The Politicization of National Intelligence
Is a shake-up coming for Trump’s national security advisers?
By The Editors of The Atlantic
Tulsi Gabbard’s tenure as director of national intelligence in the Trump administration may be facing a potential shake-up. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the future of the administration’s national-security complex.
Gabbard joined the Trump administration in a “MAGA wing of no war, no foreign intervention,” staff writer for The Atlantic Shane Harris said last night. But following the U.S. air strikes on Iran, Gabbard is trying very quickly “to get the intelligence in her statements” to “line up with the president’s political preferences,” Harris explained. “That is dangerous in the conduct of intelligence. That is what intelligence professionals try to avoid.” …
Jeffrey Goldberg, Shane Harris, David Ignatius, Andrea Mitchell and Ashley Parker discuss the topic, “the politicization of intelligence,” here.
