{"id":125317,"date":"2024-11-13T10:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T03:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125317"},"modified":"2024-11-13T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T03:33:47","slug":"as-the-transition-unfolds-trump-eyes-one-of-his-favorite-targets-us-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125317","title":{"rendered":"As the transition unfolds, Trump eyes one of his favorite targets: US intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Donald Trump has long viewed the nation\u2019s spy services with suspicion, accusing them of trying to undermine his first term and campaigns. Now that he\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2\">returning to the White House<\/a><\/span>, Trump\u2019s promises to overhaul the U.S. intelligence agencies put him on a collision course with one of most secretive and powerful parts of government.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced Tuesday that he is <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ratcliffe-cia-e5fe61f5e79206357085932f1252a852\">nominating John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA<\/a><\/span>. A former Republican congressman from Texas, Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump\u2019s first term, leading the U.S. government\u2019s spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe is <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-transition-white-house-staff-huckabee-f51121db5b18814bbab014e872c2a736\">a more traditional pick<\/a><\/span> for the position, which requires Senate confirmation, than some rumored loyalists pushed by some of Trump\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>For the CIA and other intelligence agencies, the start of Trump\u2019s second administration is a way to reset an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/6a54a956998740f98997fc6461f7d132\">often challenging relationship<\/a><\/span> with a leader who has in the past dismissed them as the deepest of the deep state \u2014 Trump\u2019s label for the thousands of career federal employees that carry out the work of government regardless of who is president.<\/p>\n<p>For Trump, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-transition-planning-ca3a6be50d147b04b6498184e5599b1e\">the return to power<\/a><\/span> offers an opportunity to follow through on promises to clean house of officials that he believes have tried to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/9e926bfccb5947d5a5f8eb260cb0a7e6\">challenge his leadership<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/b29d9f4b6a0a450587a82d80a6f730a4\">criticize his actions<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Former and current intelligence officials also are watching for clues indicating whether Trump will use U.S. intelligence to inform foreign policy and national security decisions or whether he will realize the fears of critics, who worry he could <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-elections-national-security-ronald-reagan-e904946c704307d32713c07f3471cfbe\">spill classified secrets<\/a><\/span> or seek to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8a9811f5ce2094a9b47c2794e2e887ea\">weaponize<\/a><\/span> intelligence work against Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he comes in committed to retribution and cleaning house, that\u2019s going to impact the agency. We\u2019re going to lose people, and there\u2019s going to be this fear: \u2018What will get me in trouble politically?\u2019\u201d said Douglas London, a 34-year CIA veteran who now writes about intelligence work and teaches at Georgetown University. <\/p>\n<p>In selecting Ratcliffe to lead the nation\u2019s premier spy agency, Trump chose a loyalist who has been willing to defend him in some of his most politically charged battles in Washington. When serving in the House, Ratcliffe was on Trump\u2019s advisory team during his <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/f183a10e625256b4a114d081ff408aec\">first impeachment proceedings<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>As intelligence director during the final days of the 2020 election, Ratcliffe angered Democrats by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8a9811f5ce2094a9b47c2794e2e887ea\">declassifying Russian intelligence<\/a><\/span> alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 race even though he acknowledged it might not be true.<\/p>\n<p>Given his experience in Congress and the intelligence community, Ratcliffe is seen as a relatively traditional pick for the position of CIA director. House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, hailed Trump\u2019s selection in a statement, saying Ratcliffe \u201cknows what it will take\u201d to lead the agency and counter threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed by the Senate, Ratcliffe will be responsible for carrying out any changes Trump has in mind for the CIA. Trump has said he wants a complete reorganization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus, and there are plenty of them,\u201d Trump said in a video from 2023 that supporters recirculated following his win last week. \u201cThe departments and agencies that have been weaponized will be completely overhauled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to head off any difficulties with the president-elect, intelligence agencies are emphasizing their nonpartisan mission and their usefulness to any new president looking to understand a globe complicated by <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ukraine\">wars in Ukraine<\/a><\/span> and the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mideast-wars\">Middle East<\/a><\/span> and the growing partnership between China, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine-9ee96dc1d4f07ac0813c698e6873f96b\">Russia, North Korea and Iran<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>London said that in his experience, intelligence officials work hard to avoid any appearance of partisanship and put their constitutional oaths ahead of politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s very little agency officials can do,\u201d London added, \u201cother than to show: \u2018We\u2019re here, we\u2019re on your team, we\u2019re here to support you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence officials won\u2019t say if Trump has already received an intelligence briefing, but the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a statement saying it is following a standard procedure for new presidents that dates to Dwight Eisenhower\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cODNI is acting consistent with the tradition, in place since 1952, of providing intelligence briefings to the president-elect,\u201d the office wrote.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in the White House or on the campaign trail, Trump has been anything but traditional, displaying an animosity toward the nation\u2019s spy agencies unlike any seen since Richard Nixon, who believed the CIA and other agencies sought to undermine his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Trump often <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ed53a115999f4ebcbee5895f239a73b8\">railed<\/a><\/span> against the CIA and other spy agencies, accusing them of working to undermine his first administration and seeking to prevent him from retaking the White House. He also has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-intelligence-agencies-robert-mueller-ff0eb1a6bc10a0b4f894602cdeb84d6b\">blamed intelligence officials<\/a><\/span> for questioning his relationship with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-moscow-2d4866bea9f243419ac216f68a858704\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump received fewer intelligence briefings as president than any other recent commander in chief. In 2021, President Joe Biden suggested that Trump should no longer receive the standard intelligence briefings given to former presidents, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/biden-says-erratic-trump-shouldnt-get-intel-briefings-44b9f2c7204e482b55a2d03077a4c5bf\">calling Trump \u201cerratic<\/a><\/span>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump also was accused of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-justice-department-indictment-classified-documents-miami-8315a5b23c18f27083ed64eef21efff3\">mishandling classified documents<\/a><\/span> at his Mar-a-Lago estate \u2014 a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-classified-documents-smith-c66d5ffb7ba86c1b991f95e89bdeba0c\">case<\/a><\/span> now stalled in the courts that prosecutors <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-jan-6-justice-department-classified-documents-01c2d54177d7c949f62a15604a27b3e0\">are seeking to wind down<\/a><\/span> following the election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s win gives him a mandate to carry out his vision for national security and intelligence, said Elbridge Colby, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the first Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p>Colby said wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with China\u2019s growing rivalry, show Trump doesn\u2019t have time to be delicate with the nation\u2019s national security and intelligence agencies, likening them to the Titanic heading toward an iceberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you turn the Titanic 90 degrees, people are going to fall out of their bunks, chandeliers and beautiful plates are going to get broken,\u201d Colby said Sunday on Tucker Carlson\u2019s internet show. \u201cBut that\u2019s where we are. &#8230; President Trump ran against the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-intelligence-cia-putin-russia-china-c6048eee83edec13edfad6cf4b5b3f66\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Donald Trump has long viewed the nation\u2019s spy services with suspicion, accusing them of trying to undermine his first term and campaigns. 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