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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, look at this..... Many of  us are not surprised at all.  Shelby Pierson should be fired.  And, Trump should do everything he can to clean out the IC.  Get rid of these people.  
And, Adam Schiff is an  idiot again.

[quote]The US intelligence community's top election security official appears to have overstated the intelligence community's formal assessment of Russian interference in the 2020 election, omitting important nuance during a briefing with lawmakers earlier this month, three national security officials told CNN.

The official, Shelby Pierson, told lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election with the goal of helping President Donald Trump get reelected.
The US intelligence community has assessed that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election and has separately assessed that Russia views Trump as a leader they can work with. But the US does not have evidence that Russia's interference this cycle is aimed at reelecting Trump, the officials said.
"The intelligence doesn't say that," one senior national security official told CNN. "A more reasonable interpretation of the intelligence is not that they have a preference, it's a step short of that. It's more that they understand the President is someone they can work with, he's a dealmaker."

Pierson's characterization of Russian interference led to pointed questions from lawmakers, which officials said caused Pierson to overstep and assert that Russia has a preference for Trump to be reelected.
One intelligence official said that Pierson's characterization of the intelligence was "misleading" and a national security official said Pierson failed to provide the "nuance" needed to accurately convey the US intelligence conclusions.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/23/politics/intelligence-briefer-russian-interference-trump-sanders/index.html
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“Three national security officials told CNN”. In other words, three national security officials were threatened with loss of their jobs and pensions - perhaps worse - if they didn’t cover up for Russia’s obvious support for Trump. “Misleading”, “nuance”, “he’s a dealmaker”, my ass. Trump has been given free rein to solicit foreign interference in our elections, and he’s doing exactly that. Not that Russia needed any prompting. I’m horrified that CNN is falling for this crap. [/quote]

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