Friday, October 10, 2025

Trump-appointed CIA Leader Makes Himself the Agency's Top Legal Official

Steve Benen: A Trump loyalist is helping lead the CIA. The same Trump loyalist is also apparently in control of CIA's legal judgments. What could possibly go wrong?

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Here is the 40-year-old Deputy Director of CIA and now its top legal official: media.executivegov.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-10 01:35 AM

There is nothing Trump approaches within a country mile that isn't sh*tified by his presence.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-10-10 05:58 AM

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