Thread: Former CIA officer explains stunt to boot Trump from Twitter

Former CIA officer explains stunt to boot Trump from Twitter

By Eli Watkins, CNN
Updated 6:28 AM ET, Fri August 25, 2017
Ex-spy wants to buy Twitter to stop Trump

Story highlights

Plame said funds would go towards a campaign to eradicate nuclear weapons
Public opinion surveys have shown majorities take issue with Trump's tweeting

Washington (CNN) Former CIA officer Valerie Plame was roughly $1 billion short of her goal to buy a major stake in Twitter and persuade the publicly traded company to ban President Donald Trump -- so she started a GoFundMe campaign to raise that sum and, as the page says, "#BuyTwitter and delete Trump's account."

On CNN's "The Situation Room" Thursday, she conceded the goal was "really ambitious," but said the effort was mainly about drawing attention to what she says is the potential for Trump, a prolific Twitter user, to tweet the US into a nuclear confrontation.

"The point is, I want to shine a spotlight on showing how dangerous Trump and his Twitter button can be," Plame said.

Plame said she's trying to show that people do not "just have to stand by" as the President tweets. She also said she will not benefit financially from the campaign, and any proceeds it nets short of the goal would go to Global Zero, an organization Plame has worked with that advocates for complete nuclear disarmament.

Plame said Trump's behavior on Twitter made her concerned that his threats could provoke an attack from North Korea.
"This is deadly serious," Plame said.

She said she hopes the campaign pressures Twitter to ban Trump.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Public opinion surveys have regularly shown sizable majorities criticize Trump's use of the social media platform and say his tweets send the wrong message to world leaders.

Trump has lashed back at criticism of his tweeting on many occasions, at one point calling it "MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL."

My use of social media is not Presidential - it's MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2017

Plame was a covert officer in the CIA until her identity was leaked in a scandal that gripped the George W. Bush administration.

As of Thursday afternoon, Plame's effort had raised $50,000 towards the $1 billion goal.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/politi...ump/index.html

You know, I am like so fed up with "former CIA" officials riding on the laurel of having worked in the CIA at some point as some type of expertise to back a political opinion today on an important issue like North Korea. North Korea has nuclear weapons today because of failed administrations of the past. We hardly need those people spouting off now with more failed opinions, letting alone embarrassing the agency with private plots to censor free speech in the United States, especially the free speech of the President of the United States.

I hope we soon rid all of federal agencies of such idiots, especially those in the CIA, for reasons too obvious to mention here.

It's probably safe to assume the CIA doesn't like Pres. Trump.

It doesn't say much for our society that an ex-CIA person would admit to an attempt to buy an outlet just to prevent the President from being able to speak with the people.

These the same outfit who get busted on trips for spending taxpayer money on food, booze and hookers?

These are the same people who make up stories about Presidential candidates colluding with the Russians to interfere in our democracy because their lousy candidate lost the election.

If we knew the extent of the wrongdoing of the CIA, we would all crawl in our closets and never come out.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

If we knew the extent of the wrongdoing of the CIA, we would all crawl in our closets and never come out.

So true, nntrixie.