ODNI Ratcliffe's letter to Congress is *chilling*.
He says the intel community he leads—as Trump's mouthpiece—must speak with "one voice," so no intel agent can ever again face Congressional questioning.
Whose voice is the new "one voice" on intel? Trump's. Which means Putin's.
He says the intel community he leads—as Trump's mouthpiece—must speak with "one voice," so no intel agent can ever again face Congressional questioning.
Whose voice is the new "one voice" on intel? Trump's. Which means Putin's.
Trump has a documented history of parroting Putin's disinformation and then ordering his subordinates to parrot it as well. There is *every* reason to fear that U.S. intelligence assessments of Russian election interference going forward will reflect Putin's views of the subject.
Trump stooge Barr *already* disallowed any investigation of crimes Trump or those associated with him may commit before the 2020 election. Now Trump stooge Ratcliffe has ensured that any intel assessments we get about the election will be whatever Trump and Putin want us to hear.
Between the unchecked lies of the White House, the investigation shutdown at DOJ, and the intelligence blackout at ODNI, the American public is now flying completely blind into a national election we have every reason to believe the nation's enemies want to compromise—and steal.
