bellisarius
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Patriot? Hardly. He did serve with distinction, perhaps he should have stayed in the combat arms.
First off, Lindman is a Harvard grad. Oddly enough, so is Ciaramella. OK, "good ole boy" school ties.
Ciaramella was booted from the White House for leaking yet Lindman thought it was OK to leak compartmentalized information to Ciaramella? That is a security breach right there. Lindman has to know that his military career is over now.
Lindman's stated motive for speaking up was a fear that if the Ukrainian's opened an investigation that congress would no longer authorize funds. (Call that a congressional quo quid pro.) Sounds legitimate on the surface BUT Ukraine got their funds without opening an investigation before Lindman came forward. So he's addressing a concern that's no longer a concern and that strips his motive of any legitimacy.
Why would he feed that information to a low level CIA analyst? He has his own chain of command to work through should he have any concerns. (This is strike two on his record. You ALWAYS work the chain of command.) Is he working for the CIA now while still in uniform? That is a legitimate question. That does happen from time to time on the operational level, but he ain't "operational."
If his "concern" became a non-concern then why? What was said in that conversation that would strike fear in the hearts of the CIA's "good ole boy" networks, could it be "Crowdstrike?"
First off, Lindman is a Harvard grad. Oddly enough, so is Ciaramella. OK, "good ole boy" school ties.
Ciaramella was booted from the White House for leaking yet Lindman thought it was OK to leak compartmentalized information to Ciaramella? That is a security breach right there. Lindman has to know that his military career is over now.
Lindman's stated motive for speaking up was a fear that if the Ukrainian's opened an investigation that congress would no longer authorize funds. (Call that a congressional quo quid pro.) Sounds legitimate on the surface BUT Ukraine got their funds without opening an investigation before Lindman came forward. So he's addressing a concern that's no longer a concern and that strips his motive of any legitimacy.
Why would he feed that information to a low level CIA analyst? He has his own chain of command to work through should he have any concerns. (This is strike two on his record. You ALWAYS work the chain of command.) Is he working for the CIA now while still in uniform? That is a legitimate question. That does happen from time to time on the operational level, but he ain't "operational."
If his "concern" became a non-concern then why? What was said in that conversation that would strike fear in the hearts of the CIA's "good ole boy" networks, could it be "Crowdstrike?"