06-22-2017, 09:10 PM
(CNN)Two of the nation's top intelligence officials told Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team and Senate investigators, in separate meetings last week, that President Donald Trump suggested they say publicly there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians, according to multiple sources.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers described their interactions with the President about the Russia investigation as odd and uncomfortable, but said they did not believe the President gave them orders to interfere, according to multiple sources familiar with their accounts.
Sources say both men went further than they did in June 7 public hearings, when they provided little detail about the interactions.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/i...index.html
It looks as if President Trump expects others to tell one consistent false story. This is Mafia boss behavior -- except that the usual Mob boss is more effective and never has subordinates sworn to uphold the Constitution.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers described their interactions with the President about the Russia investigation as odd and uncomfortable, but said they did not believe the President gave them orders to interfere, according to multiple sources familiar with their accounts.
Sources say both men went further than they did in June 7 public hearings, when they provided little detail about the interactions.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/i...index.html
It looks as if President Trump expects others to tell one consistent false story. This is Mafia boss behavior -- except that the usual Mob boss is more effective and never has subordinates sworn to uphold the Constitution.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.