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2025-08-21 Home Front: Politix

Former CIA director Burns calls Trump firings of U.S. workers ‘’a war on...expertise’’

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [260 views ] Top

#1 Burn's career matches the rise of the weaponization of the CIA. What he calls expertise, I would call corruption. We don’t need intelligence professionals running disinformation ops in CONUS. If he still has a clearance, I would like to see his removed.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-08-21 05:42|| 2025-08-21 05:42|| Front Page Top

#2 an intentionally traumatizing way

I voted for that

Posted by Frank G 2025-08-21 05:46|| 2025-08-21 05:46|| Front Page Top

#3 I enjoy watching the fake empathy from people with no empathy for those not aligned politically.

Posted by Airandee 2025-08-21 06:36|| 2025-08-21 06:36|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Burn's career matches the rise of the weaponization of the CIA. What he calls expertise, I would call corruption.

But they are so much wiser than we commoners.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-21 07:41|| 2025-08-21 07:41|| Front Page Top

#5 You mean when you missed the collapse of the Soviet Union or you bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia or Saddam's invasion of Kuwait or....

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-08-21 08:04|| 2025-08-21 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 One of the problems with leaving any large organization is thinking that the organization will miss you when you're gone.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-08-21 08:14|| 2025-08-21 08:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Ha! No truer words ever spoken. "Large organization".....seven or more people.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-08-21 08:21|| 2025-08-21 08:21|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 One of the problems with leaving any large organization is thinking that the organization will miss you when you're gone.
Posted by ed in texas

Yup. If you believe that, go on a 3-4 week vacation and see if it collapses

Posted by Frank G 2025-08-21 09:30|| 2025-08-21 09:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Tulsi Gabbard announces plans to cut intelligence staff by half

"Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold."

Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-21 10:12|| 2025-08-21 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Tulsi Gabbard announces plans to cut intelligence staff by half and double their collective IQ?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-21 10:14|| 2025-08-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#11 If they are working against us to the benefit of our enemies, I'd say they started the war.

Posted by Silentbrick 2025-08-21 11:11|| 2025-08-21 11:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Tulsi Gabbard announces plans to cut intelligence staff by half and double their collective IQ?

Because none of us are as dumb as all of us.

Posted by SteveS 2025-08-21 11:22|| 2025-08-21 11:22|| Front Page Top

#13 Considering most are bloated behemoths... and that was the take after 9/11 and it has only gotten worse... go for it.

Fire them all

Posted by DarthVader 2025-08-21 16:59|| 2025-08-21 16:59|| Front Page Top

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