Report: Former CIA Chief James Woolsey to Serve as Donald Trump’s Senior National Sec

September 13, 2016

James Woolsey


James Woolsey, former CIA director during President Bill Clinton’s administration, has joined Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to serve as senior adviser on national security, intelligence and defense, Politico reported Monday. Brianna Ehley writes Woolsey cited Trump’s proposal to lift defense budget caps as the reason behind his decision to join the Republican candidate’s campaign.

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Simpleχity;1066309432 said:

Report: Former CIA Chief James Woolsey to Serve as Donald Trump’s Senior National Security Adviser




Trump calls the Iraq War a "disaster" (even though he initially supported it) and then hires one of the architects of the Iraq War as his national security/foreign policy adviser.

Woolsey was a key member of the Project for the New American Century which was a neoconservative think tank largely founded to encourage a second war with Iraq. Woolsey maintained that there existed a connection between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and 9/11. Woolsey also promoted the conspiracy theory that Saddam was also responsible for the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. Woolsey was an ardent supporter of Laurie Mylroie.

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Simpleχity;1066309432 said:

James Woolsey, former CIA director during President Bill Clinton’s administration,

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Woolsey was a key member of the Project for the New American Century which was a neoconservative think tank largely founded to encourage a second war with Iraq.

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Simpleχity;1066309432 said:

Trump calls the Iraq War a "disaster" (even though he initially supported it) ...

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Excon said:

iLOL
So he is well rounded and well qualified. ✔ Check.


Did you even listen to how he responded?
Trump responding off-the-cuff to a question with "Yeah I guessss...so?" is not any kind of unequivocal support.
It is actually foolish to even claim it is.

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Simpleχity;1066309432 said:

Report: Former CIA Chief James Woolsey to Serve as Donald Trump’s Senior National Security Adviser




Trump calls the Iraq War a "disaster" (even though he initially supported it) and then hires one of the architects of the Iraq War as his national security/foreign policy adviser.

Woolsey was a key member of the Project for the New American Century which was a neoconservative think tank largely founded to encourage a second war with Iraq. Woolsey maintained that there existed a connection between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and 9/11. Woolsey also promoted the conspiracy theory that Saddam was also responsible for the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. Woolsey was an ardent supporter of Laurie Mylroie.

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tres borrachos said:

You lost me at that last part.

Who is Laurie Mylroie?

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I barely remember Woolsey from his time in office.

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humbolt said:

You mean you don't know? :lamo I've never heard of her either. That makes me wonder if there's something else I might not know. :shock:

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Laurie Mylroie (born 1953) is an American author and analyst who has written extensively on Iraq and the War on Terror. The National Interest first published this work in an article entitled, "The World Trade Center Bombing: Who is Ramzi Yousef? And Why it Matters."[1] In her book Study of Revenge (2000), Mylroie laid out her argument that the Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein had sponsored the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and subsequent terrorist attacks. She claimed those attacks were part of an ongoing war that Saddam waged against America following the cease-fire to the 1991 Gulf War. Less than a year after her book was published, the September 11 attacks occurred. Mylroie subsequently adopted the view that Saddam had been responsible for the attacks, defending it on many occasions, including before the 9/11 Commission.[2]

Mylroie's writings are considered to have been influential among neoconservatives during the buildup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[3] Several of them praised Study of Revenge, including ex-CIA Director James Woolsey, who called it "brilliant and brave" in his blurb for the dust jacket of the book.[4]

Mylroie has been criticized by numerous terrorism experts, including Peter Bergen, Daniel Benjamin, and Dr. Robert S. Leiken, all of whom point out that Mylroie's theories rely on dubious assumptions and were thoroughly refuted by analysts and investigators at the CIA, the FBI, the NTSB, and other investigatory bodies.[5][6][7]

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Simpleχity;1066309632 said:

Wikipedia - Laurie_Mylroie

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Simpleχity;1066309632 said:

Wikipedia - Laurie_Mylroie

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humbolt said:

Okay. I've read none of her writings. Her conclusions, based on Wiki, sound a little strange. I'd have to do a lot of reading to see if there's evidence to actually back up those assertions. I can't comment on Woolsey's agreement with regard to her assertions. I have no idea what Woolsey might know that most of us never will.

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Simpleχity;1066309625 said:

Lol. "Mr. Outsider" Trump is loading up with Beltway Insiders.

Woolsey (age 74) is a neoconservative Democrat and war hawk. He was a disaster as CIA Director.

He wants to hang Edward Snowden, but is in favor of releasing the convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.

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Abbazorkzog said:

Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954) is a former intelligence analyst for the United States government. In 1987, as part of a plea agreement, Pollard pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act.​

My guess is the Israeli occupation in the West Bank will increase tenfold, and the Russian occupation of East Ukraine as well, if Trump becomes President.

Oh well, at least he'll be impeached for committing war crimes. Then Pence will takeover and subsequently get rekt by Warren in 2020.

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apdst said:

What war crimes?

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Abbazorkzog said:

See response in other thread.

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apdst said:

I asked here.

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Simpleχity;1066309625 said:

Lol. "Mr. Outsider" Trump is loading up with Beltway Insiders.

Woolsey (age 74) is a neoconservative Democrat and war hawk. He was a disaster as CIA Director.

He wants to hang Edward Snowden,

but is in favor of releasing the convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.

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Simpleχity;1066310017 said:

I'm a bit astonished that you and apparently others have never heard of Laurie Mylroie. She was an ideological touchstone for the Bush foreign policy team known as the Vulcans (Condoleezza Rice, Richard Armitage, Robert Blackwill, Stephen Hadley, Richard Perle, Dov Zakheim, Robert Zoellick, Paul Wolfowitz, and Scooter Libby). Other key Bush administration figures including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George P. Shultz and Colin Powell were also closely associated with the Vulcan group but were never actually members.

2004 article on Mylroie by journalist, documentary producer, and bestselling author Peter Bergen...

The Guardian - Did one woman's obsession take America to war?

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Simpleχity;1066309432 said:

Report: Former CIA Chief James Woolsey to Serve as Donald Trump’s Senior National Security Adviser




Trump calls the Iraq War a "disaster" (even though he initially supported it) and then hires one of the architects of the Iraq War as his national security/foreign policy adviser.

Woolsey was a key member of the Project for the New American Century which was a neoconservative think tank largely founded to encourage a second war with Iraq. Woolsey maintained that there existed a connection between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and 9/11. Woolsey also promoted the conspiracy theory that Saddam was also responsible for the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. Woolsey was an ardent supporter of Laurie Mylroie.

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Simpleχity;1066310017 said:

I'm a bit astonished that you and apparently others have never heard of Laurie Mylroie. She was an ideological touchstone for the Bush foreign policy team known as the Vulcans (Condoleezza Rice, Richard Armitage, Robert Blackwill, Stephen Hadley, Richard Perle, Dov Zakheim, Robert Zoellick, Paul Wolfowitz, and Scooter Libby). Other key Bush administration figures including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George P. Shultz and Colin Powell were also closely associated with the Vulcan group but were never actually members.

2004 article on Mylroie by journalist, documentary producer, and bestselling author Peter Bergen...

The Guardian - Did one woman's obsession take America to war?

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