There is a very interesting dynamic playing out in DC right now. Some might say that anything happening in DC right now would be interesting due to the unprecedented nature of what PDJT is trying to accomplish. However, the black box that is the Intelligence Community (IC) is being exposed slowly bit by bit. And that is extraordinary.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has announced that he was declassifying an “Internal Tradecraft Review of 2016 Election ICA to Promote Analytic Objectivity and Transparency.” The CIA review triggered by Director Ratcliffe was for the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) that was conducted in the aftermath of the 2016 election. This ICA was relied upon by those who pushed the Trump-Russia narrative.
The ICA and the sketchy “Russian Malicious Cyber Activity – Joint Analysis Report” released in late December 2016 were mostly political intelligence documents, created to justify a fear of Russians controlling our elections. As most people know by now, this was used to hamstring PDJT during his first term in office.
CIA Press Statement:
“Earlier this year, CIA Director John Ratcliffe tasked Agency career professionals with decades of experience to conduct a lessons-learned review of the procedures and analytic tradecraft employed in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) conducted shortly after the 2016 election. Today, Director Ratcliffe declassified the results of this review.
The tradecraft review identified multiple procedural anomalies in the preparation of the 2016 ICA, such as a compressed timeline, uneven access to compartmented information, marginalization of the National Intelligence Council, and excessive involvement of agency heads. The review notes that adhering to established analytic processes and rigorous tradecraft is essential to ensure credibility, objectivity, and accuracy of CIA analysis.
Director Ratcliffe declassified this review in order to promote analytic objectivity and transparency. “Agency heads at the time created a politically charged environment that triggered an atypical analytic process around an issue essential to our democracy,” said Director Ratcliffe. “Under my watch, I am committed to ensuring that our analysts have the ability to deliver unvarnished assessments that are free from political influence.”
Parsing the press release gets us to this: The Intelligence Community, CIA, FBI, DNI, etc. intentionally fabricated intelligence information to create an entirely fictitious storyline.
Read the CIA pdf HERE
Ratcliffe is telling us what we already knew, that intel assessments of Russian collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign were lies and distortions, told by dirty cops who were desperate to avoid being exposed! They tried to take down a sitting President and failed.
Now put yourself in Vladimir Putin’s shoes. What would Putin think about this admission from the CIA?
From Sundance:
CIA Director John Ratcliffe admits the former CIA and FBI fabricated the intelligence that led to the expulsion of Russian officials under the false premise of Russia “hacking” the 2016 election. Why now?
How would Putin interpret this very public message?
Then, consider the sequence….
- President Trump said publicly he had no prior knowledge of the Ukraine drone attack against Russia’s long-range bomber fleet.
- President Trump then held a phone call with Vladimir Putin to affirm his lack of forewarning.
- President Trump then holds another phone call with Putin to discuss the Iran nuclear issues.
- President Trump then publicly says at the G7 in Canada, it was a big mistake to take Russia out of the G8; further saying -repeatedly- that sanctions hurt both sides, and there is a cost to sanctions.
- Trump then bombs the Iranian nuclear facilities; and two days later Putin says there is no doubt in his mind that President Trump is committed to peace.
- The U.S. then delays sending additional patriot missiles to Ukraine.
- Then today the U.S. says the 2016 predicate for removing Russian officials from the USA was based on fraud within the intelligence community, per CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
These last three bullet points follow on the heels of India saying they have no intent to participate in another global trade currency other than the U.S. Dollar. India is the “I” in BRICS. With that in mind, what exactly was the intention of BRICS?
QUESTION: How would Russian President Vladimir Putin be viewing all of these events?
One must think in Russian to understand their point of view. All of this should seem like an olive branch by PDJT. Will it be seen as such?
How does this revelation play into domestic politics and the passing of PDJT’s signature bill?
Interesting times indeed!