{"id":24389,"date":"2017-12-04T16:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/04\/cia-director-trump-tweets-help-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:51:19","slug":"cia-director-trump-tweets-help-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2017\/12\/04\/cia-director-trump-tweets-help-us\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA director: Trump tweets help us"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=10417680-734a-43a8-93cb-80145281c581\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-10417680-734a-43a8-93cb-80145281c581.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaking at the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said foreign reactions to the president&#8217;s Twitter account have benefited the CIA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s tweetstorm in the wake of the guilty plea by his former national security adviser Michael Flynn again raised concerns about the commander in chief\u2019s frequent use of the social media platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Saturday, CIA Director Mike Pompeo insisted Trump\u2019s prolific use of Twitter is actually helping his agency gather valuable intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have actually seen it help us,\u201d Pompeo said, when asked at the Reagan National Security Forum on Saturday whether Trump\u2019s social media activity was making his job harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have seen things the president has put on his Twitter account actually have a real-world impact on our ability to understand things that are happening in other places in the world,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is, our adversaries responding to those tweets in ways that were helpful to us, to understand command and control issues, who\u2019s listening to what messages, how those messages are resonating around the world,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Trump said he feels \u201cvery badly\u201d for Flynn, who last week pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about reaching out to the Russians on the president\u2019s behalf. Over the weekend, Trump tweeted that the FBI\u2019s reputation is \u201cin Tatters \u2014 worst in History!\u201d He vowed to \u201cbring it back to greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former CIA Director Leon Panetta has been critical of the president\u2019s retweeting of anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British group. On stage with Pompeo on Saturday, Panetta ripped into the president\u2019s Twitter activity overall, casting it as undisciplined and disruptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe whole purpose of the White House is to develop some discipline in terms of messaging, in terms of policy,\u201d said Panetta, who served as President Bill Clinton\u2019s chief of staff. \u201cWhen you wake up in the morning, if you\u2019re chief of staff and you suddenly have a bunch of tweets out there that are raising all kinds of hell in different areas, it\u2019s very upsetting to the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrankly, if I had my view, I would take that tweeter and throw it out the window,\u201d Panetta said.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=565f894e-d253-4b5f-9063-ebf632603872\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-565f894e-d253-4b5f-9063-ebf632603872.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking at the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum, reveals how he would &#8220;deal&#8221; with President Donald Trump&#8217;s Twitter account.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa have traded criticism in recent days as British lawmakers labeled Trump a hate peddler over the tweets, sparking fears the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d is hitting a rough patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The furor erupted after Trump, who has almost 44 million Twitter followers, last week retweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by a leader of the far-right group Britain First. The tiny group regularly posts inflammatory videos purporting to show Muslims engaged in acts of violence, but without providing context or supporting information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National security adviser H.R. McMaster, in an interview with \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d said the president had good intentions and was trying to highlight the importance of keeping Americans safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panetta, however, called these tweets \u201cdangerous\u201d and inflammatory. 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