February 20, 2020
OPEN SOURCE IT ALL:
After a congressional briefing on election threats, Trump soured on acting spy chief (Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris and Josh Dawsey, Feb. 20, 2020, Washington Post)
President Trump erupted at his acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, in the Oval Office last week over what he perceived as disloyalty by Maguire's staff, which ruined McGuire's chances of becoming the permanent intelligence chief, according to people familiar with the matter.Trump announced on Wednesday that he was replacing Maguire with a vocal loyalist, Richard Grenell, who is the U.S. ambassador to Germany.Maguire had been considered a leading candidate to be nominated for the post of DNI, White House aides had said. But Trump's opinion shifted last week when he heard from a GOP ally that the intelligence official in charge of election security, who works for Maguire, gave a classified briefing last Thursday to the House Intelligence Committee on 2020 election security.
Intelligence is only useful if it is shared widely with people who can understand it. Giving it to Donald is useless.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 20, 2020 4:04 PM