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I mean, our intel community and military complex have a solid history of honesty, right? “WMDs”, “The Gulf of Tonkin Incident”, overthrowing about 4 dozen governments the last 70 years...

As opposed to trump, and his "solid history of honesty," right?

Trump sucks. In terms of their history, the IC is worse.

Well, okay, let’s just hang it up and go home. Trust no one. Looks like you’re running for something— by your own logic— we can’t trust you either.

You shouldn’t trust me, either. Trust should be hard to earn and easy to lose, especially for anybody seeking a position of power.

I agree! So how do unknown candidates gain trust? Beyond that, how do leaders outside one’s own community gain anything other than superficial trust? It’s not like we’re ever going to know each other personally or even have access to the same info for decision making.

We should have access to the same info for decision-making. If voters don’t know what their own government is doing, how can we possibly make informed decisions about who and what to vote for or against? The IC is a danger to our country. Secrets are a danger to any democracy.

I’m fine with experts handling intel. The general population has neither the education nor the experience to make decisions about every issue that’s classified. Additionally, how would we even get through the slog on a daily basis? WMDs— things of that nature, sure.