National Security
Latest Intel Assessment Shows How Trump-Russia Hoax Has Hurt American Interests
This odd aversion to thinking about the best interests of the nation when pushing a conspiracy theory about treasonous collusion with Russia is dangerous.
Mollie Hemingway
By Mollie Hemingway
January 31, 2019
Earlier this week, intelligence chiefs briefed U.S. senators on the Select Committee on Intelligence about global threats. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats’ 42-page written report read like a middling Obama-era update, with more space devoted to concern about climate change, Brexit, and social justice issues than Islamist terrorism or border disputes and violations.
Still, it’s worth considering the first and most serious global security threat Coats flagged for senators, which is the strengthened alliance of China and Russia as they seek to expand their global influence.
The “U.S. Officials Cite Alignment of Moscow, Beijing as Threat†blared the Wall Street Journal’s top-of-the-front-page headline:
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