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New CIA Director Mike Pompeo Condemns WikiLeaks in his First Speech
Posted On 14 Apr 2017
In his first public speech since becoming the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo blasted Julian Assange and his website WikiLeaks, insisting they amounted to a “non-state hostile intelligence service.”
Speaking to an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Thursday, Pompeo said that Assange’s claims of being a freedom fighter were outrageous. In reality, he said, Assange was a “fraud” with no “moral compass,” and he’d sold his soul to the likes of Vladimir Putin. Pompeo put a fine point on it, saying that the WikiLeaks founder was a “narcissist who has created nothing of value.”
Pompeo said that people like Assange and Edward Snowden liked to pat themselves on the back for their leaks, but they were only using “that information to make a name for themselves” and cared “nothing about the lives they put at risk or the damage they cause to national security.”
After the Snowden revelations, Pompeo said, intelligence gathering became much more difficult.
“The bottom line is that it became harder for us in the intelligence community to keep Americans safe,” he said. “It became harder to monitor the communications of terrorist organizations that are bent on bringing bloodshed to our shores. Snowden’s disclosures helped these groups find ways to hide themselves in the crowded digital forest.”
Pompeo’s comments will find a comforting home with both Democrats and Republicans, who appreciate the change in tone when it comes to WikiLeaks. Republicans have always considered Assange and Snowden to be threats to national security, and Democrats blame WikiLeaks in part for costing Hillary Clinton the election. But there was a divergence last year when Trump, whose campaign benefitted from the WikiLeaks revelations, took a practical stance on Assange. Was he great for the U.S.? Trump wouldn’t go that far, but he wasn’t shy about using the DNC/Podesta emails to his advantage.
As president, of course, Trump must put the protection of the state above his political fortunes, and that generally accounts for the sudden turnaround on WikiLeaks. Trump would be in abdication of his job to embrace Assange, especially after the CIA leaks that were published last month. That doesn’t mean he’s “changed his mind,” like so many of his critics are saying. It means his interests have changed. Or, rather, they’ve been superseded by America’s interests.
We can debate all day long about whether Assange’s site is good or bad for the U.S., but you can’t seriously expect the U.S. to officially condone the exposing of state secrets. And Trump, who has been plagued with government leaks since taking the oath, may have reached his limit when it comes to classified information slipping out to the public.
Obama chose not to lean on Ecuador and secure Assange’s extradition.
If Trump gets his dander up, he may choose another course of action.
Assange pulled the covers on both partys to show America we have the finest government money can buy and does sell it’s self with regularity to K street
Honestly, is it not sane for the AMERICAN PEOPLE to know that they are being treated like cattle being led to the slaughter by libretarded filth and RINOS. I am sick and tired of being spied on and being under the thumbs of a big bloated government . They are mad at Snowden and Assange for spilling the beans on the shenanigans and underhanded filth that permeate the American government. Think ,say and do what is right and there would be no room for worry …
My sentiments exactly!!! Well said!!! CIA – unfortunately is the dirt bag of the USA. Perhaps it’s time that we dissolve the agency. We need serious consideration of this proposal. Mr. Pompeo what are you afraid of? Are the people of the USA not intelligent enough to know what is good for their own country when horrific covert operations seemingly always steer headed by the CIA numerously keeps popping up? How covert does the CIA have to be to try and keep things under wrap from the people of the USA because some career politician thinks it is in the best interest of the USA to give guns and money to build the power of ISIS that kill Americans? Or how about the drug cartels . . . American style – that the USA elite govt. “Bosses” have set up to line their pockets and support countries that want to build their own nuclear weapons? Sorry Mr. Pompeo – you’re waaaaaaaay out of line to try and fool the people again. The CIA really has no value anymore for illegal, immoral and inhumane operations.
The C.I.A. should be called the C.Y.A. (Cover Your Ass)
Pineapple, please expand on your descriptions of the CIA- CYA. When you think of it – they do things covertly because the people of the USA would be in OUTRAGE if they really understood what was going on. It is time that we REDESIGN how our government is supposed to be run. I truly like what our current President’s approach is – GET THE JOB DONE, TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE USA, CARE ABOUT EVERYONE – FROM THE VERY POOR TO THE VERY RICH and most importantly, TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS!!! Get rid of career politicians – we need to set a limit on terms a person can serve.
