Thursday, July 28, 2016

Panetta Slams Trump's Russia Comments: 'It's Deadly Serious'

Leon Panetta, the former CIA director and Defense secretary, slammed Donald Trump and the comments that he made Wednesday suggesting the Russians should hack Hillary Clinton's emails and release them publicly.

"In my over 50 years in public life, this is the screwiest damn election I've ever seen," Panetta said. 

After noting that he had served under nine presidents, Republican and Democratic, Panetta said, "This is the first election where there's only one candidate who has the experience, temperament, the understanding of the world to be commander-in-chief."

Panetta was speaking at a national security panel hosted at the University of Pennsylvania in conjunction with the Democratic convention.

"The other candidate doesn't have any experience, doesn't know the world, shoots from the hip," Panetta continued. "He shot from the hip today in asking for Russians to do a cyber attack against the United States, for God's sakes."...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/national-security-panel-donald-trump


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