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Donald Trump Hopes to Abolish Intelligence Chief Position, Reverse CIA Reforms
Donald Trump's national security team is discussing plans to dismantle the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the organization that was created in response to the 9/11 attacks, according to an adviser to the president-elect and a former senior intelligence official. The news comes as the current director of national intelligence, James Clapper, announced his resignation Thursday.
Donald Trump Hopes to Abolish Intelligence Chief Position, Reverse CIA Reforms
theintercept.com
The beginning of "Make America Safe Again?"




In business, this kind of behaviour (reorg, reorg, reorg) is a disruptive tactic that is meant to discombobulate your adversaries/critics and make them expend all their energies to maintain stability. Always be on the attack! (Trump: 'The Art of the Deal'). It keeps people on the back foot. Trump considers the US intel community as his greatest potential adversary, and the group most likely to undo him with discovery of his doings. He is looking to disrupt, not reform.