Friday, November 18, 2016

REPORT Trump Picks Mike Pompeo to Head the CIA

The Koch brothers are in the house.

What you need to know about Pompeo:

He is a member of the House of Representatives from Kansas.

Pompeo received $80,000 in donations from Koch Industries and its employees.

Pompeo opposes closing Guantánamo Bay detention camp. After a 2013 visit to the prison, Pompeo said, of the prisoners who were on hunger strike, "It looked to me like a lot of them had put on weight."

In a 2013 speech on the House floor, Pompeo said Muslim leaders who fail to denounce acts of terrorism done in the name of Islam are "potentially complicit" in the attacks.

Pompeo supports the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, characterizing the agency's efforts as "good and important work."In March 2014, Pompeo denounced NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's inclusion in the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, and called for Snowden's invitation to speak via telecast at the annual Texas event be withdrawn, lest it encourage “lawless behavior” among attendees.

(via Wikipedia)

UPDATE

Via The New York Post:

Mike Pompeo accepts job as CIA director

UPDATE 2

UPDATE 3

Via The New York Times

He has close ties to Wichita-based Koch Industries...

5 comments:

  1. And the drums of war ignite!

    What? We're already at war? Been at war for the last 12 years?

    Same as it ever was.

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  2. Keep 'em going, Robert.

    This is why, despite believing Trump to be the lesser of two evils (as i still do), it is nevertheless both stupid and immoral to support or vote for them.

    Whatever Trump and his team does, libertarians who voted for him have their signatures underneath their actions.

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  3. In a 2013 speech on the House floor, Pompeo said Muslim leaders who fail to denounce acts of terrorism done in the name of Islam are "potentially complicit" in the attacks.

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    Got to love the support for Soviet/Al Sharpton style of collective guilt and punishment by those claim to correctly hate socialism.

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  4. Vox Day is excited: The Trump administration is looking more glorious by the day and the God-Emperor hasn't even Ascended yet. Both Trump and Pence are showing themselves to be serious men of grim purpose and action, and while it is too soon to hail them on any accomplishments as yet, things are looking better than I had ever imagined.

    UPDATE: The God-Emperor has chosen Jeff Sessions for Attorney-General. Great choice. Now set him loose to DRAIN THE SWAMP.

    UPDATE: The Sessions (AG), Flynn (National Security Adviser) and Pompeo (CIA) announcements are to be formally announced later today. First Bannon, now this? The legions are practically shaking with anticipation.


    http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/11/change-is-coming.html

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  5. Oh shit, I forgot to officially register my denunciation of the San Bernardino attacks. Better get to it right away..

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