CIA Officers Can Sense the Threat Within

CIA staffers secretly admit they're scared by Trump's impact on agency

CIA staffers warn that the agency has been undermined over the past year by political pressure from the top, The Atlantic reported on Friday.Ever since President Donald Trump's second term began, wrote Shane Harris, "the number of CIA employees who said they are concerned that the objectivity of analysis is being undermined by political influence has gone up significantly," per a survey conducted by the CIA's ombudsman. "The results haven’t been…

CIA agents say Trump administration pushed them to lie

The Trump administration fired senior career intelligence officers for refusing to fabricate reports that would align with White House policy goals. This is according to a survey of CIA agents conducted recently, which reveals a troubling atmosphere of political pressure and “concern among the rank and file that Trump administration meddling is undermining intelligence work.”The survey was revealed on Friday in a report by the Atlantic, and in i…

CIA Officers Can Sense the Threat Within

Shane Harris: “Since Donald Trump returned to office, the number of CIA employees who said they are concerned that the objectivity of analysis is being undermined by political influence has gone up significantly, according to the survey, which is conducted annually by the agency’s ombudsman for analytic integrity. The results haven’t been made public, but […]