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Spies in the Ointment: Which Way Will FBI, CIA Swing if Trump Returns?

Intelligence veterans anxious about Trump reelection prospects—'by any means necessary'

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Jeff Stein
Nov 29, 2021
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To the growing anxiety about the possibility of a triumphal Donald Trump return to office, we can add yet another worry line: How would the recalcitrant former president mobilize the intelligence agencies to punish enemies and reward friends?   

With pro-Trump Republicans increasingly embracing “any means necessary” to retake control of Washington, from …

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