Memo to Donald Trump - Restructure the CIA Before They Kill You

In an effort to invalidate the election results, the CIA has claimed the Russian government intervened to help elect Donald Trump win.

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House - Washington Post, December 9, 2016

'The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.

Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials. Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton’s chances.

“It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” said a senior U.S. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to U.S. senators. “That’s the consensus view.”'

Let's put aside how the CIA has a history of lying to the public since its inception, they even lie to their own employees!!


‘Eyewash’: How the CIA deceives its own workforce about operations - Washington Post, January 31, 2016

'Senior CIA officials have for years intentionally deceived parts of the agency workforce by transmitting internal memos that contain false information about operations and sources overseas, according to current and former U.S. officials who said the practice is known by the term “eyewash.”

Agency veterans described the tactic as an infrequent but important security measure, a means of protecting vital secrets by inserting fake communications into routine cable traffic while using separate channels to convey accurate information to cleared recipients.

But others cited a significant potential for abuse. Beyond the internal distrust implied by the practice, officials said there is no clear mechanism for labeling eyewash cables or distinguishing them from legitimate records being examined by the CIA’s inspector general, turned over to Congress or declassified for historians.

Senate investigators uncovered apparent cases of eyewashing as part of a multi-year probe of the CIA’s interrogation program, according to officials who said that the Senate Intelligence Committee found glaring inconsistencies in CIA communications about classified operations, including drone strikes.'

Nothing would stop CIA staff from lying to any future president.

Fortunately, Mr. Trump has chosen to limit the number of briefings he has received from this corrupt organization. After seeing it morph into a spy agency that overthrew governments, President Truman actually regretted its founding. President Kennedy allegedly said he wanted to smash the CIA 'into a thousand pieces'.

My recommendation to Mr. Trump is to restructure the CIA and move all intelligence operations under direction of the Defense Department. Better for Mr. Trump to kill this organization before they kill him.