'Trump is prepared to go to war against U.S. intelligence agencies.' OPINION
The White House is trying to prevent the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from viewing a whistleblower complaint detailing President Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic contender to challenge Trump for the presidency in 2020.
Now, intelligence leaders must ask themselves how far they are willing to go in toeing the White House line. That’s even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced an impeachment inquiry into Trump.Disclosure to Congress There is no question that the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community , Michael K. Atkinson, made the right call when he recommended that the whistleblower complaint be disclosed to Congress.
Brain drain Trump’s antipathy toward intelligence agencies has far-reaching implications for U.S. national security. The DNI, the country’s top intelligence job, remains unfilled; if history is any guide, more senior officials will depart before the 2020 election, leaving further vacancies. U.S. spies do not — indeed, cannot — trust Trump. Earlier this month, we learned from multiple sources the CIA was forced to exfiltrate an exceptionally valuable Russian asset from Moscow in 2017, among other things, owing to concerns that Trump might jeopardize that individual’s safety.
The Ukraine affair also offers an early indication of how Trump will deal with intelligence that threatens his prospects for re-election.
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