Racide/iStock/Getty Images Plus There’s a reason the intelligence community has come to be known as the Deep State.
A new report by Politico , in which the outlet spoke with former top officials of U.S. intelligence agencies, revealed that members of these agencies are worried about the possibility of a second Donald Trump presidency, displaying partisanship in a field that ostensibly is supposed to remain politically neutral and concerned only with the country’s national security.
The outlet noted that “Many of the former officials said they opted to speak to POLITICO because they believe the extent to which Trump could remake the intelligence community remains — despite the copious media coverage — underestimated.”
A common sentiment among many in the intelligence community is that Trump would replace career officials with loyalists who would keep him away from important intelligence that does not coincide with his worldview.Among those who spoke with Politico was […]
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