
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would nominate Congressman Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to head the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), to replace Daniel Coats after he leaves on August 15. Ratcliffe has accepted Trump's nomination, and now faces the Senate confirmation process.
There is some confusion as to who will serve as acting director; Trump said he will appoint someone "soon" but critics say the 2004 law establishing the office specifically says the principal deputy - in this case, CIA veteran Sue Gordon - shall be in charge.
It has become the new normal that every Trump nomination is met by howls of outrage from both Democrats and the mainstream media. They seem to be alarmed by Ratcliffe far more than usual, however. Amazingly, despite the complete catastrophe that 'Russiagate' has turned into for the Democrats, liberal pundits are once again arguing that this somehow helps Moscow. Here's Atlantic writer Adam Serwer claiming Coats is being replaced because he was trying to "prevent foreign attacks on American elections."












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