Trump Order to Barr: I Need Enemies List, Then Go Get 'em, Make Me 100% Innocent

You're doing great, Bill. Keep up the intense pressure

(Your new orders will help me nail my enemies)

Update follows (May 26, 2019) and also of the my other post (same subject) seen here.

This update from here in part:

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats (R-IN) issued a warning about national security after President Trump granted AG Barr broad new powers to declassify intelligence related to the origins of the Russia investigation, saying in part that he is “confident” Barr will follow “standards.” 

But Coats also warned: “… that if highly sensitive classified information” is released, it “would put our national security at risk.”

Coats emphasized that the intelligence community will “continue to share apolitical intelligence” with the rest of the government, then added: “I am confident that the Attorney General will work with the intelligence community in accordance with the long-established standards to protect highly-sensitive classified information that, if publicly released, would put our national security at risk.”

More at the Huff Post site.

                               
Trump gives Barr presidential power: Trump is the government’s highest authority over whether national secrets remain classified or not. 

His new order gives AG Barr significant authority over agencies that typically hold their secrets close and don’t declassify them easily. While the memo states Barr should consult with the head of an agency before declassifying its secrets, it also demands that Barr

IMPACT: Jeremy Bash, a former chief of staff at the CIA during the Obama administration, warned that, with his directive, Trump was entering “dangerous territory,” then he added: “Stripping the intelligence leaders of their ability to control information about sources and methods, and handing that power to political actors, could cause human agents to question whether their identity will be protected.”

Barr has been criticized by former FBI director James Comey and other former law enforcement officials for using the phrase “spying” to discuss how investigators monitored some Trump campaign advisers who had extensive contacts with Russians.

Trump critics argue that Barr is parroting Trump’s loaded wording, when in fact, such surveillance was a proper part of a counterintelligence investigations looking at whether Russians were trying to influence Trump’s campaign aides.

(Note: Related to the investigations that Trump and others claim were unlawful “spying” is this assessment from the Brennan Center at NYU – an excellent source).

My 2 cents from the article that I agree with: Barr will use that power and his position as the nation’s top law enforcement official to aggressively protect the president and attack his critics. 

Obviously, Trump and Barr are conspiring to “Weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies.”

Overall, this poses a very dangerous move against our intelligence community and poses a direct threat to national security.

You can bet that all our adversaries are paying close attention to details that Barr would easily let slip out … all to get some kind of revenge on Trump’s “enemy’s list.” 

Trump has now entered Richard Nixon territory about using our government agencies for his own political gain to attack his political “enemies.”

Thanks for stopping by.