Following the annual assessment of global threats by America’s intelligence agencies presented at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday by Dan Coats, the director of National Intelligence, Gina Haspel, the C.I.A. On NATO: Trump questions the value of NATO, while the Intelligence agencies all regard NATO as the bedrock of America’s international security. The Meaning Of Trump’s Unusual SourcesWhat should the Intelligence agencies make of the diverse sources from which the president apparently gets his ‘intelligence’? If that is the case, then Trump can hardly ask the real Intelligence agencies to play that game. If that is the case, then again, the activity is the very antithesis of what the Intelligence agencies stand for and pursue.

Source: Forbes February 01, 2019 03:55 UTC