www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/politics/trump-shinzo-abe-mar-a-lago-north-korea/index.htmlThe gist:
Trump is having dinner with The Japanese Prime Minister at his resort
North Korea launches a missile
The incident is discussed at the dinner table, with many other diners in the dining area, plus the staff that was buzzing around doing typical waitstaff stuff.
After all of the hullabaloo about HRC not having properly handled classified emails, you would think that this is a pretty big issue. Was there no place secure and private that the issue could have been discussed? Trump was looking to hire foreign workers to staff the resort. There is no need to spend a bunch of money inserting agents when you could bribe a busboy with a $20 to share whatever info they overhear.
From the various things I've seen - having the key in the classified materials bag when people who didn't have clearance in the room were present, discussing NatSec matters in a public venue, and the IC assuming that anything in the actual situation room is compromised - this is a very cavalier attitude towards national security.
Is there no one that can explain how this works to him? Has it been explained, or he just doesn't care?
I remember when it turned out that Bush had been warned of a pending attack right before 9/11. He didn't take it seriously and we we ended up being blindsided.
There
will be another attack. He will blame the judges when it happens because "they are letting all of these bad guys in." And then we will see a clampdown like after 9/11, only likely much worse. People will give up their rights for the illusion of safety. It will be the excuse Bannon and Miller need to put their plans in action.
I do not have any confidence in his ability to understand and react appropriately to any intel he gets about a pending attack, nor that such intel would be treated as securely as necessary in order to thwart an attack. We will have tweets and leaks and the IC will feel entirely justified in keeping info from him because of it. It's a vicious circle, isn't it?
I know, I know...but her e-mails! Salty liberal tears! MAGA!!!!11!!!!