few who are fighting against the swamp.
I would also put Gosar on that …among the few.
It was Gosar and Biggs who actually had the fortitude to stand fast during Jan 6 and contested the election results… while many others cowered and shivered in fear. Cowards.
Massie and Biggs voted against sending our money to foreign countries..since we are 34Trillion in debt. Gosar has been saying for years to end all foreign aid.
Correct.
They do what they can, when they can. Sometimes circumstances prevent them from going full bore TRUMP, but they are all MAGA leaning.
Massie and Biggs shouldn’t be at the same level of comparison. I have not heard Biggs denounce DJT in any way and he’s fully MAGA.
Massie was quick to jump ship for DeSanctis.
And Roy. Compared support of Trump to being in a cult.
Gosar is a good one. He impressed me as much as Jordan let me down by contesting election results. Not flashy or attention seeking like other Texas politicians. Eye patch and Teddy immediately come to mind.
This is about more than just Wyoming. Wyoming won’t exist in the manner you are familiar with if things are not fixed. People need to step up or step out.
Spot on PRH! Kay is right – Wy is a microcosm but is easy to miss the changes when you are enmeshed inside. It’s not like it used to be and very few deals are done on a handshake anymore. This is warfare of a deadly nature – Spiritual warfare and we all better be prepared to fight outside our comfort zones. We cannot pretend Wy. Is the way it was. Its not!!! Fight Fight Fight!!! May God bless you all.
The revolution was 5 Republicans siding with Gaetz and all dims to install McCarthy’s more congenial twin. She did nothing wrong there.
As informative and fun as these posts have been, we cannot be distracted by them. Trump has not been elected, yet. We need a gameplan to get him elected. The post on the ballot issue in Wisconsin is a great example of the beginnings of such. We need something like this for every state and people in each state to carry it out. Up until Ronna (GOP) chairwomen was removed, the GOPe was doing nothing to help with election irregularities including ballots. I hope that it is not too late for the current GOP chairpeople to rectify this. Otherwise, these posts about Trump’s ideal cabinet will remain an ideal, a fantasy, a dream of what might have been. Treepers, it is time to wake up and smell the coffee. We need to hit the sidewalks in our neighborhoods, talking about the Biden/Harris disaster of an economy, an overrun border, and lawless streets in our cities and towns, etc. The shock of the ass@ssin@tion attempt has passed. The Dims have someone now without dementia who they can at least rally behind. This election is far from over, it really has just started. We need to elect Trump and exert every effort to that cause. Once he has been re-elected, then we can discuss the best personnel to have around him to bring about a return to sanity and the America we all want.
So much to do, so little time.
Having these staffing discussions now is wise and time well spent– and, we prayer warriors appreciate the opportunity to get busy tilling the soil and doing our own independent research. I’m thankful for the participatory nudge.
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What good are staffing discussions if he doesn’t get elected?
Now is the time for vetting and discussion. Hit the ground running on January 20th.
Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
vetting has been going on for at least a year
They serve an additional purpose.
WE all get a reminder of the necessary roles to fill and their functions.
We get an opportunity to consider who is best at this time.
We see how clearly that not every one is cut out to do the job and the field of applicants is narrow and shallow.
So in the end, we can see that more qualified persons need to consider running for office.
Jeez o’ Pete’s….are you Patriot Front, Antifa, or Tampon Tim’s tampon?
Could just be someone who doesn’t think things through, much…
Or maybe you all are sleepwalking, or wishful thinking, to a lost election.
Calling me names is not helpful. I am clearly concerned that people are getting the cart before the horse, P.R. Understanding what type of people are vital for which jobs in the government is great but again, if we lose focus on the main thing – the election – all of the “understanding” will come to nothing. And we will lose out country as well.
I don’t think having these discussions about potential staffing is going to have an effect on election outcome.
Nor is your constant harping or goading or admonishments going to either.
These periodic discussions are a fun excercise.
In the immortal words of Sargent Hulka, “Lighten up Francis.”
What good is it if Trump gets elected but has no staff to be immediately put into place?
If he doesn’t already have a list of vetted people by now, we will have a re-run of 2016’s staff, which were a disaster. But again, if he does’t get elected all of this is moot.
You make a valid point. You don’t need to make it with so many different people.
Good grief, stop.
Trump’s first term was hampered by poor staffing choices. This is proactive thought provoking discourse. Who knows maybe some ideas make their way to where needed.
Again he must first be elected president.
Then, close your computer and go do something productive to ensure he wins.
