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The risks of politicizing the U.S. intelligence community

The risks of politicizing the U.S. intelligence community

10/01/2020

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The risks of politicizing the U.S. intelligence community

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The risks of politicizing the U.S. intelligence community

Is the Trump administration politicizing intelligence and the community that provides it? Johns Hopkins University’s John McLaughlin, who was acting CIA director during the George W. Bush administration, and Larry Diamond, who also served under President George W. Bush and has written extensively about the decline of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism, join Nick Schifrin to discuss.

10/01/2020

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