U.S. President Donald Trump stands with the new CIA Director Gina Haspel during her swearing-in ceremony at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, U.S. May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Politico: Intel probe puts CIA’s Haspel in a bind
The review led by U.S. Attorney John Durham is making life uncomfortable for America’s cautious spy chief.
The prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to examine the origins of the Russia investigation is focusing much of his attention on the CIA, placing the agency’s director, Gina Haspel, at the center of a politically toxic tug-of-war between the Justice Department and the intelligence community.
The prosecutor, John Durham, has reportedly asked the CIA for former director John Brennan’s communications as he examines the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment that concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened in the election specifically to help Donald Trump.
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WNU Editor: I do not think CIA Director Haspel has much of a choice. U.S. Attorney John Durham has been sanctioned by the Justice Department with the President's approval to get to the bottom on how the entire Russian collusion hoax came to dominate Washington politics for the entire Trump Presidency. We have already learned through the Justice Department's Inspector General's report on the gross misconduct within the FBI when it came to just one FISA application. The CIA should also not be immune from such an examination.