I am, what are you doing besides being snarky?
If lighting a fire under the smart folks here is your plan, it is falling on deaf ears.
Don’t mean me.
Oh my goodness…
I was wondering about that. Thank you for the reminder.
There is no question he is the choice of the people. The only question about getting him elected is getting an election honest enough to let the people speak. That is indeed a serious problem, but the biggest factor in it is getting everyone to realize there is no other candidate out there with any popularity.
You can’t go by polls. Go by how many organic (on the property of a real person, not an organization) signs there are for Trump vs. signs for Biden/Harris/whoever comes out of the convention.
Well get out there and do some campaigning for him then
Don’t think for a moment PT is waiting till he’s elected.
I have a hard time of seeing Harriet Hageman with anything to do with the CIA given her relationship, friendship with the Cheney family. There’s just no way Mr. Cheney would not be able to immediately find a way to compromise not necessarily her integrity but certainly of family members or close business associates.
but, just an opinion from the keyboard class.
I trust RG more. Not trying to be contrary. Think CIA director is more powerful position. Switch the two?
A good thought considering Bessie2003 directly above!
For what it is worth, and in this case it might be a great deal, Ric Grenell has proven himself to be loyal to President Trump through thick and thin. Loyalty deserves to be rewarded, particularly since in Grenell’s case it is backed by a very sharp mind and a solid work ethic.
The only way Ukraine is the biggest tipper, is because of our tax dollars., which are used for illegal activities, like human trafficking, drug running, gain of function in biolabs, propping up Ukrainian Oligarchs, Ukrainian pensions, etc.Out right fraud and racketeering against the American people. Our tax dollars fraudulently spent bring in billions to the CIA black ops, plus the money laundering that touches every operation brings billions back to the Uniparty campaigns which support candidates who will keep the loop going. Win win for everybody but the American people.
We are paying their teacher’s salaries and their firemen’s.
Defense contractors getting paid with our tax dollars.
When we allow peace to break out or Trump elected……. Blackrock will make 100’s of billions of our tax dollars rebuilding country our defense industry destroyed.
Money laundering #cheme starts to make sense.
The Marshall Plan on meth, steroids, and bath salts.
Good analogy.
This evil restaurant is serving kabobs in Bangladeshi today.
I like it!
Would like to see Harriet as Senate majority leader one day. CIA Director needs to be a stone cold killer. Give this lady some time to grow, look for St. Michael the archangel to take the CIA where it needs to go. He is out there. My guess is he is not famous- yet.
…a fire must consume the kitchen. Remodel & update.
Commissioned career officers at State, DOD, and the “foreign service” side of Commerce, Agriculture, and Treasury, receive Presidential commissions, with the advise and consent of the Senate, which read, “and exercise such office at the pleasure of the President of the United States.” Personnel actions concerning these career officers are handled by the respective agency personnel rules and regulations. The commissions of non-career officers or those where the career officer is commissioned for a “political” position, read, “and exercise such office at the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.” As a general rule, those working in the “silo” don’t have commissions but are hired/fired under standard civil service procedures. As far as I know, in the “alphabet” agencies, under the guise of “security”, only the director and deputy director occupy Presidential Appointment/Senate Confirmed positions. You can immediately see the problem every incoming President faces.
Tucker for CIA Director.
Obviously.
I like Harriet Hageman a lot. Don’t want to see another Stansfield Turner. The Company worked around him, from what I hear.
Wow, between your recent mapping adventure, these expertly written job descriptions with challenges outlined, and the brilliant selections for each post, I am finally feeling optimistic about the future. We can win this!
I graduated from college last summer and at 65 I have had a good job for one year now (today is the one year anniversary). My daughter is back in college this fall. A lot for me financially.
However, nothing is going to last for long unless we secure this election and turn the country around.
Right now the work you are doing is going to help make that happen. I opened a PayPal account yesterday and set up a monthly contribution here that I plan to increase over time. Everyone here should be doing this!
I hope you get to Georgia with the mapping. Some friends and I can’t wait to help out with that part. Election integrity is key.
DoS/CIA do what they do because there is a mountain of cash thrown at them, and Congress allegedly holds the purse strings. Congress needs to grow some backbone and starve the beast, but they cannot because there are too many of them that are terminally compromised. Any time IC budgets are threatened, the intel squirrels invite select members into the SCIF for a secret squirrel briefing, from which the Congress critters emerge and declare that the IC absolutely must have every cent they requested (if not more!) or our entire way of life will end.
