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A historical example of politicized intelligence where, according to James Clapper's book, the intelligence community was pressured by Dick Cheney to create a narrative supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq, particularly regarding weapons of mass destruction.
The US-Mexico border experiencing record numbers of migrant encounters.
Criminal organizations, primarily based in Mexico, that were designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration due to their violent activities, trafficking of fentanyl, and impact on U.S. national security.
The U.S. government office that oversees the Intelligence Community, currently led by Tulsi Gabbard. She has used this position to declassify documents and reform the agency.
A controversial private intelligence report containing allegations of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, which Gabbard describes as a 'manufactured political document that was filled with falsehoods' and was used as a source for the official intelligence assessment.
Former head of the National Security Agency who resisted pressure from DNI James Clapper to approve the intelligence assessment on Russian meddling without proper vetting.
Director of the CIA under President Obama. He is accused of using non-credible sources like the Steele Dossier to create the Russiagate intelligence assessment and hiding these sources from Congress.
Director of National Intelligence under President Obama. Gabbard accuses him of pressuring the NSA to sign off on the manufactured intelligence assessment and of previously admitting to creating intelligence that 'wasn't there' for the Iraq War.
The presidential administration from 2009-2017, which Bessent characterizes as a period of very poor economic growth where asset owners accumulated wealth while others did not.
The code name for the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into links between Russian officials and associates of Donald Trump's campaign.