‘Undercover’ Spy At Center Of WSJ Sob Story Is Actually A Public CIA Russia Hoaxer
M.D. Kittle
We’ve grown accustomed to corporate media lying to us. It’s the lazy lies that are perhaps most galling.
The Wall Street Journal’s recent overheated piece on the Trump administration’s public revocation of an “undercover” senior CIA officer is ridiculously lazy. The CIA spook in question is a very overt member of the intelligence community. Just Google the name Julia Gurganus.
‘Zero Concerns’Wall Street Journal national security reporter Brett Forrest on Wednesday reported that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s naming of Gurganus on a list of 37 current and former officials stripped of their national security clearances has “alarmed people” inside the CIA.
“Gabbard didn’t know the CIA officer had been working undercover, according to a person familiar with the fallout from the list’s release,” Forrest wrote in the hit piece headlined, “Tulsi Gabbard Blindsided CIA Over Revoking Clearance of Undercover Officer.” He noted “three other people with knowledge of the situation” who claimed the DNI “didn’t meaningfully consult with the CIA before releasing the list.”
Wrong, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation say. A senior intelligence official tells The Federalist that there was indeed staff-level coordination between the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA, as well as other agencies involved, ahead of the distribution of the revocations letter.
A source familiar with the matter said there have been “zero concerns” expressed by any of the agencies involved regarding the revocation of Gurganus’ security clearance or any of the others.
The Wall Street Journal piece suggests CIA Director John Ratcliffe is not happy with the public revocation of Gurganus’ security clearance. Forrest does include a comment from a CIA official, who says nothing of the sort.
“Director Ratcliffe and the President’s entire elite national security team are committed to eradicating the politicization of intelligence and are focused on executing President Trump’s national security priorities, and keeping the American people safe,” CIA spokeswoman Liz Lyons told the Journal.
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