The Right-Wing Plan for Trump-Friendly Spies
Article/Op-Ed in In the Room with Peter Bergen
Sept. 3, 2024
In Episode 66 of his podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines the Trump administration's relationship with the intelligence community and how Trump plans to reshape it if he wins.
Donald Trump’s relationship with the U.S. intelligence community during his time in office was often tumultuous. Now, former top Trump administration officials have put together a plan to reshape intelligence gathering should Trump return to the White House, taking aim at what they see as social engineering and a lack of loyalty to a conservative president’s agenda. Several long-time intelligence officials, including the first Director of National Intelligence, weigh the pros and cons of the right-wing plan to overhaul the intelligence apparatus.
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