Trump claimed he was gonna redesign government..???Trump appointed Pompeo??
Sorry if you took my words to mean that “Trump claimed he was gonna redesign government.” MY thoughts are that IT SHOULD BE REDESIGNED and not return back to the way it has been. Even if Mr. Pompeo was appointed by Pres. Trump, I don’t agree with what he said and it is my right to express my disagreement via this public platform. Again, these are MY THOUGHTS.
my message is Trumps NOT doing what his campaign message was about a clean honest government..has absolutely nothing to do with ur veiw..not to difficult to figure that out
Well, thank you. I DISAGREE WITH YOU 100%.
Lol, you can’t solve an argument between to people to ignorant to know they are on the same page, so I will not try.
Like the saying goes; Rome wasn’t built in a day. Give him time before going against him !
My thoughts as well. I hope Trump replaces the idiot at the helm of the CIA. As a matter of fact as time goes on he will find, that there are others who need to be replaced.
TY. Actually, I would really like to see the entire CIA Department gotten rid of. It seems that all of the really covert and ugly things, that myself as an American am not proud of, that was done by our country (supposedly – ‘for our country’), was spear headed through the CIA. Do we really need to continue to be and play so dirty any more? I love my country but the acts of the CIA overseas and some of their acts at home, should have never happened. Might I add, most of the dirty work are probably in the TOP SECRET files which our govt. doesn’t want us to know about. Which brings us back to Wikileaks. Wikileaks is a powerful source of information for us because there are people within the government who also feel there are things being done that shouldn’t be and their consciences can no longer allow them to remain quiet.
Trump has gone full Neo-Con RINO!
I have worked in Trump Tower doing union sheet metal work on a few occasions. I have met Trump and talked to him a few times for a good 20 minutes. He even bought my partner and I breakfast and lunch a few times. He is a nice guy but let us not forget he has been a NYC liberal for 99% of his life. He has backpeddled on more than a few things so far. I am very upset about him not going after (cair) the muslime shit pigs. All we can do is take one day at a time and keep the pressure on. He needs to get rid of Kushner and his daughter Ivanka who is a bafoon in my book. Family had no plane at the White House making decisions – i say atop the NEPOTISM. Priebus and two faced suck up Ryan have to go. All i can say better than hilldabeast cuntlery at the helm… i also want to thank you for all the upvotes to my posts!!!!!.
A RINO is a Democrat
Absolutely correct and you are certainly the minority in Seattle as i am in the once great but now filthy cesspool of NYC…
Don’t live there. Visit and fish there.
I do apologize, assumptions are a bad thing, lol. By the way how is the fishing out there?
Great!
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=seattle+salmon+fishing+charters
Thanks for the map of the fishing spots, i fish out of Long Island ,NY and the Atlantic of course. Fishing is hood here,lol.
Here is another favorite for Northern Ontario, Fly In Fishing for Walleye. All my old fishing buddies are dead now…….:(
14 trips in the general area, 1972 to 1993.
http://www.osullivansrainbow.com/index.html
democrat’s arrogance dont give a sh/t if u know they are fraudulant worthless..RINO’s hide behind the Republican name to produce their fraudulant worthlessness..Keep Strong..Good Luck
No he has not ! You can’t expect him to change the coarse of everything in the short time he has been in Office. You are sounding like the RINO Republicans. Just look at all of the idiots Trump has to fight, in order to get anything done. And with the Traitor Republicans along with the stupid Democrats, he has taken on one heck of a job.
Taking on a job also means fulfilling your pre-election promises.
Right, & so far he has done much of what he said he would do, however if you don’t understand, there are only some things he can do without approval from Congress, & he sure isn’t getting much backing from them. Give him time before you count him. out. Those politicians of BOTH parties are very corrupt & sure don’t want to lose all of their perks & under the table money they have been getting. It is up to us to vote these clowns out . Trump cannot do it all alone.
You are naive and easily impressed.
Before Trump had even taken office, and in his own words, he has backed off now on 90% of what his supporters wanted, and 50% of what he promised.
