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Trump's new acting DNI, German Amb Richard Grenell was part of the Ukraine scam. Lev Parnas said that he was told to ask Grenell for advance notice if DOJ were to move to extradite Firtash..odd, bc Firtash isn't in Germany. #ThursdayThoughts nymag.com/intelligencer/…
2-" One might argue that Grenell has been serving, unrecognized, as Trump’s high commissioner to Europe, and this Cabinet-level appointment gives him more authority in that role.
3-"But it also places an absolute loyalist in a position to, from Trump’s perspective, manage the intelligence community so that it cannot do him harm. The president has made it clear, again and again, that he seeks to remake the national security infrastructure so that it does
4-"his bidding and promotes his ends. He does not recognize the idea — sacred to national security professionals — of a higher national interest to which even a president must subordinate her or himself.
5-"That has been clear in every aspect of how he and his allies defended his plan to block military aid to Ukraine..It has been reported that Grenell will hold the job only in an acting role because he is too controversial to be confirmed."
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