'Terrorizing the workforce': Intelligence community 'panicked' by Trump's new moves

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

August 22, 2025 9:47PM ET


The FBI raid on President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton appears primarily to be payback against him for years of criticism — but there might be some even more sinister motives at play here, wrote Shane Harris for The Atlantic on Friday.

Specifically, he argued, it could also be a ploy to scare the broader intelligence community out of ever defying him — and if so, it might already be working.

"If this was revenge, it wasn’t an isolated act,' wrote Harris. For instance, "as agents were still packing up boxes of Bolton’s effects, The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had pushed out yet another senior military officer, firing Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency" — the same agency that in June contradicted Trump's public boasts that bombing strikes on Iran had "obliterated" nuclear sites. Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has wiped security clearances for dozens of intelligence officers who fought Russian interference in the 2016 election, which Trump has falsely called a "hoax."

The net effect of all this, Harris wrote, is that this could be remembered as "the week Trump’s campaign against the 'deep state' kicked into high gear" — and it has left the intelligence community "panicked" about whether they'll be punished for just doing their jobs.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/john-bolton-2673912547/

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[Scrivener7]

2. Good. Maybe the intelligence community will do something about him now. They have ALL the ammunition they need.

There's the DOJ Epstein file and there's the Treasury Epstein file. And I'm sure the intelligence community has both, plus lots more.

Drop the dime and save your asses, dummies.

[Bayard]

13. They are cowed

They don't want to lose their jobs.

[Scrivener7]

14. Yep. And their silence makes that danger larger.

[Scrivener7]

3. PS: The Atlantic is one of the few media sources that is kicking ass right now.

Thanks for this article.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They were one of the ones I subbed to some time ago

and love their essays/columns!

[LiberalArkie]

6. Jobs is doing what many of the wealthy used to do. Stuff for the public good without desire for more wealth

[Norrrm]

4. Working for Putin

[travelingthrulife]

7. Maybe the intelligence community will remember the oaths they

took to protect our country against domestic enemies.

Will any of these people who are so proud of these oaths they swore to protect our country stand up?

[CousinIT]

8. That's the point. n/t

[Martin68]

9. Trump is playing with fire. These are the people who know a great deal more about how to destroy anyone that crosses

them than he does. Expect leaks.

[AltairIV]

10. And absolutely none of this will come back and bite us in the ass.......

[patphil]

11. Trump requires complete, total, and unwavering loyality from anyone in his government.

He carries grudges, and never forgets.
You could be his "friend" and work with him for a decade, but if you do something to piss him off, all that is gone, and so are you.
Of course Bolton is a sublime asshole, but he chose to step back from Trump. So he'll be punished for it.

[LuvLoogie]

12. Panicked? Fuck that. I hate these reactionary, victim headlines.

Stop getting concerned, panicked, worried. Get pissed off.

So tired of the pearl clutching. Start snarling.

[flashman13]

15. Is there still anyone here that doesn't understand Trump is a Russian agent and his mission is to disarm the USA?