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The Trump administration fired senior career intelligence officers for refusing to fabricate reports that would align with White House policy goals. This is according to a survey of CIA agents conducted recently, which reveals a troubling atmosphere of political pressure and \u201cconcern among the rank and file that Trump administration meddling is undermining intelligence work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The survey was revealed on Friday in a report by the Atlantic<\/u>, and in it, agent comments \u201cshow how acutely some of them feel pressured to reach preferred outcomes instead of following the facts wherever they lead.\u201d Insiders familiar with the survey spoke with the Atlantic on the condition of strict anonymity so they could speak candidly.<\/p>\n

As the Atlantic explains, \u201cThe survey, which covers last year and was sent to members of the agency\u2019s analytic workforce, combines multiple-choice questions with an open-ended section where respondents can give feedback in their own words. Most analysts who provided written responses objected specifically to actions by then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.” For example, \u201cAmong the analysts\u2019 concerns was last year\u2019s dismissal<\/u> of two senior career intelligence officers after one of Gabbard\u2019s deputies tried to rewrite their assessment that Venezuela was not directing a criminal gang, Tren de Aragua. The administration wanted to claim the opposite to create a legal basis for deporting Venezuelan immigrants.”<\/p>\n

Another major issue involved President Donald Trump\u2019s concerns about investigations into Russian election interference. According to the Atlantic, \u201cRespondents also cited Gabbard\u2019s decision to revoke the security clearances of more than three dozen current and former national-security officials, without citing any evidence of wrongdoing. Some of them had worked on the intelligence community\u2019s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, which Trump derisively refers to as \u2018the Russia hoax.\u2019 Gabbard, who left office last month, spent much of her time in office trying unsuccessfully to gin up evidence that intelligence leaders had engaged in a conspiracy to link Trump to Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, warned insiders, the respondents should not be interpreted as a criticism of Gabbard alone. The survey also reflects \u201cbroader concerns about a political climate in which the president has routinely misrepresented intelligence to the public and directed his advisers to find evidence, however dubious, to support his claims about a stolen election in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Atlantic raises another example \u201cof the cost that officers can pay for not toeing the administration\u2019s political line.\u201d Last year, \u201cthe director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, was dismissed following a preliminary report that the air strikes had set back Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities by only a few months. Trump had said they were \u2018obliterated.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

According to CIA insiders, while subtle political pressure has always been an issue regardless of administration, \u201cintelligence officers have rarely had to worry that they might lose their job, or worse, for telling the truth. Officers whose names are not publicly disclosed have had their identities revealed and been harassed online.\u201d Agents who spoke with the Atlantic said \u201cthey worry that, in addition to losing their clearances, fanatical supporters of the president might show up at their home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my time, I don\u2019t think anyone was afraid they\u2019d get fired or your name would suddenly make your way to Laura Loomer\u2019s blog,\u201d said Steven Cash, a veteran intelligence officer who also served as a staff member on congressional oversight committees, told the Atlantic. \u201cTrump ran on a platform, and ran his first term, in a way that made it clear that he saw the intelligence community more like a press and propaganda office. That\u2019s fundamentally at odds with why there is an intelligence community.\u201d <\/p>\n

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