Christian Datoc
Senior White House Correspondent
May 26, 2020 9:13 AM ET
Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell will swear in Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe to serve as President Donald Trump’s permanent DNI on Tuesday.
Though he led the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for just three months, U.S. intelligence officials told the Daily Caller that Grenell prioritized dozens of initiatives that restructured the intelligence community and, in Trump’s own words, gave him an opportunity to “break†the “deep state.â€
Grenell — a Trump loyalist dating back to the 2016 campaign — was so effective in his interim position that the president referred to him as a “superstar.â€
“He had guts, he had courage to do what he did,†Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday. “When you look at what Richard Grenell has done in eight weeks, these people didn’t do anything for two and a half years.â€
What follows is a comprehensive list of “unclassified†actions Grenell undertook while overseeing ODNI, as explained to the Daily Caller by senior intelligence officials intimately familiar with his work within the administration.
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https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/26/exclusive-unclassified-actions-ric-grenell-dni-break-deep-state/