Is Trump Wrong to Question the Intelligence Community?

<p>The CIA has &ldquo&semi;concluded&rdquo&semi; that Russia was behind the numerous hackings that shamed Hillary Clinton&comma; John Podesta&comma; and the DNC in the months leading up to the election&period; Many blame the hacked emails&comma; released by WikiLeaks&comma; for Hillary Clinton&rsquo&semi;s failure&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I think it&rsquo&semi;s ridiculous&comma;&rdquo&semi; Trump said of the CIA&rsquo&semi;s claim&period; &ldquo&semi;I think it&rsquo&semi;s just another excuse&period; I don&rsquo&semi;t believe it&period;&rdquo&semi; Trump says the CIA has &ldquo&semi;no idea&rdquo&semi; who is behind the cyberattack&period; &ldquo&semi;They don&rsquo&semi;t know if it&rsquo&semi;s Russia or China&hellip&semi; it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace&comma;&rdquo&semi; Trump told <em>Fox News&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former NSA and CIA Director Michael V&period; Hayden argues that Trump&rsquo&semi;s refusal to acknowledge the CIA&rsquo&semi;s findings is a &ldquo&semi;problem&rdquo&semi; that will affect Trump&rsquo&semi;s future relationship with the intelligence community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hayden&comma; a registered Independent&comma; views Trump&rsquo&semi;s refusal to accept the CIA&rsquo&semi;s claim &lpar;which seems to lack evidence&rpar; as a insult to the intelligence community&period; &ldquo&semi;This creates more than hurt feelings&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes Hayden&comma; noting that CIA directors &ldquo&semi;send people into harm&rsquo&semi;s way&rdquo&semi; to learn such information&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hayden asks how the CIA will deal with its sworn duty to keep Congress &ldquo&semi;fully and currently informed&rdquo&semi; if the Trump Administration closes the &ldquo&semi;Russia did it&rdquo&semi; investigation&period; He worries about incoming CIA Director Mike Pompeo and his &ldquo&semi;willingness to defend them &lbrack;his future workforce&rsqb; against charges of incompetence and politicization simply for saying what their craft tells them to be true&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hayden may be certain that we are &ldquo&semi;moving in the wrong direction&comma;&rdquo&semi; but PB feels that Hayden is the one putting the cart before the horse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last time I checked&comma; the intelligence community serves the president &ndash&semi; not the other way around&period; Who cares if Trump &ldquo&semi;antagonizes&rdquo&semi; the CIA&quest; He&rsquo&semi;s their boss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon; Stay tuned&comma; more on this later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;