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Will there be purges in American intelligence?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from the telegram channels of @rybar together with @usaperiodical

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[C9lonelCassad] The American press continues to publish alarmist forecasts regarding the future of Donald Trump's cabinet almost every week. This time, The Economist has published an article about the prospects of the American intelligence community after the inauguration of the newly elected president.

In short, the National Intelligence Agency, the CIA, and the FBI are facing purges and repressions. All because of the candidates Trump is proposing for the leadership positions of the above-mentioned intelligence agencies.

The politician nominated former member of the House of Representatives, his ardent supporter Tulsi Gabbard, for the post of Director of National Intelligence. Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe for the post of CIA Director, and ultra-loyalist Kashyap Patel for the post of FBI Director.

Gabbard and Patel scare the establishment the most. Gabbard is feared for her isolationist views and consistent criticism of the entire American foreign policy. Patel once promised that he would fight "corrupt officials in the government" and take revenge on Trump's enemies. Well, Ratcliffe was not afraid in 2016 and published sensitive intelligence information proving that Donald Trump had no ties to Russia.

Here, of course, it should be noted that some of these candidates may not pass the Senate's approval, as already happened with Matt Gaetz, whom Trump tried to appoint to the post of head of the Department of Justice.

The establishment does not like radicals - it is difficult to negotiate with them. In this regard, Patel is definitely questionable, since it is through the FBI that one can dig up any information on any politician.

And, of course, it is always worth remembering that the US does not like loud and demonstrative reprisals against political opponents. Even the Democrats, trying to sink Trump, acted very carefully.
That is certainly one view of events.
That is why many experienced employees of the American intelligence services doubt that the FBI, CIA and National Intelligence await any completely radical purges - the experience of Trump's previous term showed that no radical measures were taken in this direction.

P.S. I believe that these plans will be sabotaged from within these intelligence agencies.
I imagine some will try — that’s just human nature.


Posted by: badanov 2024-12-02
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