Trump's intel power play spooks the spooks

The CIA never welcomed its overlords in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. But now, the agency confronts its worst nightmare.

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe to serve as the nation’s intel chief has led to some apprehension within the intelligence community, which has only grudgingly come to accept the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as a force for good.

The office, established in 2004 to better coordinate the flow of information between agencies after the intelligence failures that led up to 9/11, has been most effective as a day-to-day manager focusing on bureaucratic and budgeting issues, intel veterans said — giving the agencies political top cover and more freedom to focus on their core missions.

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As His Sanctuary City Policy Goes Into Effect, Trump Issues Warning

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on a “sanctuary city” policy, allowing the Department of Justice to withhold millions of dollars in federal funding from cities and states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities’ attempts to address illegal immigration. On Thursday, President Trump issued a warning to those municipalities and states shielding illegal immigrants from federal law.

As The Daily Wire reported last week, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in grants to those cities and states that set up laws designed to thwart federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. The ruling overturned a lower court decision forbidding the federal government from withholding the funds.

“The administration previously had refused to release the funding to seven states and New York City over their Sanctuary City policies,” The Daily Wire’s Ashe Schow reported. “The affected states are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington.”

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