WHEN HE'S TALKING HE'S LYING:

On Sunday, CIA director John Brennan challenged Donald Trump's suggestion last week that he could read "disapproval" of President Obama's policies in the body language of US intelligence officials who provided secret national security briefings to the candidate on August 17. [...]

The criticism didn't stop there. Several members of the intelligence community, both active and retired, voiced their outrage after hearing Trump's version of his intelligence briefing experience.  

"Our friends in the intelligence community were quite upset to hear that sort of talk," said former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Col. Steve Ganyard.  "I think if there was any discomfort, it was not signaling any personal preference or policy. It was more because they understood that what they were saying might be used against them in a way that was untrue." Ganyard routinely attended classified briefings during his time at the State Department.

George W. Bush's own briefer, former CIA director Michael Morell, also added to the chorus of condemnation.

"This is the first time that I can remember a candidate for president doing a readout from an intelligence briefing, and it's the first time a candidate has politicized their intelligence briefing," asserted Morell. "Both of those are highly inappropriate and crossed a long standing red line respected by both parties." A Hillary Clinton supporter, Morell didn't hold back any punches, adding: "To me this is just the most recent example that underscores that this guy is unfit to be commander in chief."

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