The “politicization” of intelligence—both with the assessments of foreign interference in the U.S. election and of the wider allegations of voter fraud—is damaging to the country’s democracy and has negative long-term implications, former officials in the government and intelligence community (IC) told The Epoch Times.
John Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence (DNI), was notified by “career intelligence officials” on Dec. 16 that the IC was unable to meet the Dec. 18 deadline set by an executive order to report on foreign threats to this year’s election. They said the delay was due to the IC receiving relevant new information since the election and the fact that a “number of agencies have not finished coordinating on the product.”
