Intel officials worry Trump's pick for top spy will politicize the job

[orangecrush]

"WASHINGTON — Hours before President Donald Trump announced him as the pick to be the new director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe was on Fox News saying the Russia investigation may have been tainted by a criminal conspiracy.

"What I do know as a former federal prosecutor is that it does appear that there were crimes committed during the Obama administration," the Texas Republican said Sunday, speaking about the origins of the FBI's investigation into Trump campaign contacts with the Russians.


Ratcliffe didn't specify which crimes, and he didn't offer any evidence. None have surfaced on the public record.

But statements like that from Ratcliffe, rated one of the most conservative Republicans in Congress, are causing disquiet among current and former intelligence officials, who worry that as the nation's top spy Ratcliffe will politicize what is supposed to be one of the most nonpartisan jobs in Washington.

"Mr. Ratcliffe appears to be somebody who is more interested in pleasing Donald Trump," President Barack Obama's CIA director John Brennan, an NBC News analyst, said on MSNBC."


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1035821



Gee, d'ya think?

[keithbvadu2]

1. Investing in Trump was the best investment Vlad ever made.

[DURHAM D]

2. I am more concerned about what he will share with his owners. nt

[orangecrush]

3. Yep

The fox is in the henhouse.