It must be the latent spook tendency that resides inside James Woolsey’s gutĀ that prevents him from speaking in more declarative language as to why he’s just done something.
The former CIA director — until just yesterday — served as a senior adviser to Donald J. Trump’s presidential team. Now he’s out. Effective immediately.
You know, of course, about the swirling maelstrom concerning Trump’s dismissal of CIA analysis of Russian hackers and all that stuff, yes?
Woolsey’s spokesmanĀ said this about his sudden departure: “Effective immediately, Ambassador Woolsey is no longer a Senior Adviser to President-elect Trump or the transition, He wishes the President-elect and his Administration great success in their time in office.”
Politico reports this: “‘My background in defense and national security and intelligence I think is probably not relevant to more decisions that need to be made in the next couple of weeks,’ Woolsey said. ‘The world starts over again when the candidate now or president-elect becomes president [and] is sworn in on January 20.’
“He added: ‘I don’t want people to get the impression that I’m claiming to be something I’m not. That’s all.'”
Huh? Someone needs to translate that for me.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/james-woolsey-trump-transition-split-233257
No one has asked me my opinion, but I’ll give it anyway.
I believe Woolsey is angry at Trump’s dismissal of the CIA’s expertise on intelligence-gathering. He quit because he no longer could advise a president-elect who is so dismissive of the pros who swear an oath to protect the United States of America.
There. That’s my thought.