The Damage to US Intelligence Is Already Done
Like his earlier attempt to install two stooges on the US Federal Reserve Board, President Donald Trump's selection of a spectacularly unqualified toady to serve as the next director of national intelligence represents a clear threat to America's interests. It is almost irrelevant that the nomination has been withdrawn.
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ATLANTA – To understand what is happening in authoritarian regimes – be they in Moscow, Havana, Beijing, or Pyongyang – analysts always pay close attention to the rise and fall of intelligence chiefs. In the case of US President Donald Trump, who aspires to be a strongman, the aborted nomination of John Ratcliffe, a Republican congressman from Texas, to succeed outgoing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is telling indeed.