US intelligence is experiencing internal turmoil just as Trump is placing hardliners in key national security roles. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence (DNI), has recommended the divorce. The chairman of the Senate armed services committee, John McCain of Arizona, has vowed to reject the next NSA director if Obama “prematurely” separates the NSA and Cybercom. But Trump’s national security team is filling with hardliners. Like Pompeo, Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Mike Flynn, has implied that Muslims in general are complicit in terrorism.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2016 22:40 UTC