Grenell/Hageman would be a great one-two punch, but there are so many lying liars at every level in DoS/CIA that how are they to know they’re not just being lied to some more? How many James Clappers are there? The government is infested with Lois Lerners who don’t need to be told what to do because they just know.
Flushing all these turds is a generational project, which is what I emphasized during discussions about the importance of PDJT’s VP choice.
Think Congress controls the IC budget?
Schedule F is a start.
Due to time constraints I have not been able to keep up with the staffing articles, but I would love to see Mike Benz and Dan Bongino on the list, they seem to be knowledgable, competent and fervently patriotic.
I haven’t thought this through, but maybe Dan Bongino #2 at CIA???
Bongino needs to be director of Secret Service. Love the the idea of Grinnell and Hagerman. I wonder if Sundance has enough connections to get his recommendations into ears that can make it happen.
Up until his recent takes on SS, I always thought he was kinda of a semi Rooster/Trey Gowdy but with a show on Sirius(?).
What do I know?
My picks exactly before I got to the bottom of the post.
It sucks that it it’s so difficult to wade through the chaff to find the right selections. So many choices with so few true MAGA trustees!
Not sure where she fits in but if you want piss and vinegar look to Victoria Spartz. She is accused of being erratic but that could be a benefit in let’s say UN ambassador. Is that under secretary of state?
In responding to her vote against Ukraine aid she said “It is actually offensive and un-American to think that as an American my loyalty would not be to the people who elected me to represent them and to my family and children back home in Indiana, but to some foreign government in the country I left 24 years ago.”
She is also a tea party member. Just throwing a possibility out there. https://www.spartzforcongress.com/about/
Mike Rogers Adm USN (Ret) for CIA Director. He knows where most of the bodies are buried.
Nope, while I commend his exposing some of the rot, he did not stick around to help expose the bodies nor assist in righting the ship.
Here’s a link to one of those:
https://team8.vc/
It just so happens Don Jr. Is about to launch a Trump stablecoin.
Hmmm.
🤔
Maybe he didn’t walk away, maybe he was redeployed?
It is ok to make bank. Working for main street in a town like DC is an expensive hobby. Rogers executed the duty for which de was assigned, Believe the 3 letters in question would be terrified at his appointment.
You and Paprika have a couple of unique names I noticed today.
So the Big Club entourage went in procession, and everyone in the streets said, “How incomparable wonderful they are! How filled with virtue they are! How brilliant they are. How they love the American people! How selfless they are! How well they look out after us!!! How they so keep their word!” Few would let it be perceived that they could not really detect the slightest evidence for any of this, for that would have shown that they were not fit for their positions or were very stupid or were a Big Club wonderfulness denier or even worse, a Vulgarian void of all virtue.
“But all the Big Club ever does is just lie, cheat, line their own pockets, steal and crap all over the country!!! Someday I will have to fix all this! ” a young child named Donald cried out at last. “Just hear what my Donald says!” said the father Fred, and one whispered to another what the young Donald had said. “Hey, the kid’s right!!!” said the whole of all the sane people there at length. That touched the members of the Big Club for inside they knew the young Donald was right; but the thought within themselves was, “We must go through with telling all the lies or the days of our feeding on the American people will be over. We dare not do otherwise” And so even as more and more of the people were scornfully laughing out loud at them, the members of the Big Club further increased their lies and venom even further and very heatedly proclaimed their patriotism and virtue, which did not exist at all.
what is difference between Emissary and PleniPotentiary?
Different colored trim on their togas? Missed class that day….
I really don’t know.
So many people seem to have the perfect mindset/skillset…until they expose themselves- in some cases years later. I hope these selections are not choices on paper. Is Sundance personally vouching for his choices?
DC itself is a filthy swamp of citizens. Break up the DoS into it’s sub parts and scatter the offices all over the flyover areas of the USA. There will be a much better selection of talented and trustworthy employees.
DoS has embassies and many consulates in every country in the world.
Maybe go read the agency website for 5 minutes before the hot take?
So what? You think DC has a better work force then? I got news for you, DC is a shithole. And the embassies? Isn’t Chelsea Clinton looking for a position in one?
You didn’t read Alex’s post did you? Jeez.
Both sentences.
Then you didn’t comprehend them. Reading and comprehending are two different things. Your comment points to you didn’t comprehend.
I don’t disagree with the assertion of your post. I’m 100% aligned with it. However, your comment is either purposely ignoring the point he’s making or it went over your head.
