WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - A top intelligence appointment that US President Donald Trump is considering for a billionaire investor and prominent supporter could be only a short-term one, according to people familiar with the matter.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - A top intelligence appointment that US President Donald Trump is considering for a billionaire investor and prominent supporter could be only a short-term one, according to people familiar with the matter.
Still, any appointment could be brief. Mr Trump's nominee to be the director of national intelligence, Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas, has been promised the latitude to put in his own team, and that would not include Mr Feinberg, according to two people briefed on Mr Ratcliffe's plans. Mr Feinberg has long taken an interest in intelligence matters and under Mr Trump has led the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. Other than the contacts he has gained heading that group, Mr Feinberg has little direct intelligence experience, either in its collection or in its use.
Mr Trump has made no final decision about whether to bring Mr Feinberg aboard, so no announcement is imminent, according to two people familiar with the matter. Mr Trump has often considered Mr Feinberg for roles in the intelligence community. Near the start of his term, the White House floated the possibility of Mr Feinberg conducting a review of the intelligence agencies, which he has expressed interest in reducing. Key allies of Mr Trump have long wanted to shrink the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and decrease its influence.
Mr Trump did appoint Mr Feinberg as the chairman of the Intelligence Advisory Board, which allowed him to keep a hand in intelligence matters. He has taken a keen interest in China, often raising concerns about Beijing's domination of next-generation mobile networks and its theft of intellectual property from US companies. He is more interested in foreign threats and taking on China than on staff reductions, according to an intelligence official.
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