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House Covid panel report gives preview of Trump's approach to intelligence

Upcoming CIA Director John Ratcliffe. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP

The findings of the House subcommittee on the origin of the pandemic offer an insight into how the next administration intends to manage the intelligence community. [...]

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Four years at Langley, part 1: William Burns and the challenges of an increasingly exposed CIA

Diplomat turned spymaster William Burns made the CIA a key player in strategic declassification. But that unprecedented visibility of intelligence has put the agency in a delicate position on sensitive issues such as Covid-19 and the Havana syndrome.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 06.01.2025

Spotlight | United States
Pressure mounts on intelligence to assess China military build-up as conservative think tanks wrangle to fix Pentagon

The perceived Chinese threat and how the military must adapt to it has been the subject of intense lobbying by conservative think tanks, driven by both political and personal agendas. The issue is expected to loom large over the US intelligence community, responsible for assessing Beijing's military capabilities.

Free access Government Intelligence 25.11.2024

Former Chairman of the US House Select Committee on China, Mike Gallagher.

Spotlight | United States
With Ratcliffe at CIA helm, Heritage Foundation takes up residence in intelligence community

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank which has drawn up a programme of radical reforms tailored for Donald Trump, has found an influential ally in future CIA director John Ratcliffe, who is likely to open the doors to the US intelligence community.

Free access Government Intelligence 18.11.2024

John Ratcliffe, future director of the CIA.

Spotlight | United States
Upheaval and purge planned for intelligence community after huge Donald Trump victory

The intelligence services were a major Trump obsession during his first term and will again be at the heart of his new agenda. The political realignment brought about by his victory has given him the means to radically transform a bureaucracy he has perceived as hostile.

Free access Government Intelligence 07.11.2024

United States
Ex-CIA officers falling out of favour in Congress

In vogue under Trump's presidency, a political career in Washington is now seen as less appealing and more difficult to pull off for former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. A sign of its tarnished image in an increasingly polarised political climate.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.11.2024

Democratic candidate Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA agent, is up against Republican Mike Rogers, a former FBI special agent.

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Dustin Carmack, the Meta boss who wrote Project 2025's radical intelligence reform plan

The new, controversial, right-wing political initiative to extend the authority of the US president includes plans to increase centralisation of intelligence powers in the hands of the Director of National Intelligence. This will be to the detriment of the CIA, deemed to be insufficiently loyal.

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Dustin Carmack, the man behind The Heritage Foundation's plan to reform the US intelligence community.

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