CIA director Gina Haspel, who has to date maintained among the lowest profiles of the Trump administration's cabinet members, is bucking an incipient trend set by previous directors who engaged more frequently with the press, noted two former CIA deputy directors who served during the Obama administration.
Maintaining low visibility is characteristic for Haspel, a former clandestine operations officer, but it's also likely strategic and, on balance, in the interest of the agency, the two former officials said.
"She's not somebody who, I think, relishes the spotlight in that kind of way," said Avril Haines, who served as the CIA's deputy director from 2013 to 2015. "I think that's probably a good choice for her right now."
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WNU Editor: These former CIA officials who worked under the Obama administration are not weighing the merits of speaking out, they are being very vocal and public in their opposition to President Trump's policies, and have been since day one.
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Which Day one? When he was sworn in? Nov 2016? 2015?
I'm going with 2015.
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