Director of National Intelligence – Patrick J. Buchanan

Trump vs. the Spy Chiefs: Who’s Right?

February 15, 2019February 1, 2019 by Patrick J. Buchanan

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To manifest his opposition to President Donald Trump’s decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, and half of the 14,000 in Afghanistan, Gen. James Mattis went public and resigned as secretary of defense. Now Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, in public testimony to Congress, has contradicted …

In Spies Battle, Trump Holds the High Ground

February 1, 2019August 20, 2018 by Patrick J. Buchanan

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In backing John Brennan’s right to keep his top-secret security clearance, despite his having charged the president with treason, the U.S. intel community has chosen to fight on indefensible terrain. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper seemed to recognize that Sunday when he conceded that ex-CIA Director Brennan had …