Nothing demonstrates the failure of U.S. national security policymaking in the Trump era more than the president’s decision to downgrade the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense less than two years ago. Trump and National Security adviser John Bolton had a conception of “national security” that downplayed the well-known...
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How the U.S. Intelligence Community Is Intervening in the 2020 Election
President Trump’s ongoing purge of the intelligence community, along with Bernie Sanders’ surge in the Democratic presidential race, has triggered an unprecedented intervention of U.S. intelligence agencies in the U.S. presidential election on factually dubious grounds. Former CIA director John Brennan sees a “full-blown national security crisis” in President Trump’s latest moves against the intelligence...
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$100 Million NSA Program Produced Exactly Two Unique Leads
Mass surveillance, whether you approve of it morally, is not practical. It does not enhance the safety of the American people. The results are in: only twice during that four-year period did the program generate unique information that the F.B.I. did not already possess, said the study, which was produced by the Privacy and Civil...
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The U.S. Intelligence Community Leaks on Sanders
The U.S. intelligence community is not a “deep state” conspiracy. It is a political faction, clad in official secrecy, and protected by general friendly media coverage. The intelligence community loathes and fears President Trump for his ignorance, his flouting of the traditional policymaking process, and now his desire to get control of U.S. intelligence agencies,...
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Groundswell: The Right-Wing Team Writing Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Hit List
Axios, the business newsletter that cultivates market-moving sources, has a detailed look at how President Trump is striking back at his perceived foes in the Executive Branch. The level of detail in the story makes it credible to me. A key figure is Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. She has a...