[This piece first appeared in The New Republic, Feb. 12, 2020] When President Trump used his State of the Union address to call on Congress to pass legislation allowing crime victims to sue sanctuary cities for offenses committed by undocumented immigrants, CIA director Gina Haspel rose to her feet clapping. It was an unusual display...
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Ex-Officer: Haspel’s ‘Hero Worship’ of Trump Betrays the Agency Mission
A former CIA officer sounds off in the Just Security blog about Gina Haspel’s applause for President Trump during the State of the Union. Douglas London, a retired operations officer who now teaches at Georgetown University, wrote: Those of us who have worked with Haspel over the years had little expectation that she would push...