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FakeNoose

(41,412 posts)
8. Why do we even have "intelligence" agencies?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:42 AM
23 hrs ago

It costs a frightful amount of money keeping these agencies going:

- Two independent agencies—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA);

- Nine Department of Defense elements—the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and intelligence elements of the five DoD services; the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

- Seven elements of other departments and agencies—the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence; the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis and U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence; the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of National Security Intelligence; the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Chump listens to NONE of these groups! He doesn't meet with them or read their reports. All of their work is ignored, apparently. They should all just resign and run for cover.

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic

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Let the rhetorical circular firing squad begin! Raven123 Yesterday #1
The buck stops somewhere else. sop Yesterday #2
This from the guy who told us JBTaurus83 Yesterday #3
And "I alone can fix this." sop Yesterday #4
To have a President blue-wave 22 hrs ago #29
Have mercy, odins folly Yesterday #5
Once again, Trump is... GiqueCee Yesterday #6
I wouldn't mind an actual Bouncing Betty...... lastlib 23 hrs ago #17
Consistent, in a sick way. usonian 23 hrs ago #7
Why do we even have "intelligence" agencies? FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #8
Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence: sop 23 hrs ago #10
Well... lonely bird 23 hrs ago #12
He's a stand-up guy not just a stand-up comedian BeyondGeography 23 hrs ago #9
May I add... lonely bird 23 hrs ago #11
I've voted in every election since turning 18. I never cast a protest vote. Don't throw your vote away. ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #33
so this is the newest reason? took them 20 days to come up with this one? Javaman 23 hrs ago #13
It doesn't matter how you find the pot of gold, as long as you beat the leprechauns. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #18
In other words, "Ooopsie!" Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #14
He's going to need a bigger bus. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #15
So enjoy those tire marks boys angrychair 23 hrs ago #16
Ceasefire Now! Botany 22 hrs ago #26
In other words the Director of National Intelligence Gabbard... OGBuzz 23 hrs ago #19
Was that a Greyhound or Trailways bus that hit them? Grins 23 hrs ago #20
We keep using that word. ."think", which is not useful with those people. niyad 22 hrs ago #23
Rubio told the truth the first time he was asked. BlueTsunami2018 23 hrs ago #21
Even if Trump were telling the truth here (he isn't) Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #22
As stupid a nonreason as usual. Passing the bucket full of lies when proven so very wrong. efhmc 21 hrs ago #31
He is just dancing real hard to as he slides in manure. Onthefly 22 hrs ago #24
Could his fantasy of unrivaled brilliance and power be breaking down? pat_k 17 hrs ago #35
I agree with you. Onthefly 15 hrs ago #36
Good reason to start a war, plunge the Middle into violence, and crash the world's economies. Botany 22 hrs ago #25
Didn't Gabbard and maybe Leavitt say... OneGrassRoot 22 hrs ago #27
The buck stops.... not with me, nuh-uh, not my fault, I didn't know, wasn't there, can't blame me C_U_L8R 22 hrs ago #28
"wink, wink..."--Project 2025 nuts RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 22 hrs ago #30
He's lying. He wanted to attack and he used their lies and ignored the professionals. ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #32
Threw four people under four buses simultaneously Blumancru 20 hrs ago #34
Trump is so easily influenced and manipulated. Jbraybarten 15 hrs ago #37
Each excuse is more ridiculous than the last MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #38
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