BurgessCT - Hope

OPINION: HOPE in America

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt The events of 06 January 2021 will forever more be etched into the history of our fair nation, the United States, as the day the President of the United States led an insurrection. …

burgessct - trump the termite in the white house

OPINION – Trump is the termite in the government

Trump administration is riddled with cronies and family members. It is widely recognized as one of the most corrupt administrations, led by a president who spews falsehoods at an unbelievable rate. These individuals serve to undermine the confidence in government which the citizens have come to enjoy. The intelligence community as a whole has been sidelined as their product is …

Trump Transition 2016: Who should have a security clearance?

Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is one of many prospective White House staffers. He lacks a security clearance,and will require one, should he continue as a close advisor and aide to President-elect Trump. Whether or not the security clearance will translate into a position within the Trump administration is a different story, as The Federal Anti-Nepotism Statute, aka “The Bobby Kennedy …

Kremlin’s Clinton Gambit Fails With Trump’s Election

A little over a month ago I wrote of the Russian gambit to influence the US national elections by seemingly backing the Republican party candidate Donald J. Trump in hopes that the US electorate would swing in mass to back Democratic party candidate Hillary R. Clinton. In my piece, US Presidential Election 2016: The Kremlin Prefers??? I made the argument that …

US Presidential Election 2016: The Kremlin Prefers???

The US presidential election of 2016 is entertaining the world and Russia’s Kremlin. The sad reality is one of the two major party candidates, Donald Trump (R) or Hillary Clinton (D) will be the next president of the United States come Friday, January 20, 2017. The US electorate dislikes them both. Global leaders and their intelligence and foreign policy apparatus …