Never say Donald Trump can’t multitask. In the same day he can hone his racism in tweets aimed at John Lewis and double down on The War Against Intelligence by swatting at the CIA director. Trump has a talent for hating.
But CIA Director John Brennan is not going down quietly and he’s particularly peeved by Trump comparing the agency to the Nazis.
“Tell the families of those 117 CIA officers who are forever memorialized on our wall of honor that their loved ones who gave their lives were akin to Nazis,” he continued. “Tell the CIA officers who are serving in harm’s way right now and their families who are worried about them that they are akin to Nazi Germany. I found that to be very repugnant, and I will forever stand up for the integrity and patriotism of my officers who have done much over the years to sacrifice for their fellow citizens.”
Brennan made it clear that he was not the one who leaked the kompromat dossier containing, among other things, Trump’s unusual shower preferences. In fact, he noted that bringing up the dossier at the briefing was an attempt to help Trump.
“There was an interest on the part of the bureau to make sure that the president-elect was aware of and informed of” the dossier, Brennan told the Journal. “The feeling was wanting to make sure that given the very salacious nature of it, the president-elect was at least aware of it so he could take it into account and do what needs to be done.”
The dossier has floated between many hands over the months since it was compiled. That it would spill into the public seems inevitable.