Setting aside Obama’s, Clinton’s and Holder’s crimes for A G Sessions to deal with later for a moment…
Trump is backing off now on repealing ALL of Obama’s executive orders as he PROMISED. Is that >>> to keep us Safe?
Trump will leave 10 million of the 12 million illegal aliens here, not convicted of VIOLENT crimes, to compete for American jobs.
>> to keep us Safe???
Trump will NOT deport tens of thousands of muslim RAPEfugees here now.
>> to keep us Safe???
Trump will NOT end the H-1b visa programs or deport the tens of thousands of Hindu’s here now taking American jobs.
>> to keep us Safe???
Trump ONLY said he will deport 2 million “criminal ilegal aliens” and leave all the rest (listed above) here, with us inside a wall he will build with US tax Money!
>> to keep us Safe???
Trump will trash Dood-Frank banking regulations set up after the financial crisis, once again allowing tax payers to be swindled and put on the hook later for a bail out.
>> to keep us Safe???
Trump did not repeal Obamacare as he promised but instead offered up a lame Ryancare clone.
But I suppose 10% of something under Trump is better that 100% of nothing under Clinton.
……..Trump has betrayed his voters and gone full RINO!
…………………Excuse me, if I am underwhelmed!
On Tuesday morning, WikiLeaks
published a data trove that appears to contain extensive documentation
of secret Central Intelligence Agency spying operations and hacking
tools. Codenamed “Vault 7,” the file contains 8,761 documents, and
WikiLeaks claims that it represents “the majority of [the CIA] hacking
arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized ‘zero day’
exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation.”
Initial expert reactions are that the data seems legitimate and will
create deep problems for the CIA on many fronts. The leak has the
potential both to undermine the organization’s ability to carry out
offensive intelligence gathering and to damage its international public
perception. The leak exposes CIA capabilities and tools like unpatched
iOS and Android vulnerabilities, strategies for compromising end-to-end
encrypted chats (though not undermining the encryption itself), bugs in
Windows, and even the ability to turn Samsung smart TVs into listening devices.
“From what I can tell, this seems to be legitimate,” says David
Kennedy, CEO of TrustedSec, who formerly worked at the NSA and with the
Marine Corps’ signals intelligence unit. “It shows expansive
capabilities of the CIA and divulges NSA tools as well. But a lot of it
seems to be missing, as far as direct codebase used for these.”
WikiLeaks says it redacted much of that more specific information.
Those redactions, in part, make it difficult to ascertain just how
comprehensive the leaked information is. In spite of WikiLeaks’ claims,
it is only a small fraction of the CIA’s total arsenal. WikiLeaks itself
has said it will release additional CIA data dumps in the future.
“I don’t think that this is everything. It likely represents a very
limited view of the overall network exploitation program,” says Jake
Williams, founder of the threat intelligence firm Rendition Infosec. The
WikiLeaks dump includes no mention of iOS 10, for instance, an
operating system that has been on the market for months. “But there’s a
lot here, and it’s likely going to be very damaging to US international
relations.”
WikiLeaks
Emma Grey Ellis
WikiLeaks Has Officially Lost the Moral High Ground
Andy Greenberg
WikiLeaks Is Publishing the CIA Director’s Hacked Emails
April Glaser
Here’s What We Know About Russia and the DNC Hack
Given the polarized political climate in the US, and President Donald Trump’s recent feuds
with the intelligence community, the leak highlights a tension between
the importance of checking intelligence overreach and the need to
maintain US defense and intelligence-gathering capabilities abroad. It
also keeps WikiLeaks once again at the center of a potential
firestorm—one that will likely disrupt the CIA’s operations.
“Who knows how it got leaked,” Kennedy says. “But honestly, if I were
a foreign nation and published this, I would think that this could
completely reduce our capabilities abroad.”
Disclosing software vulnerability spy tools hinders intelligence
organizations because it gives manufacturers the opportunity to patch
their code and close the backdoors that allowed spies access. Protecting
users necessitates that process, as does the reality that intelligence
groups can’t ensure that some malicious actor isn’t also using an active
exploit. If the CIA can get into a device, so can a blackhat hacker.
