Not since former CIA director George H.W. Bush was elected vice president in 1980 have former U.S. intelligence officers played such a prominent role in U.S. electoral politics. Three former CIA officers are now serving in Congress. Two newly-elected Democrats Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, have joined incumbent Will Hurd, Republican...
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Haspel’s Pick for Deputy CIA Director Fulfills Brennan’s Plan
The appointment of a new Deputy Director of Analysis at the CIA shows how the vocabulary of the intelligence profession evolves to clarify (or conceal) the agency’s mission. Cynthia Rapp, a career CIA official in charge of preparing the President’s Daily Brief, will head the component of the agency that used to be called the...
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Ex-CIA Chief Calls on Votes to ‘Reject Inflammatory Rhetoric’
Not since George H.W. Bush ran for president in 1980 has a former CIA director involved himself so deeply in U.S. electoral politics. “As the child of an immigrant, I will vote for candidates who believe in America living up to its values & remaining the world’s melting pot,” Brennan tweeted. Source: Ex-CIA chief: Vote...
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On the Brennan Bandwagon? Trump critic McRaven Resigns from Pentagon Board
Admiral William McRaven, leader of the Bin Laden raid and scourge of the Taliban, quit the Defense Innovation Board, according to Defense News. The job is less important than the signal sent. McRaven took the action last month, four days after he blasted President Trump in a caustic Washington Post Op-Ed entitled “Revoke my security clearance...
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The Intelligence Professionals Who Favor Revoking Brennan’s Security Clearance.
From Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, via Consortium News. “We are appalled by the willful misreading by pundits and much of the media of the nature of security clearances. They are certainly not a constitutionally protected right, but a highly conditional privilege. Its granting comes with personal acceptance of restrictions on speech and association: among...