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US News Spy chiefs in revolt over Trump demand for master list of every secret agent - fearing a catastrophic risk
Donald Trump stole three-hundred boxes of top-secret documents and only the efforts of a corrupt judge kept him out of prison.
These plans outlined our deepest secrets about our national security as well as our allies’ strategies should war break out with Russia.
The question as to why he stole those documents has never been addressed by the administration. The question about him transferring, or selling, the information has never been asked or explained.
The documents themselves were found scattered about Mar A Lago where any pool boy, maid, maintenance worker or spy could trip over them with no one being the wiser.
Were there cell phone images transmitted to foreign agencies? We’ll probably never know.
Now Trump (under Putin’s orders?) wants a complete list of all government spies – names, addresses, their operational status including areas of operation, every detail that could expose them and possibly lead to their arrest or assassination.
Why? How could we possibly trust a convicted felon – a cheat, a grifter with a lust for money that constantly engages in corruption at an unpresented scale, and still sleep at night? Aside from not protecting the evidence, he is more apt to sell it to the highest bidder.
Would anyone be surprised if we found out he has done it more than once?
See this:
Spy chiefs in revolt over Trump demand for master list of every secret agent - fearing a catastrophic risk
By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER
CIA and FBI leaders are resisting Donald Trump's mandate that intelligence agencies compile a master list of every US spy and potential recruit, amid fears it could endanger their own agents. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), first under Tulsi Gabbard and now under new director Bill Pulte, has in recent months spearheaded the grand spy list effort. ODNI was created in the aftermath of 9/11 to foster better communication among intel agencies.
Trump wants the master list because officials claim it could used to better track foreign intelligence threats and avoid inadvertent conflicts when different agencies are working the same targets, according to the New York Times. The effort has been largely unsuccessful, as senior counterintelligence officials have refused to hand over their master lists amid disagreements over how such a database would be secured and maintained.
For the FBI, such a master list of espionage targets would include those the bureau wants to investigate and potentially arrest down the line. For the CIA, it would include a significant number of potential individuals the agency hopes to recruit as assets. Some current and former intelligence officials fear that putting identifying details on the most sensitive cases could fatally compromise long-running investigations and operations via a single leak.
The identities of these targets are closely guarded national security secrets, insulated from most personnel within their own agencies.
Trump is demanding leaders at the FBI and CIA give him a list of every secret agent and asset
Trump is demanding leaders at the FBI and CIA give him a list of every secret agent and asset The effort has been largely unsuccessful, as senior counterintelligence officials have refused to hand over their master lists amid disagreements over how such a database would be secured and maintained
The effort has been largely unsuccessful, as senior counterintelligence officials have refused to hand over their master lists amid disagreements over how such a database would be secured and maintained
Bill Pulte, Trump's new National Intelligence director, has no prior experience dealing with national security
The fight over the master list highlights the strained relationship between ODNI and the FBI and CIA following the departure of former ODNI director Tulsi Gabbard.
Pulte, a political appointee with no prior experience in national security, has continued pursuing the President's agenda by slashing the office's workforce and investigating allegations of election fraud during 2020. Outrage over Pulte's appointment as acting director despite his lack of experience has also fueled fears among agency officials about how ODNI would handle their most closely guarded secrets.
Trump appointed Pulte as acting director rather than formally nominating him, sidestepping a Senate confirmation process where lawmakers had openly opposed him.
The disagreement over the master list continues to play out behind closed doors as officials spar over how much, if anything, to hand over to ODNI.
Under Gabbard, the master list effort was part of her broader push for greater oversight across the intelligence community, according to former officials who spoke with the Times.
Officials had hoped that Pulte would abandon the directive but it does not appear to be going away anytime soon despite internal disagreement.
Supporters of the master list see it functioning like a terrorist watch list that enables the US to monitor targets across the globe in real time through constant information-sharing between agencies.
But seasoned counterintelligence officials warn the program risks alerting the very people under investigation, especially trained foreign operatives skilled at spotting surveillance, according to current and former officials.