During the Obama administration, the White House worked to create the Vulnerabilities Equities Process,
which attempted to create a framework the intelligence community could
use to motivate disclosure of as many vulnerabilities as possible while
still allowing agencies to retain some undisclosed zero-day
vulnerabilities when they concluded it was in the public interest. The
CIA leak appears to validate criticism that the process lacks transparency and doesn’t achieve its goals.
“We were [estimating] the total arsenal of zero days was in the
dozens, and that was for everyone, including NSA,” says Jason Healey, a
cyber-conflict researcher at Columbia University. “So if you find dozens
in here alone, then that means we only guessed part of the total.”
Woooooooooow!!! Impressive report!!!! THANK YOU. I am totally left in the dust here but it has given me another aspect in understanding Director Pompeo’s feelings better. I must consider that there is much information that I am not privy to therefore, I can not see the bigger picture that others in power can. Thank you for your efforts made. I really appreciate it.
Julie,i want to thank you fur your text,it is much appreciated and very well written. You left no stone unturned. There is just one point i want to interject , if i may. Unfortunately, half of the Americans in this country are out and out fools. As Bugs Bunny would say: they are ultra maroons and imbeceriles, lol. The LOONEY TUNED OUT LEFT… People like you and myself need to stand strong in unison and in force to defeat these bastards. Please, if you get a chance pick up the book by Rep. Ken Buck, (R), Colorado.
Drain the swamp: How Washington corruption is worse than you think.
The book will disgust you and also open up your eyes as Rep. Bucks eyes were opened. He started his career in 2015.
Thank you. I will get the book by Rep. Ken Buck. You’re right about standing strong in unison AND we have to look at why is it that the university professors and young adults think/behave in the way they do. Why do they feel the way they do so strongly? Why can they not see what is so obvious? Yes, George Soros and his NWO is responsible for a lot of what has and is happening but I believe there is more to it. Why are young men in prison so easily to be recruited as jihadists? What is missing that I can’t see or understand? I think of Americans as one of the most loving people in the world and yet – so much hate, anger and attitude of entitlement. As a parent would say, “Where did I go so wrong?”
Julie ,let me answer your questions. Personally i am sure you already know the answers to your questions. First ,one in ten college professors are libretarded socialist/communist filth,they in turn indoctrinate and badger the students into submission just like shitslam. The obvious has ben obliterated into i am due and owed everything slant. It is dirtbags like bush1/bush2 and all the other ivy league,skull and crossbones elitist pigs that perpetrate a divide so they can use it to their advantage. People in general are weak minded fools. That’s why they turn to shitslam in jail. Most of those jailbirds in my humble opinion are not worth a damn to society.Lambs for the slaughter. What is missing is the parents not keeping up with what kids are taught and brainwashed into believing. This was done by the elitists on purpose,also feminism is to blame. The elitists made things impossible for the head of a household to make enough to raise a family correctly. When both parents are working it takes away from the kids upbringing. Neither parent in my book has the time nor the energy to do the right thing. Many try but very few suceed. Plus when it comes to shitslam the teachers tell the students not to bring home the material or books they pass out to the students. Parents need to be and stay vigilant with every school especially public schools. Honestly ,as of late i have much hatred and anger but that is what a MEEK CHRISTIAN should be like and on that note i also want to say i have never had an attitude of entitlement, if i did come by like that my father would have slapped the shit out of me . I have been working since i have been 9 years starting with pumping gas, washing dishes,mopping floors ,digging holes, school,high school,Army Rangers (S.F.), then a union sheet metal worker in NYC .Now i am retired and disabled from my job after 26 years .
Unless you have something to hide – being monitored or spied upon by our intelligence community is a must with something as powerful as the telephone or the internet.
They cannot protect us from the bad people if
We limit their efforts- if we made it illegal it would still happen. Therefore every word typed or spoken is traceable – Massive data banks trace every persons phone or Internet
Activities.
TO GIVE UP LIBERTY FOR SAFETY IS NOT AN OPTION.
