military over the years. In general, I find almost all of them to be extremely arrogant azzholes with many using the "I know a secret" method of covering their a.s.s to hide their incompetence or previous falsehoods when they are having trouble answering questions. Many of them are trained liars who can't stop the practice of embellishment and lying in their personal lives.

So who knows what the truth of the matter is with the CIA and Trump. I wouldn't doubt that they withheld or lied to the "boss" but I also wouldn't be surprised if what this CIA geek had to say was all BS either.

What I do believe is that we have allowed our Federal Government to become way too big with way too much ability in the Executive branch agencies to make policy and de-facto law through Government Regulation. I find the following to be quite accurate in its description of our Federal Government:

"We are rapidly coming to a point where a complete change of elected officials, including Congress and the White House, can mean little change in policy. You are governed more and more by people for whom you have never voted, for whom you never will vote, whom you have never seen, and whom you cannot recall by your vote. They are entrenched in the boards, bureaus and commissions, even at the policy level. For example, you may think that the Secretary of Labor sets the policy of his Department, but I know that much of the policy of that Department is set by Civil Service employees who have been with the Department for twenty years, and they have no intention, now or ever, of recommending to the Secretary of Labor any policy which does not fit their personal philosophy of government, and you cannot remove them or replace them by your ballot. That same situation exists in the State Department, and in fact in every bureau, board and commission. This is a form of invisible government and can lead to the most oppressive type of tyranny."

This quote is from the April 1960 "The Washington Report" by Congressman Bruce Alger. I'm sure this view of the Federal bureaucracy was met with much skepticism back then because the size and scope of the Federal Government in 1960 pales in comparison to what it is today. I find it to be a very accurate description of the bloated Federal Bureaucracy that passes way more laws and has much greater control over us than the legislative branch could ever dream...