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Trump’s intel operations are endangering us all: ex-CIA analyst
Intelligence as a BludgeonThe Briefing Was Not the PointThe source story is about a former CIA analyst, Julia Curlee, warning that the Trump White House has turned intelligence work into a loyalty test. The concrete facts are ugly and specific: analysts were fired, clearances revoked, dissent punished, and raw reporting selectively declassified to support claims the finished intelligence would not sustain. That is the shape of the story. The headline event is not a disagreement over analysis. It is the executive branch trying to seize the machinery that is supposed to constrain executive…
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