Trump’s Director of National Intelligence pick takes hard line on Russia, Gitmo & snooping

‘Former Senator Dan Coats (R-Indiana), nominated by President Donald Trump to be director of national intelligence, wants to keep the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay open, renew NSA mass surveillance and “educate” the American public on Russian threat.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) was a position created under President George W. Bush to coordinate the 17-odd intelligence agencies across the US government, and Coats explained that he viewed the role as similar to a coach in American football.
“I’ll be taking a look at not only the Office of the DNI, but the entire intelligence community [IC], and at how we can do things most efficiently and effectively,” Coats said in the opening remarks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.’
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