Trump Gutted the FBI's Counterterrorism Unit
Trump's DOJ purge has removed approximately 300 FBI agents, most of them counterterrorism and counter espionage specialists, since the start of the second term. Cash Patel fired 45 of them directly, while thousands more have left the broader DOJ, gutting decades of institutional knowledge and expertise. Former FBI agent and national security contributor Christopher Olirri calls it an "institutional decapitation," warning the country is now dangerously exposed to sophisticated foreign adversaries.
The timing could not be worse. Iranian state radio recently broadcast a series of random numbers…
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