Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term.
, the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment.including Russia and China. He said the United States needed to improve its intelligence capabilities while also ensuring the protection of Americans’ civil rights.
Ratcliffe said that if confirmed, he would push the CIA to do more to harness technologies such as AI and quantum computing while expanding use of human intelligence collection.raised questions about Ratcliffe’s objectivity and whether his loyalty to Trump would prompt him to politicize his position and blind him to the duties of the job. Concerns from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
He supports the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a government spying program that allows authorities to collect without warrant the communications of non-Americans outside the country. If those people are communicating with Americans, those conversations can be swept up, too, which has led to questions about violations of personal rights.have criticized the work of the CIA and other spy agencies, saying they have focused too much on climate change, workforce diversity and other issues.
The calls for a broad overhaul have worried some current and former intelligence officials who say the changes could make the country less safe.former special counsel Robert Mueller when he testified before lawmakers about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.As director of national intelligence, Ratcliffe oversaw and coordinated the work of more than a dozen spy agencies.
that purported to reveal information about Democrats during the 2016 election even as he acknowledged the information might not be accurate.Trump’s second-term nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, faces a tougher road to confirmation.
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