Whether they are located in DC, in Timbuktu North Dakota, the middle of nowhere Montana, the hill jack hilsl of Ohio, or any other place with red blooded Americans, they will put those who come from the communist mills known as the Ivy into them regardless, unless the head of the snake is cut off and it dies while being replaced with something else….which even then….could still be a snake.
Thanks for your condescending and useless waste of bandwidth explanation. I know how the DoS works, or rather, doesn’t. I’ll keep on the high road here and not refer to you a complete rectum.
Isn’t your accusatory reply to PRH exactly the same thing you did to Alex?
Rules for thee but not for me??
Just sayin
I’m a counterpuncher. Alex didn’t comprehend my first post and took a cheap shot. Then PRH posts a lengthier, even cheaper shot. And now you want to join in and make it a dogpile? Y’all are some brave dudes.
Alex comprehended you just fine. And he was correct in his assessment of ignorance.
FAFO
Bailey, hang in there man. These three are smart and you acquitted yourself well.
I’ve been on the receiving end from 2 of them before. Perhaps deservedly.
Not taking sides here. Enjoyed the exchange.
Pot meet kettle.
Drain Foggy Bottom. And decide which embassies or consulates should stay open. Start by assuming they shouldn’t.
I’m not advocating for isolationism, well I am kinda, but we need to end State Department’s constant meddling in the affairs of other countries. State Department does more harm than good.
It’s budget needs to be slashed. Activities curtailed. They’re just did regime in Bangladesh. Muslims running around killing people.
Bunch of shit stirring Ivy League poofs.
Working hand in glove with an agency set up by a bunch real Nazis.
What could go wrong?
Good observation!
Would be hard to close embassies due to diplomatic relations, BUT, consulates, yes. They are CIA weigh stations.
I think you are close on ‘isolationism.’ It wouldn’t so much be isolated as stopping the foreign aid and sell out of America. The tariffs thing by Trump would be a good mediating solution to the problem of ‘free trade’ vs ‘isolationism,’ imo.
On the Ivys, absolutely. Too much nepotism, cronyism and IC recruiting.
Cultures have become insular. Should say they have stayed insular. Not good.
My only point re Hageman is… I know she has a very strong voice in the different committees she’s in, but so was the rooster haircut guy. Did she accomplish anything above and beyond her peers besides strong worded letters and emphatic speeches?
I don’t know… betcha SD knows, but I wish he’d tell us.
In any case, I trust SD’s analysis so…
I kept mentioning her in the comments….excellent idea. And Grenell? Outstanding.
If you haven’t seen Jeffrey Sachs’ discussion with Tucker Carlson, then you should! Sachs very much tells the story of US as the bad guy with names, dates, references, and underlying motivations.
Thank you Caius for this amazing link.
I suggest Jeffrey Sachs for SoS, and if not possible Director of USAID where he would do a world of good.
Devin Nuñez for CIA Director.
Add Bangladesh to the list. We just overthrew the government of the tenth most populous country in the world.
The solution for this problem is actually very simple: sell all the embassies and consulates! Admit that we are broke and sell all that valuable real estate. For state dept functions, house staff in joint ventured consulates with other english speaking countries that are also broke and need to reduce their expenditures in foreign countries!
Finally got around to reading this…EXCELLENT choices!!
Oh I hope the Trump people are watching!!!
give Harriett that position and she will rip the deep state apart like a dog shreds a stuffed toy. She’s a bulldog.
Okay. I’m like O for 6 on Sundance picks — but I screwed up after typing in Devin Nunes for one of them (that Sundance ultimately picked) and replaced him with somebody.
So I’m calling it: 1 for 6 …
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I think many of the choices promoted on CTH reflect the no-nonsense, “non-pretending” evaluation of performance and consistency in office and service from a recent and historical viewpoint. High government positions all have drawbacks that any chosen individual might not be able to handle or accept. Nonetheless, I have enjoyed the thorough and thoughtful presentation of this topic from Sundance.
I was once 2nd choice for a high level NIH administrator job. The section leader who “recruited” me said I should try again next year as that was how he got his position with perseverance and willingness to keep trying. Maybe 20 years ago I would have done that but instead I took a part-time position at another prestigious medical school and ended my career being part of a team that published work on an exciting new treatment in my research field. There are a lot of smart good people out there and I was glad to be a part of it all.
Interesting.
I wonder where you would put Allen West? I have met him. He has an unbelievable knowledge of the threat Islamic Jihad has to our country and civilization. He has loyalty and courage and smarts. I would like to see his talent and devotion to the country used in a new administration.
