Trump To Recruit Billionaire To Go After The Intelligence Community Deep State

Friday, February 17, 2017
By Paul Martin

JONAH BENNETT
FREEDOMOUTPOST.COM
FEBRUARY 17, 2017

President Donald Trump intends to ask billionaire Stephen A. Feinberg to conduct a full White House review of the intelligence community, following leaks that led to Michael Flynn’s resignation.

The likely move has intelligence officials concerned that their agencies will lose independence, The New York Times reports.

Feinberg, co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, already serves on Trump’s economic advisory council, and while there hasn’t yet been any official announcement of Feinberg joining the administration, word of the possibility has provoked intense worries that he may be slated for a key intelligence position.

Some of these intelligence officials are unsure of the point of bringing Feinberg onboard for a review, as significant changes to the structure of intelligence agencies would have to move through Congress.

“I don’t think any of us think a major restructuring of the community is in order,” former CIA Director Michael Hayden added.

Ever since his presidential campaign, Trump has been locked in a battle with the intelligence community, though that battle has recently intensified after details of the private conversation then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had a phone call in December with the Russian ambassador surfaced in the press.

Before Trump asked Flynn to resign, the CIA also denied one of Flynn’s aides security clearance, further escalating tensions.

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