President Trump takes public stand against using CIA informants on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un
President Trump takes public stand against using CIA informants on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un
"That would not happen under my auspices," Trump said after a report surfaced that Kim's half-brother was a source
MATTHEW ROZSA at Salon
https://www.salon.com/2019/06/12/president-trump-takes-public-stand-against-using-cia-informants-on-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un/
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President Donald Trump put himself vocally at odds with his own intelligence community after he said he would not have permitted informants to provide the CIA with information about North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
"I saw the information about the CIA, with respect to his brother or half-brother. And I would tell him that would not happen under my auspices — that’s for sure. I wouldn’t let that happen under my auspices," Trump told reporters assembled Tuesday on the South Lawn of the White House.
Trump's remarks followed a bombshell Wall Street Journal report, which said that Kim Jong Nam — the mysteriously assassinated half-brother of Kim — had been a source for the American intelligence agency.
In an email to Reuters, Jung Pak — a former senior U.S. intelligence official who now works for the Brooking Institute — said that "the president should understand that to keep the nation safe, the CIA needs to be able to do its job gathering and analyzing intelligence that will support the full range of diplomatic, military and economic policies and initiatives."
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