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  1. The Right Coast

    It’s No Revelation That Intelligence Agencies Are Politicized | RealClearPolitics

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The media should spare its current outrage at any suggestion that politics affects the administration of some 16 major intelligence agencies. Journalists should instead listen to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer,…

  2. The Right Coast

    It’s No Revelation That Intelligence Agencies Are Politicized | RealClearPolitics

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The media should spare its current outrage at any suggestion that politics affects the administration of some 16 major intelligence agencies. Journalists should instead listen to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer,…

  3. The Right Coast

    Top-Level Intel Officers’ War Against Donald Trump Is Bad For The Country

    By Thomas A. Smith

    These political operatives were telling the truth about a terrifying reality about the power of intelligence agencies. They were admitting that intelligence agencies will use their position to retaliate for political…

  4. The Right Coast

    Why Trump shouldn t put all his faith in the dysfunctional CIA | New York Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    One of the strongest criticisms leveled against President-elect Donald Trump is his alleged indifference to the work of America s intelligence community, including his disinclination to receive daily intel briefings…

  5. The Right Coast

    Bolton suggests DNC hack was Obama administration ‘false flag’ | Washington Examiner

    By Thomas A. Smith

    "Are are you actually accusing someone here in the administration or in the intelligence community of trying to throw something?" Eric Shawn pressed Bolton."We just don't know. But I believe…

  6. The Right Coast

    Intel world struggles to crack the code of an untrusting Trump – POLITICO

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Donald Trump's insult-laced dismissal of reports that the CIA believes Russia hacked the 2016 election to help him is rattling a spy community already puzzled over how to gain the…

  7. The Right Coast

    Mike Pompeo, Sharp Critic of Hillary Clinton, Is Trump s Pick to Lead C.I.A. – The New York Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    A sharp, pugnacious Kansas congressman and former Army tank officer with degrees from West Point and Harvard, Mr. Pompeo was often an unyielding critic of former Secretary of State Hillary…

  8. The Right Coast

    Trump national security pick Flynn is ‘disruptive’ thinker on intelligence

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Flynn, 57, burst on the political scene in August with a fiery speech at the Republican National Convention, where he emerged as a trusted Trump adviser on national security issues. He…

  9. The Right Coast

    America s Decadent Leadership Class – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    It is quite dreadful and a showing of the gravest disrespect that, if U.S. intelligence agencies are correct, Russia s Vladimir Putin has inserted himself into America s presidential election.…

  10. Capital Thinking

    Information Sharing Legislation Moves Forward

    By Capital Thinking

    Legislative Activity House Passes Two Information Sharing Bills Last week, during what the House dubbed as “Cyber Week,” the chamber passed two major pieces of cybersecurity legislation that seek to…