Trump Names New Acting Director Of National Intelligence
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump Names New Acting Director Of National Intelligence

NPR  

Trump Names New Acting Director Of National Intelligence Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Updated at 10:22 p.m. ET In a shake-up of the top ranks of U.S. national intelligence, President Trump announced Thursday that he will name Joseph Maguire, the current Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as the nation's acting top intelligence official. Sponsor Message On Maguire's appointment, Trump tweeted: "I am pleased to inform you that the Honorable Joseph Maguire, current Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will be named Acting Director of National Intelligence, effective August 15th. In her letter of resignation, Gordon thanked the president "for the opportunity to serve the Nation as the Principal Deputy Director of national Intelligence for the past two years."

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Tulsi Gabbard questioned US Intelligence. Now she is Trump’s pick for top Intelligence role.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tulsi Gabbard questioned US Intelligence. Now she is Trump’s pick for top Intelligence role.

Live Mint  

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead powerful U.S. spy agencies has often seemed to embrace Washington’s adversaries and questioned key American intelligence judgments, raising alarm among veteran intelligence officials and the wider national security establishment. If confirmed as director of National Intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii would hold a post whose extensive powers include briefing the president on …

Another intelligence community shake-up as Trump replaces counterterrorism chief
4 years, 9 months ago

Another intelligence community shake-up as Trump replaces counterterrorism chief

LA Times  

Russell Travers took over as acting director of the NCTC last August and has spent decades in counterterrorism and national security. The Trump administration said Thursday that it was replacing the acting chief of the National Counterterrorism Center, part of an ongoing leadership shake-up in the intelligence community. Russell Travers took over as acting director of the NCTC in August …

Experts warn that Trump's assault on intelligence is putting the country's national security at risk
4 years, 10 months ago

Experts warn that Trump's assault on intelligence is putting the country's national security at risk

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump fired Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire and replaced him with Richard Grenell — who had been U.S. ambassador to Germany — shaking up the office of the top intel chief. “Make no mistake: the Trump administration’s continued failure to nominate a qualified, permanent DNI since the abrupt resignation of Daniel Coats, a former senator, seven …

Former CIA director sounds alarm at Trump’s ‘virtual decapitation of intelligence community’
4 years, 10 months ago

Former CIA director sounds alarm at Trump’s ‘virtual decapitation of intelligence community’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former CIA Director John Brennan has sounded the alarm about …

Trump looks for permanent national intelligence director
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump looks for permanent national intelligence director

Associated Press  

Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell is the new acting national intelligence director, but he’s expected to be a short-timer overseeing the nation’s 17 spy agencies. “What it signals is that Donald Trump is now making clear what we long suspected: That he has no use for a director of national intelligence,” said Ned Price, a former CIA officer who served …

Ousted acting spy chief Maguire formally resigns from US government
4 years, 10 months ago

Ousted acting spy chief Maguire formally resigns from US government

CNN  

Washington CNN — Former acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire has formally resigned from US government service after President Donald Trump made it clear he would not be nominated for the full time intelligence chief job, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. President Donald Trump became irate in a meeting with Maguire last week for allowing lawmakers …

White House Appoints Outspoken Ambassador As New Acting Head Of Intelligence
4 years, 10 months ago

White House Appoints Outspoken Ambassador As New Acting Head Of Intelligence

NPR  

White House Appoints Outspoken Ambassador As New Acting Head Of Intelligence Enlarge this image toggle caption Darko Vojinovic/AP Darko Vojinovic/AP President Trump has named Richard Grenell, the vocal and controversial U.S. ambassador to Germany, as the new acting director of national intelligence, replacing the current acting head of the nation's 17 spy agencies. In September, he told the committee that …

Amid Calls For Impeachment, Joseph Maguire Is Caught Between The President And Congress
5 years, 3 months ago

Amid Calls For Impeachment, Joseph Maguire Is Caught Between The President And Congress

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The man who stands at the center of a controversy over an intelligence community whistleblower’s complaint is hardly a deep-state bureaucrat or shadowy spy. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has subpoenaed Maguire to testify before the panel, telling reporters that Maguire had made the “unprecedented decision not to share the complaint …

Acting US spy chief defends handling whistle-blower complaint
5 years, 3 months ago

Acting US spy chief defends handling whistle-blower complaint

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – Acting US Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on Thursday defended his handling of a whistle-blower complaint against President Donald Trump. In a rare public airing of internal deliberations, Maguire told the House Intelligence Committee that he delayed releasing the whistle-blower complaint to Congress due to executive privilege concerns because it involved a phone call between Trump …

Acting spy chief to testify on whistleblower’s complaint
5 years, 3 months ago

Acting spy chief to testify on whistleblower’s complaint

LA Times  

The nation’s highest ranking intelligence official is expected to be grilled over the administration’s handling of a still-secret whistleblower’s complaint when he appears before Congress on Thursday as the first witness in the Democrats’ formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is sworn in before he testifies at a hearing of the House Permanent …

Trump’s new war on intelligence (opinion)
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump’s new war on intelligence (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Josh Campbell is a CNN analyst covering national security issues. He previously served as a supervisory special agent with the FBI and is the author of “Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump’s War on the FBI.” Follow him on Twitter @joshscampbell. CNN — After a brief cessation of hostilities against the United States’ intelligence and law enforcement community, President …

Trump at center of new intelligence storm as whistleblower mystery explodes
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump at center of new intelligence storm as whistleblower mystery explodes

CNN  

CNN — A smoldering Washington intelligence mystery exploded late Wednesday into a full-on confrontation between House Democrats and the White House over communications between President Donald Trump and an unidentified foreign leader. A showdown over a whistleblower’s “credible and urgent” complaint was revealed – first by The Washington Post and later confirmed by CNN – to concern the President himself, …

Trump’s national security team purge is almost complete
5 years, 4 months ago

Trump’s national security team purge is almost complete

CNN  

Washington CNN — When Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and his deputy Sue Gordon leave their offices for the last time on Thursday, it will mark a turning point for an administration that has already endured the highest level of senior staff turnover in history. This “is a defining day in the Trump administration’s national security structure – they …

Joseph Maguire: Trump’s ‘excellent’ acting intel chief may not be loyalist he wants
5 years, 5 months ago

Joseph Maguire: Trump’s ‘excellent’ acting intel chief may not be loyalist he wants

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump praised his pick for acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, as an “excellent” choice and a “very talented man” Friday, but it remains unclear where the new acting spy chief stands on some of the most pressing national security issues facing the country today. But while Trump has made clear his desire to …

Trump picks new acting national intelligence director
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump picks new acting national intelligence director

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday named Joseph Maguire, the nation’s top counterterrorism official, as acting national intelligence director, part of a leadership shake-up at the agency that oversees 17 U.S. spy agencies. Schiff, D-Calif., said if Trump tried to bypass Gordon, it would be evidence of his intent to politicize the intelligence agencies to serve his “partisan aims …

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