Veterans of NSA, CIA and DNI say DOJ probing 2016 intelligence gathering sets a dangerous precedent. “There is a grave danger to the Intelligence Community from politicized DOJ investigations, intimidation and potential prosecutions. The use of a criminal investigation is ill-suited to examining the process of foreign intelligence analysis, poses unnecessary risks to intelligence sources and methods, intimidates and alienates foreign intelligence analysts, and chills the analytic process in a way likely to undermine the candor essential to producing the best intelligence information for national policymakers, & neutralize the concept of ‘speaking truth to power’ that is essential to the effective use of intelligence in national policy decisions. All of this weakens prospective U.S. intelligence capabilities to the advantage of Russia & other adversaries ."
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