THE END, CASE CLOSED
Get over it – you cannot/will never change our ability to protect its people from bad people ( at any means necessary)- that would be the beginning of the end. No country – no rights- only works for the bad people. Wake up – your living in a dream world. With the new high tech toys comes tougher methods ( always a back door to every electronic device).
How long do you think Liberty will last without safety ? We need safety, but we need Honest safety, not all of the BS we have been told by our Government & the Media.
I can’t help but think that Assange and Snowden have done more for this country than Pompous ever will. Sorry.
If I were President, I would give both of them a Full Pardon AND the Presidential Medal of Freedom–the highest civilian award of the United States. For the liberal snoflakes(sorry, redundant), I would suggest that you stock up on Depends.
As a matter of fact, I would hire them, since they do a better job than the CIA or the FBI.
I think the ones who protest Julian Assange and Snowden are the ones who have a load of stuff to hide. I’d still like to see Podesta investigated for the death of Justice Scalia.
Assange helped Trump get elected.Does the CIA’s Pompeo have something to hide?
All he did THIS TIME is point out Podesta’s faults.
Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and his website WikiLeaks are doing what Congress and a Free Press SHOULD BE DOING!
What wine cellar did Trump find this MORON. Trump made another personnel mistake,putting this moron in charge of the CIA. WTF. Trump has been making huge mistakes with the staff he is picking, Come on Mr. President, Drain the swamp,don’t refill it, with morons like this creep.
Mike Pompeo is full of ssssshhhhhiiiiiittt and needs to be fired and replaced. He is an anarchist that is siding with the enemy. Needs to go very soon.
Snowden and Assange are WORLD HEROS. Their lives are on the line EVERY DAY because they made the courageous decision to let WE THE PEOPLE know what a ROTTING from the TOP “secret” government was doing. Pompimple is BAD, BAD, BAD, for the country and though I am a HUGE Trump advocate, I do NOT think he made a wise decision with this guy.
hopefully Trump hasnt decided to be a sissy.Kushner has no ability to be allowed into west wing world involvement..Trump can keep him as tattletale..a more suited position
I would worry more about the deep state feeding the media classified intelligence than the Assange information from whistle blowers.
He’s furious that Assange has exposed all the corruption. Anyone who thinks the CIA is squeaky clean you are wrong. They have the capability to set up and destroy anyone they want or have been TOLD to destroy.
Without these leaks, it would have been Washington DC as usual. Lies and cover ups of the corrupt in our government. Americans would have been clueless as to how corrupt and communist infiltrated our government really is! I applaud anyone bringing forth the truth. God knows we don’t get any of that through our MSM. Nothing but lies and cover ups. Guess what? There’s more truths to come out into the open. Some of these future truths will open the eyes of every American citizen. Drain that swamp a little more each day. But, in so doing arrest and prosecute the criminals. It’s time they taste the sweet victory of PURE JUSTICE!
The CIA joined with the Central American drug lords when Oliver North was trying to get rid of the Nicaraguan dictatorship. The net effect of this was that the CIA became a gangster organization that murdered its own citizens. When Bill Clinton arrived in the White House, the CIA was flying in drugs from Central America into a small airport in the wooded hills near Mena, Arkansas. Governor, and then president Bill Clinton, was in cahoots with these people (Clinton himself used cocaine). WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS THE CIA AS A LAWLESS ORGANIZATION OUT OF CONTROL AND PROFITING FROM DRUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN, AND ARE NOW, MURDERING AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO DISCOVER THIS.
We need to get rid of the gangsters in the CIA and put new people in control who respect our constitution. Snowden is a thorn in their side and they are planning a way to get rid of him. Tell your representatives to protect Snowden and to shut down the CIA by establishing an effective spy organization such as the original OSS of World War II.
http://www.ifactit.com/ This site tells it like it is.
Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are international HEROS! They are disliked by the vile c.i.a. because they have exposed just how rotten our government has become. The c.i.a. should be defunded by the congress and totally eliminated by President Trump. Our representatives have no control over the c.i.a. and therefore we should not be responsible to pay for an agency which does not work for us. They are responsible for so many terrible crimes in our country as well as in those in many others countries that our country has been labeled “the great satan”.
The out of control c.i.a. is working primarily for the satanic one world government and is not a friend of America or the American people.
Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are heroes.