The latest rejection of Trump’s intelligence assessment reflects the long mistrust of the detective agencies

The latest rejection of Trump’s intelligence assessment reflects the long mistrust of detective agencies (image: AP)

Washington: President Donald Trump’s quarrels with the intelligence community were an ongoing topic of his first term, as he created a ruckus against the investigation of his alleged relationship for Russia. Now, a sequel is playing as Trump’s fight to shape the understanding of the people of gambling of its foreign policy in Iran.An early American intelligence evaluation stated that Iran’s nuclear program has returned a few months after the US strike on three sites in the last weekend. Trump has rejected the report and declared the program “completely and completely slant”.The dispute is never likely to fade soon. Top administration officials are pressurizing Trump’s case, with a news conference on Thursday in Pentagon. Briefing for MPs is also prescribed on Capital Hill, although the White House plans to limit the sharing of classified information after initial intelligence evaluation this week.The 32 -year -old intelligence veteran said, “Intelligence people try to live in a world as it is, the world describes as it is, where the politicians are about to describe the world because they want it,” a 32 -year -old intelligence veteran, including the CIA chief and senior director of the White House position Room.However, it is hardly unheard of the presidents of what they believe as bad news from the intelligence community, it is rare to spread in public outlook for conflict as it was done this week.“I don’t think we have pushed another President back as this man,” said Pfeifer. Trump has a history of mistrusting spy services Trump’s suspicion about the intelligence community, especially when assessments do not align with their world vision, return even before their first term.His 2016 campaign was dominated by the investigation whether his team had coordinated with Russia to increase the results of the election.He was so impressed by an investigation on a doseer of unacceptable and salty claims connecting him to join Russia that he was sworn in a week ago, tweeted: “Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to be ‘leaked in public. One last shot is living in Nazi Germany?” Trump disputed the assessment that Russia had intervened to the election on its behalf, as a “deception” and a “witch hunting” by special lawyer Robert Muler, as an investigation, which eventually concluded that the Trump campaign welcomed Moscow’s help, but did not find enough evidence to a criminal conspiracy.Trump openly challenged the decision of his intelligence agencies with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Helsinki summit in 2018.Trump said, “I have great faith in my intelligence, but I will tell you that President Putin was very strong and powerful in his refusal today.” “He said that this is not Russia. I would say: I do not see any reason why it will happen.” Such public opposition takes its toll on an intelligence community, historically attempted to produce data-powered and political decisions, stating former FBI supervisor Frank Montoya Junior, who served as Director of the Center for National Confurism and Security.“This is really demolishing because no one is looking at this stuff from a political point of view. They are looking at the data and they are analyzing the data,” he said. “When you find such a baseless criticism, especially prominent from the policy maker, it just destroys morale.” Stress with intelligence community is maintained Trump tapped loyalists in his second term to lead America’s intelligence services – as Director of Tulsi Gabbard National Intelligence and John Ratcliffe as CIA Director. He had promised that what he said was the arms of intelligence and uprooted the disorganized officers from the root.But there has already been a struggle.Last month, the National Intelligence Council rejected a memorandum in response to an open record request stating that American spy agencies found no coordination between Venezuela government and Train de Aragua Gang, the Trump administration used to implement the statements, protesting the statements and immigrants.Gabard later fired two experienced intelligence officials, who led the council due to Trump’s alleged opposition.About two weeks ago, there was more trouble after the war between Israel and Iran started.Trump rejected Gabbard’s testimony for the Congress in March that the US spy agencies did not believe that Iran was actively chasing an nuclear weapon. Trump insisted that Iran was very close.“I don’t care what he said,” he told reporters last week.Gabbard later accused the news media of making his testimony to be wrong, given that it mentioned Iran’s rich uranium reserves that are beyond the levels required for civilians.Iran says its nuclear program was peaceful, although the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned that Tehran has enough rich uranium to make several nuclear bombs if it chooses.A preliminary report by the Defense Intelligence Agency that emerged this week said that while the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities caused significant damage, the features were not completely destroyed and the program was set back only for a few months.The White House called the evaluation “flat-out”. The DIA said that initial findings would be refined as new information becomes available.Looking at the doubt about Trump’s intelligence officials, Fifer said, “His initial instinct is to assume that if the intelligence community is telling him something different, he would like to do so, because they are trying to weaken him”. Trump team says that there is no conflict Gabbard and Ratcliffe have demanded to brush any alleged conflict between their agencies and Trump. Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that new intelligence from the “historically reliable and accurate” source suggests that many of Iran’s many nuclear facilities will be required to rebuild.“The CIA has continued to collect additional information to keep appropriate decision -making and oversight bodies completely informed,” Ratcliffe said in a statement. “When possible, we will also provide updates and information to the American public, in view of the national importance of this matter and in every attempt to provide transparency.” Gabbard said that the DIA assessment was of “low confidence”, a acknowledgment by its authors is that their findings could be wrong.“Promotional media deployed its general strategy: selectively released parts of the classified classified intelligence assessment,” he wrote on X.Trump narrated his own intelligence evaluation while attending the NATO summit in the Netherlands. He referred to the satellite images, showing the area around the nuclear features, “black colored” and said that “all collapsed” in underground tunnels.He also suggested that Israel had sources on the ground in Iran: “They have people who go there after the hit” to evaluate the loss.The White House pointed out an Israeli Atomic Energy Commission assessment that the US and the Israeli strike “have” set Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years. ” It will take time to assess US strike Intelligence officials regularly evaluate global hazards and specific events – important information for decision making of national security officers and MPs. The assessment is regularly updated as the new intelligence is generated from sources including field agents, informers, open source materials and secret monitoring.This task is secret to protect the methods and sources of intelligence agencies and to avoid becoming political football.Former intelligence officials said that it is likely to take day, week, or even months to create a complete picture of the impact of US attacks on Iran’s nuclear capabilities.“I will call for patience,” a former ambassador John Negroponte said, who served as the first director of the National Intelligence under President George Bush, “avoid the temptation to participate in the decision.”

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