Carlos Barria / Reuters
Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic: The End of the Dan Coats Era
Whoever takes over from Coats permanently could serve as a needed voice of clarity about America’s biggest challenges—or see the intelligence community further sidelined.
President Donald Trump’s feud with his intelligence agencies has flared ever since he took office already chafing about their conclusion on Russian electoral interference. The latest casualty: Dan Coats, who today leaves his post as director of national intelligence, with his deputy, Sue Gordon, reluctantly following him out the door. Joe Maguire now steps in as acting director, and whoever takes over the spot permanently could be, for good or ill, an unusually consequential figure—precisely because of the president’s hostility.
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Update: US spy chief Dan Coats leaves post after feud with Trump (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: Definitely .... A New Era Dawns for US Intelligence (VOA).
7 comments:
Good. US intelligence has been a joke for decades. And so many embarrassments and failures.
Wrong on wmd which killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people!
Didn't prevent 9/11 - the biggest failure of this century which they then used to further stifle or privacy rights
..why even bother listing more. We could go back to the bay of pigs. The US intelligence-considering their huge, insanely big budget, is just embarrassing.
Got china wrong too. First they got it wrong when they predicted China would open up. Then they got it wrong assessing Chinese strength, while we see them tumble all over the place just because Trump looked at them ;)
I'm a Trump supporter now. Converted :)
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Anon (8:56),
Spot on, couldn't have put it better myself. I might add, if a dispute between them and Trump, I'll go with the analysis of Trump and his team pretty much every time.
Bposter. . Thanks but no thanks. .my criticism is honest. Yours is fake and so Russia glorifying I wonder what gene lab they bred you in
No offence
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Our intel has been right more often than not. Do a search and discover how many jihad plots broken up before they could be carried out. If you dispise intel, what would you do without it? listen to Fox news for insights? read NY Post to discover who is planning to bomb something?
Easy to dismiss while sitting back and badmouthing but how about some concrete suggestions as to what you would do to fix that which you fault?
Anon (8:58PM),
My criticism is honest as well and, in fact, pretty much mirrors yours identically. I only added that I would trust the judgment of President Trump over them.
There has been nothing in my posts here that would glorify Russia. While I have pointed out that it is dangerous to overestimate one's on abilities while underestimating those of adversaries, this certainly does not glorify Russia who clearly is adversarial to us at present. Furthermore to suggest diplomatic opportunities should be seized where and when possible does not glorify Russia either. To suggest that we be very circumspect when dealing with major powers hardly glorifies them. Such things would generally be considered commonsense.
You must have come to such a conclusion by reading the posts of others here (trolls) and not reading mine in their entirety assuming they were correct without taking the time to find out. It's understandable. We are all very busy.
I will supply you with my real name and how you can find me as I have before on before on this site. You must have missed it. My name is Robert Foshee. I am a Certified Public Accountant. My website is www.fosheecpa.com. I live in Conroe, TX.
Now if you want to have a conversation on the state of American Intelligence or as I have labeled them American (un)intelligence or the lack thereof, I am all eyes. DO NOT slander me though and before repeating the accusations of others take some time to find out for yourself. I'm assuming you simply copied what others have said. Again, its understandable. We are all very busy. No offense taken.
Given that we could find ourselves at war with Russia, China, or a number of powers at any time, its vitally important that we have good intelligence. Your critiques are honest as mine are obviously as well since they essentially mirror yours. I would assume that as Americans we both share the same goals of making our intelligence services better as well as enhancing our national defense.
I think we could have a rational and productive discussion on this if you can avoid insulting me. Again, at this point I think you simply copied what others said about me. Now that I have clarified this, if you want to discuss the topic of the post, I am all eyes. As time is limited, there isn't sufficient time to go off topic and address false accusations over and over again.
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