Again, I would hope that there is some faction of patriot spooks willing to act against the Marxist core of our IC if the door is open. Unfortunately, there is no opportunity for an outsider to spot a true White Hat— covers being what covers are — so set the stage for and support a color revolution within the Deep State. Truth be told, best case this will be a generational fight against domestic enemies while foreign enemies watch closely. As optimistic as I want to be, there is only so much of this swamp that can be drained as long as they control the technology gap and breaking that means breaking society as we know it. Not that that is not an option but I (and my grandkids) would prefer they work this out amongst themselves.
“If you want to kick the tiger in his back, you better have a plan to deal with his teeth” -Tom Clancy
Great article again Sundance.
A perfect example of their operation was the coup in Bangladesh this week where the President who refused to join the American sponsored anti Russian mob, was removed after Mrs Nuland paid a ‘state visit’.
Sundance has been so spot on with every pick in this series of posts it just knocks me down on my ass. Some I could see coming, some not, but please God, guide PDJT’s mind and hand to choose at least some of Sundance’s picks.
I like Hageman but would prefer a man with proven combat experience who is familiar with real risk and unphased by it. I don’t have Sundance’s playbook visibility but that’s the quality I’d be looking for. The intent should be to dismantle and rebrand this rogue dysfunctional organization. I’d start with the termination of the absolutely worthless analysts first.
Cmon guys. You’re both pretty.
It is possible for two ideas to be simultaneously true. It is true that the government hasn’t announced who will be installed as President yet. And it is also true that if Trump gets reelected that he has a big row to hoe.
In fact, getting re-elected is the EASY PART.
You can’t understand how hard the former is until you understand the latter.
Great analogy. In the past I thought it could be crushed by cutting off the funding but we all know how that worked out lately with speaker Johnston wusing out regarding Ukaraine. I then realized it doen’t matter because the CIA has all of it’s dark money enterprises with a revenue stream that is most likely greater than the US treasury’s and therefore you can’t get rid of the hemorrhoid with a rubber band procedure. There has to be an epic palace coup that involves the military and you know how that always turns out. We are doomed until the End Times.
If less than 10 individuals in DC understand the depth of corruption and info siloing, how is this understanding passed to Trump and his advisors?
If I’m not misreading the simplified restaurant analogy, wouldn’t this make the DoS/CIA the core of the 4th branch of government? They literally buy and sell wars, spin off new spy agencies to target internal dynamics (FBI, DHS, NSA), cooperate with foreign nations for money, and don’t answer to anyone in the United States government. Again, if I’m reading correctly, the DoS/CIA is perhaps the biggest Swamp Hydra head, steering all the others from the shadows. And they’ve had decades to work without anyone realizing what they were.
If this is true, then they are perhaps a task too big for one administration. Even starving them as suggested is going to be highly dangerous.
I could not agree more on both recommendations!!
Laos
1964 to 1974
CIA 1964 new to drug trade but used it to fund themselves by 1974 big operation,
Now Boss Hog of world wide drug trade !
$$ and power
My recommendation is Robert Kennedy Jr. for CIA Director.
He’s currently working for them. 🙁
Glad I saw this!
Pollsters are finally admitting what you have said all along. Kennedy’s participation in the race is hurting DJT.
It fits in well with this.
I’m not much iinto naming names or who’s who but I would like to suggest that President Trump keep his strongest, most loyal, and American first people here at home for environment, immigration, three letter agencies such as the ones Sundance has written regarding and so on. We need to rule the roost in DC and let the rest of the world have the second string. Stop depending on congress because we have few friends there.
I agree with Sundance’s assessment of CIA and State being key players, although Hageman was not on my radar as a one term congresswoman, rancher and lawyer. She did remove Cheney so she’s likely one tough hombre.
The SoS and CIA Director are the “deep state” intelligence controllers that rule the roost in DC and around the world. Without repealing the 17th amendment via Brunson or military tribunals, getting past the “banker’s controlled” Senate is going to be a nutcracker. I can see that it may take some musical chairs of those already senate confirmed to be moved into positions of need.
Grenell for SOS should get past the Senate after his effectiveness as the Ambassador to Germany and acting DNI. He has done nothing to detract from his appointments before or after his time in government. I have a hard time believing that the Senate would let Hageman go through without a fight, as the Cheney clan and backers will stab her not only in the back but the front, sides, top and bottom to get even.