more about burnishing his own legacy and not about what he should be doing, which is staying silent and staying apolitical. i m naturally suspicious when bob woodward is the outlet for someone to do their legacy rehab. and we remember what happened on the day that general milley walked side by side with donald trump over to the church after a black lives matter protest and there was tear gas thrown on d.c. protesters. and he really suffered some tough press hits over the course of the year and it looks like he s on a woodward rehab tour, frankly. and i don t like it when the military gets out too far in front of political leadership, no matter who the administration is, because i think it s a very dangerous precedent. well said. so it was also revealed in this new excerpt rather one exert, that vice president mike pence called former vp dan quayle for
chiefs of staff. it was a significant slam at trump. he tweeted, intelligence is hard, thankless work. fortunately we have dedicated, patriotic, courageous men and women on the job. thanks. so barbara starr said until now, dempsey has been adamant about staying apolitical. but clear tonight, he is breaking from that and this comes on the heels of james clapper who aimed at trump saying there is a difference between scepticism and disparaging. trump tweeted, as he big fan of the intelligence community and his team said he is only questioning the conclusions reached. not the actual intelligence. thank you. terrorism analyst phillip mudd and chairman mike rogers, and the former director of the national cyber security center. let s start with you. the latest news has identified go betweens the russians used to
krouter and fellow with the national democratic twshg, good morning to both of you this morning. good morning. i think we are all in a similar demographic for rolling stone, at least the targeted age group. was it a hit job by rolling stone to go after stanley mcchrystal and get him out? yeah, i think two points, we can t skim over the content of the interview, having spent a lot of time with the troops entertaining in recently in guantanamo bay, echoes the sentiment they don t feel supported by the administration, it s important. they don t feel there s somebody at the tiller of the ship with the necessary experience, understanding or sympathy towards them and then of course, also spending time with the troops, i found it surprising that mcchrystal would give such a. candid interview essentially bad-mouthi bad-mouthing, one of the first things, staying apolitical.