by Jim Heath | Oct 19, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, intelligence, Trump
President Trump interrupted a classified briefing early in his presidency to ask top intelligence officials if they would like a milkshake. Politico: “Does anyone want a malt?” Trump said, calling a waiter into the room. “We have the best malts, you...
by Jim Heath | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Excerpts, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, intelligence
Former director of national intelligence Dan Coats could not shake his “deep suspicions” that Russian President Vladimir Putin “had something” on President Trump, seeing “no other explanation” for the president’s behavior,...
by Jim Heath | Mar 19, 2020 | Headlines, intelligence
The acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center was removed yesterday in what insiders fear is a purge by the Trump administration of career professionals at an organization set up after 9/11 to protect the nation from further attacks. Russell Travers, a...
