As the United States faces possible retaliatory attacks from Iran, a “brain drain” in top Justice Department and FBI national security and counterterrorism units could reduce their ability to prevent potential terror and cyber attacks from Tehran, according to six former senior DOJ and FBI officials.
Staff levels in the DOJ National SecurityDivision’s Law and Policy section have dropped by as much as two-thirds, two former DOJ officials said. Its counterintelligence and export control section — which tracks foreign espionage in the U.S. by Iran and other foreign rival — has lost about a third of its workforce, two former DOJ official said.
A former senior FBI official said he was aware of at least 20 national security personnel who had left the bureau in the last 3 months.
“US braces for Iranian attack”? Really? We’re doing the red-light-orange-light terror alert again?
tfw people choose to not be a part of your fascist regime 😱
No matter what Trump’s intention was here, he just created a huge mess that his enemy has every reason to drag him into. Unfortunately, innocent people will be the ones on the front lines, like always. There will probably be decades of suffering, bitterness, and death, with every drop of blood being on his hands. This move was stupid and will probably serve no one.
This move was stupid and will probably serve no one.
Every terrorist attack not prevented by the brain-drained FBI etc. will be used as an excuse for Trump to tighten the screws of totalitarianism.
This move was stupid and will probably serve no one.
It serves his masters. The defense industry is about to make bank, and all it costs is a few million dead Americans
Unfortunately, innocent people will be the ones on the front lines, like always.
If you willingly go to shoot up brown people halfway across the world, how innocent can you really be?
Bobby was solicited at 16 by an army recruiter that said he’d have a desk job and free college. Bobby is a mechanic in the states for 2 years, and sent on an overseas tour as infantry as soon as he turns 18. If he doesn’t go, he’ll be put in jail and dishonorably discharged.
This is the reality of our current recruitment efforts. The number of people that say “I want to shoot terrorists” is very low, and they get kicked out at the psych eval.
If the alternative is killing some innocent villagers who didn’t do anything, they should choose the prison sentence. They are still making a choice, even if that choice may have consequences trying to force them to the alternative.
Bobby was solicited at 16 by an army recruiter that said he’d have a desk job and free college.
Bobby is an idiot not paying attention and made his choice, stop pretending these people aren’t able to make decisions on their own
Yes, Bobby is an idiot. He is 16. He is easily manipulated by a propaganda mill that has been brainwashing almost everyone since before he got his first toy soldier, before he saw the flyover at the big ball game, since the first war movie where his countrymen were the heroes.
Stop pretending that ordinary people have the skill to reject decades of government and social propaganda from childhood.
Reminder that we are talking about teenagers being groomed and targeted by adult military recruiters.
Reminder that we are talking about teenagers that are almost completely politically unaware because they can’t vote yet and have no reason to know what’s going on.
Reminder that we are talking about teenagers who can’t vote, can’t smoke, can’t drink, at 16 maybe can’t drive yet, but are old enough to be recruited by adults who are introduced to them as trusted government officials, usually through our own education system.
True, but that doesn’t excuse Bobby shooting up brown people in the Middle East. Joining the military and being surprised when you’re deployed to fight wars is pure FAFO.
Is down whit USA some kind of play on words or did the US bimb their English spell check facility?
They definitely “bimbed” yours already lmao
I can see that one being intentional; a verb with the root “bimbo”
Man, my list of good things Trump did is expanding faster than I thought.
