Hillary Clinton made an early accommodation with the intelligence community (IC), in exchange for promises of future appointments and promotions of careerists inside the IC. A similar deal was offered to Trump, by "walking back" negative comments Trump made about the IC, in particular the CIA, and "going along" with congressional investigations into Russian collusion which would ultimately be whitewashed. Trump could gain the cooperation of career employees in deal making for appointments. Without a deal, and with Trump's standing promise to [[drain the swamp]], the Intelligence Community was "going to war." Hillary's friends in the IC, the "computer scientists", were urging a recount.<ref>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/activists-urge-hillary-clinton-to-challenge-election-results.html</ref> | Hillary Clinton made an early accommodation with the intelligence community (IC), in exchange for promises of future appointments and promotions of careerists inside the IC. A similar deal was offered to Trump, by "walking back" negative comments Trump made about the IC, in particular the CIA, and "going along" with congressional investigations into Russian collusion which would ultimately be whitewashed. Trump could gain the cooperation of career employees in deal making for appointments. Without a deal, and with Trump's standing promise to [[drain the swamp]], the Intelligence Community was "going to war." Hillary's friends in the IC, the "computer scientists", were urging a recount.<ref>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/activists-urge-hillary-clinton-to-challenge-election-results.html</ref> |