John Gentry, who spent 12 years as a CIA analyst, criticized former senior intelligence leaders, including CIA Director John Brenan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former deputy CIA director Michael Morell, along with former analyst Paul Pillar, for breaking decades-long prohibitions of publicly airing their liberal political views in attacking Trump.
Gentry stopped short of saying the widespread liberal bias of intelligence officials has influenced intelligence reports and products.
In the past, intelligence politicization was defined as either skewing intelligence to fit biases or manipulating intelligence by those outside the intelligence community.
He reached no definitive conclusion on whether intelligence reports and activities were politicized and found no proof "Intelligence products have been politicized to mislead or to avoid helping President Trump."
Other former intelligence officials, including former national intelligence officer Paul Pillar and former deputy director for intelligence John McLaughlin also appeared in left-leaning news media-New York Times, Washington Post, and MSNBC-to bash the president.
Kenneth deGraffenreid, former White House National Security Council intelligence director in the Reagan administration, said Gentry provided an excellent summary of CIA politicization that "Confirms what those of us who have been working for intelligence reform have observed on a daily basis."
Former Pentagon policymaker Michael Pillsbury, author of the book on China The Hundred Year Marathon, said the conclusion of his book implies that the President Intelligence Advisory Board should conduct a review of significant intelligence failures on China even if none have yet been reported to congressional oversight committees.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-intelligence-institutionally-politicized-toward-democrats/
Gentry stopped short of saying the widespread liberal bias of intelligence officials has influenced intelligence reports and products.
In the past, intelligence politicization was defined as either skewing intelligence to fit biases or manipulating intelligence by those outside the intelligence community.
He reached no definitive conclusion on whether intelligence reports and activities were politicized and found no proof "Intelligence products have been politicized to mislead or to avoid helping President Trump."
Other former intelligence officials, including former national intelligence officer Paul Pillar and former deputy director for intelligence John McLaughlin also appeared in left-leaning news media-New York Times, Washington Post, and MSNBC-to bash the president.
Kenneth deGraffenreid, former White House National Security Council intelligence director in the Reagan administration, said Gentry provided an excellent summary of CIA politicization that "Confirms what those of us who have been working for intelligence reform have observed on a daily basis."
Former Pentagon policymaker Michael Pillsbury, author of the book on China The Hundred Year Marathon, said the conclusion of his book implies that the President Intelligence Advisory Board should conduct a review of significant intelligence failures on China even if none have yet been reported to congressional oversight committees.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-intelligence-institutionally-politicized-toward-democrats/
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