Evan Thomas: Trump’s an ‘Instinctive Genius’; My Worry Is ‘He Doesn’t Seem to Have Read Much’

>> Joining us Evan Thomas ░░░░░░░░ Trump is getting an ░░░░░░░░ briefing today You wrote ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ the danger of Trump ░░░░░░░░ off on the wrong ░░░░░░░░ with his spy agencies ░░░░░░░░ are your concerns My ░░░░░░░░ is if he doesn ░░░░░░░░ like the spy agency ░░░░░░░░ may try to find ░░░░░░░░ own spies He said ░░░░░░░░ doesn t like the ░░░░░░░░ He s got a ░░░░░░░░ security adviser who also ░░░░░░░░ t like the CIA ░░░░░░░░ the risk is if ░░░░░░░░ don t like what ░░░░░░░░ own spies are telling ░░░░░░░░ he ll find a ░░░░░░░░ set of spies Richard ░░░░░░░░ did this That s ░░░░░░░░ he got the plumbers ░░░░░░░░ Watergate Oliver north when ░░░░░░░░ was national security adviser ░░░░░░░░ the Reagan Administration kind ░░░░░░░░ went off books and ░░░░░░░░ his own thing and ░░░░░░░░ s dangerous And didn ░░░░░░░░ former vice president Cheney ░░░░░░░░ the same thing within ░░░░░░░░ office Didn t he ░░░░░░░░ a special Intel unit ░░░░░░░░ his office A little ░░░░░░░░ The charges that Cheney ░░░░░░░░ on the CIA to ░░░░░░░░ up with results thateney ░░░░░░░░ and pressured the CIA ░░░░░░░░ say that Saddam hussein ░░░░░░░░ connections to Al Qaeda ░░░░░░░░ was not true So ░░░░░░░░ s always been an ░░░░░░░░ of the White House ░░░░░░░░ on the CIA even ░░░░░░░░ is when they just ░░░░░░░░ to the CIA forget ░░░░░░░░ it We ll do ░░░░░░░░ ourselves And it s ░░░░░░░░ to be difficult just ░░░░░░░░ even think about the ░░░░░░░░ of the president sitting ░░░░░░░░ arguing with or disbelieving ░░░░░░░░ briefers It s not ░░░░░░░░ briefers are always right ░░░░░░░░ does make mistakes Those ░░░░░░░░ briefings sometimes are actually ░░░░░░░░ better than The New ░░░░░░░░ Times or maybe worse ░░░░░░░░ s not that the ░░░░░░░░ is perfect The CIA ░░░░░░░░ goes off on its ░░░░░░░░ and does bad things ░░░░░░░░ can t be a ░░░░░░░░ thing If the president ░░░░░░░░ his intelligence community just ░░░░░░░░ t agree or if ░░░░░░░░ are at war with ░░░░░░░░ other that cannot be ░░░░░░░░ good thing.