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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Sep 23, 2020, 12:15 PM Sep 2020

CIA letting less intelligence on Russia reach Trump: report

The CIA is limiting the amount of intelligence related to Russia that reaches President Trump at the direction of Director Gina Haspel, according to a new report in Politico.

It reported that Haspel is limiting the intelligence out of an abundance of caution, writing that she often disagrees with the Russia-related intelligence and sometimes sees the analysts as misleading her.

Senate and House panels and intelligence officials in the administration have concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election with the intent of helping Trump and hurting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. This has irritated Trump, who sees such talk as calling into question the legitimacy of his victory.

Intelligence officials again believe Russia wants to interfere in the current election to help Trump. They have pointed to interference by China and Iran as well, though those countries are believed to be working to hurt Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cia-letting-less-intelligence-on-russia-reach-trump-report/ar-BB19lAXI?li=BBnb7Kz

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