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US CIA is not yet immune from political pressure

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: UNITED STATES
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: United States NA Iran Iraq North Korea Russia

Topical: politics security election foreign policy espionage government policy
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2018), "US CIA is not yet immune from political pressure", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB235351

Monday, June 11, 2018

Significance

Haspel was sworn in as the new director on May 21, after serving as acting director when Mike Pompeo moved to become secretary of state.

Impacts

The US intelligence community will expand its counterterrorism work in cyberspace.
Congress will likely push for greater scrutiny of the CIA, and greater CIA transparency.
Haspel will come under pressure to find a balance between operational effectiveness and CIA openness.
Criticisms of Bush-era counterterrorism methods and Haspel’s role may complicate her work with concerned US partners.

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