President-elect Donald Trump is considering plans to reform
America’s top intelligence agencies, a senior Trump transition official told
ABC News today.
The official confirmed a Wednesday night Wall Street Journal
report on the plans, saying such reforms are under consideration by Trump and
his team.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the
planning, reported that Trump is working with top advisers on a plan to
restructure the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the country’s
chief spy agency.
Trump and his advisers are also working on a plan to revamp
the Central Intelligence Agency, including staffing cutbacks at its
headquarters in Virginia and send more people out into the field, the newspaper
said.
People familiar with the planning told The Wall Street
Journal that the potential reforms are driven by Trump’s belief that the
agencies have become politicized and bloated.
The planning comes amid Trump’s harsh criticism of U.S.
intelligence agencies. In a Twitter post Wednesday, for instance, the real
estate developer turned president-elect appeared to side with WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange, referring to the controversial activist’s claim that Russia did
not provide his organization with the thousands of emails he published that
were stolen from Democrats, including Hillary Clinton campaign manager John
Podesta.
Trump tweeted: “Julian Assange said 'a 14 year old could
have hacked Podesta' - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give
him the info!”
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