06 January 2017

Donald Trump’s Soft Spot for Russia
Could Be His Political Undoing


John R. Schindler @ Observer: 
Three weeks ago, I counseled President-elect Donald Trump that going to war against the spies is never a good idea in Washington. Our Intelligence Community knows lots of things, not all of which would be flattering to someone whose retinue includes so many people with odd connections to the Kremlin. 

When spies get angry, they call reporters and arrange discreet chats in parking garages. The last president who entered the Oval Office with this much dislike and distrust of the IC was Richard Nixon—
and we know how that worked out for him...