A former top CIA official who served as the agency's station chief in Moscow is sharply criticizing his former boss, John Brennan, accusing him of doing Vladimir Putin's "Bidding" through his harsh attacks on President Trump.
Hoffman was reacting to a series of tweets and public statements the former CIA director has made in recent weeks after signing a contract to be a commentator for NBC News.In one tweet on March 17, Brennan reacted to Trump's apparent gloating about the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by writing about the president: "When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history."
In a March 21 appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Brennan said of Trump: "I think he is afraid of the president of Russia. One could speculate as to why. The Russians may have something on him personally that they could always roll out and make his life more difficult."
Who served as CIA station chief in Moscow during President Barack Obama's first term and later worked under Brennan as chief of the agency's Near East operations, was not dissuaded.
"Basically, accusing the president of being subject to blackmail by Vladimir Putin is an extraordinarily strong statement to make and carries with it a lot of damage."The people hearing that - the viewers, not just in our country but worldwide - would presume that John Brennan, based on his former position, would actually know the answer to that question.
The article got attention because Hoffman is the first CIA insider to publicly call out Brennan over his postgovernment comments.
To be sure, Brennan is not the only former U.S. intelligence official to publicly criticize Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-top-cia-official-brennan-putins-bidding-speculating-trump-blackmail-125035334.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
Hoffman was reacting to a series of tweets and public statements the former CIA director has made in recent weeks after signing a contract to be a commentator for NBC News.In one tweet on March 17, Brennan reacted to Trump's apparent gloating about the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by writing about the president: "When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history."
In a March 21 appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Brennan said of Trump: "I think he is afraid of the president of Russia. One could speculate as to why. The Russians may have something on him personally that they could always roll out and make his life more difficult."
Who served as CIA station chief in Moscow during President Barack Obama's first term and later worked under Brennan as chief of the agency's Near East operations, was not dissuaded.
"Basically, accusing the president of being subject to blackmail by Vladimir Putin is an extraordinarily strong statement to make and carries with it a lot of damage."The people hearing that - the viewers, not just in our country but worldwide - would presume that John Brennan, based on his former position, would actually know the answer to that question.
The article got attention because Hoffman is the first CIA insider to publicly call out Brennan over his postgovernment comments.
To be sure, Brennan is not the only former U.S. intelligence official to publicly criticize Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-top-cia-official-brennan-putins-bidding-speculating-trump-blackmail-125035334.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews
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