Trump selects controversial former Indiana Senator Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence

‘President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Senator Dan Coats to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrust him into the centre of the intelligence community that Trump has publicly challenged, a person with knowledge of the decision has said.
Coats served as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee before retiring from Congress last year. If confirmed by the Senate, he would oversee the umbrella office created after 9/11 to improve coordination of US spy and law enforcement agencies.
The person with knowledge of Trump’s decision was not authorised to discuss the pick publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity…
…Coats’ nomination is likely to soothe those who fear Trump will significantly overhaul the intelligence community. The 73-year-old is a Capitol Hill veteran who served eight years in the House before moving to the Senate in 1989 to take Dan Quayle’s place when he became vice president. He stayed in the Senate until 1998, then left to become a lobbyist.’
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