As CIA director, Mike Pompeo has taken a special interest in an agency unit that is closely tied to the investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, requiring the Counterintelligence Mission Center to report directly to him.
Officials at the center have, in turn, kept a watchful eye on Pompeo, who has repeatedly played down Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and demonstrated a willingness to engage in political skirmishes for President Trump.
Current and former officials said that the arrangement has been a source of apprehension among the CIA’s upper ranks and that they could not recall a time in the agency’s history when a director faced a comparable conflict.
“Pompeo is in a delicate situation unlike any other director has faced, certainly in my memory,” said Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, a CIA official for 23 years who served in Russia and held high-level positions at headquarters, “because of his duty to protect and provide the truth to an independent investigation while maintaining his role with the president.”
The Russia issue has complicated Pompeo’s effort to manage a badly strained relationship between the agency and a president who has disparaged its work and compared U.S. intelligence officials to Nazis. Amid that tension, Pompeo’s interactions with the counterintelligence center have come under particular scrutiny.
I think it's pretty obvious that Donald Trump is appointing folks to various agencies in order to protect him from any potential investigations which might take him out of office.
Along with Pompeo I would also suggest that FBI agents keep an eye on their new Trump appointed director Christopher Wray as well.
Trump tried to get James Comey to stop the investigation and to pledge loyalty to him, it seems more than reasonable that he is asking these individuals to do the same.
And don't forget that he also asked Mitch McConnell to protect him from the investigations as well.
Trump is clearly guilty, because only guilty people work this hard to keep the facts from coming out.
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