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SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:57 PM Feb 2017

Trump Asks Billionaire Steve Feinberg To Review Intel Agencies

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Source: NBCNews.com

Donald Trump has asked a New York billionaire to conduct a review of U.S. intelligence agencies and other aspects of the federal government, current and former officials told NBC News.

Trump's appointment of Steve Feinberg, co-founder and chief executive of Cerberus Capital Management, is causing consternation inside the intelligence agencies, former senior intelligence officials say.

One former official, who speaks regularly to current senior officials, called Feinberg's expected role an "extra-constitutional process," and said Trump believes the intelligence community "needs to be threshed and cleaned and bent to the will of the executive."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-asks-billionaire-steve-feinberg-review-intel-agencies-n721756



"Extra-constitutional process"? "Bend to the will of the executive"? WTF do these mean?

And, as CEO of a "capital management" company, what are Feinberg's qualifications to review the U.S.'s intel community?

'The fuck?
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Trump Asks Billionaire Steve Feinberg To Review Intel Agencies (Original Post) SpankMe Feb 2017 OP
They're already rebelling, this will increase that exponentially. George II Feb 2017 #1
Locking... DonViejo Feb 2017 #2
Feinberg is being tossed out the back of the Porsche lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #3

George II

(67,782 posts)
1. They're already rebelling, this will increase that exponentially.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:59 PM
Feb 2017

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
2. Locking...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 01:00 PM
Feb 2017

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
3. Feinberg is being tossed out the back of the Porsche
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 01:00 PM
Feb 2017

to become a road-kill obstacle in this high-speed chase.

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