Asheley Wood of Just Security suggests she is. Re-read what Haspel said about China in her Louisville speech and then consider the context.
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Trump’s Weaponizes Transparency Against Secret Agencies and Civil Servants
In a humiliating real-life re-run of “The Apprentice,” Deputy Attorney General will go to the White House on Thursday to find out if he’s been fired. Eager to boost the ratings, President Trump coyly allows he’s open to keeping Rosenstein. Don’t believe him? Tune in to find out. The faux suspense cannot obscure “the slow...
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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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Former CIA Officer Makes the Case for Stripping Former Officials of their Security Clearances
In Consortium News, John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer who went to jail for telling a reporter about the agency’s torture program, argues that security clearances for retired official has “abuse written all over it.” I think Trump is using the clearance issue as a means to get control the intelligence community, but Kiriakou’s questions are...
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Trump’s Deep State Strategy: Conquer by Dividing
President Trump is taking action against his so-called deep state critics, a sign of the intensifying power struggle in Washington between an authoritarian president and an unnerved and alarmed national security establishment. On Monday the White House announced Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former CIA directors John Brennan and Michael Hayden, former director of national...