The "Deep State," the career bureaucrats actively obstructing President Trump's agenda, now are defying the president's demands for more transparency.
Paul Sperry noted at Real Clear Investigations that Trump granted Attorney General William Barr the "Unprecedented power" to declassify intelligence files.
Sperry said Trump "Is in the process of shaking up after the resignations last month of its director, Dan Coats, and principal deputy, Sue Gordon. 'Establishment' officials in that agency are still dragging their feet, say the sources, who spoke on condition that they not be further identified."
Documents are being withheld that could hold evidence that President Obama's CIA, FBI and Justice Department illegally eavesdropped on the Trump campaign.
The cases are separate from the FBI's disputed FISA court-approved surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, Sperry said.
The office of DNI has authority to declassify and release records but was thrown a curve when Trump gave that authority to Barr in May. Trump wanted to remove a bottleneck to the release of classified information to those investigating the foundations of the Russia collusion claims.
The report said the release of documents likely will be impacted by Trump's selection of a permanent replacement for Coats at the secretive DNI. Sperry's sources said Trump is "Suspicious of the intelligence establishment and believes it spied on him during and after the 2016 election, and is now withholding documents from investigators that could prove foreign intelligence was weaponized against him."
https://www.wnd.com/2019/08/report-deep-state-defying-trumps-transparency-orders/
Paul Sperry noted at Real Clear Investigations that Trump granted Attorney General William Barr the "Unprecedented power" to declassify intelligence files.
Sperry said Trump "Is in the process of shaking up after the resignations last month of its director, Dan Coats, and principal deputy, Sue Gordon. 'Establishment' officials in that agency are still dragging their feet, say the sources, who spoke on condition that they not be further identified."
Documents are being withheld that could hold evidence that President Obama's CIA, FBI and Justice Department illegally eavesdropped on the Trump campaign.
The cases are separate from the FBI's disputed FISA court-approved surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, Sperry said.
The office of DNI has authority to declassify and release records but was thrown a curve when Trump gave that authority to Barr in May. Trump wanted to remove a bottleneck to the release of classified information to those investigating the foundations of the Russia collusion claims.
The report said the release of documents likely will be impacted by Trump's selection of a permanent replacement for Coats at the secretive DNI. Sperry's sources said Trump is "Suspicious of the intelligence establishment and believes it spied on him during and after the 2016 election, and is now withholding documents from investigators that could prove foreign intelligence was weaponized against him."
https://www.wnd.com/2019/08/report-deep-state-defying-trumps-transparency-orders/
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