Trump again nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence

By artappraiser on Fri, 02/28/2020 - 8:54pm |

Trump again nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence. Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr did not immediately signal his support. w/@shaneharris https://t.co/sUSaK8ZEoU
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) February 29, 2020

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-again-plans-to-nominate-john-ratcliffe-as-intelligence-director/2020/02/28/163661fe-5a7b-11ea-8753-73d96000faae_story.html

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Adam Schiff:

We now have an intelligence chief who should not have been fired, an unqualified nominee who should not be confirmed, and an acting director who is patently unfit.

All while our elections are perilously at risk of foreign interference.

Just the way the President likes it. https://t.co/P8Px2E6F6r
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 02/28/2020 - 10:02pm

Purges & corruption

https://www.americanoversight.org/news-roundup-launching-our-investigati...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 6:49am

Authoritarian blindness

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-and-b...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 6:56am

Nice piece, timely reminder. Made me think of how freedom of speech is an important part of the mix, even freedom of hate speech. Hate speech because you don't want to drive it underground where no one knows the hate is happening. Small voices in the mix, protection of the unpopular. Especially if you're going to try big centralized governments. This is why the intensity of cancel culture warring, peer pressure, the Bernie Bros problem are all worrisome to many. Why whistleblowing protection is so important, the bigger the bureaucracy, the more important it is.

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 10:11am

Trump again nominates Rep. John Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence

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