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-- 2016 --

November 18: New CIA Director Mike Pompeo on torture, Muslims, terror, Iran, NSA spying
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article115635853.html


November 23: Trump Proposes an Advocate of Mass Public Surveillance as CIA Chief

Mike Pompeo wants to collect bulk data for detailed profiles of anyone who uses the Internet
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-proposes-an-advocate-of-mass-public-surveillance-as-cia-chief/

-- 2017 --

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January 23: Trump Reportedly Brought His Own Staff to Cheer During C.I.A. Speech

Government sources say the president’s big address at C.I.A. headquarters wasn’t nearly as well received as the White House says.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/donald-trump-cia-speech

April 4: What to Look for if the CIA Is Plotting Against Trump

How would CIA go about overthrowing a U.S. president, and what signs would we be able to see as it went down?

There have been unprecedented protests since Trump’s election, and despite Right wing conspiracy theories claiming that all the marchers were paid, there is zero evidence for this. The demonstrations were furthermore not of the sort that would serve any CIA interests — they were for the most part peaceful and progressive, and even the more militant protests were not sufficient to seriously threaten the [Trump] regime.
http://observer.com/2017/04/cia-plotting-against-president-donald-trump-central-intelligence-agency/

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April 24: It is clear that Trump regards the CIA as a political enemy determined to undermine his credibility in the eyes of the American people. In his defense, during the election campaign, many senior intelligence officials publicly threw their weight behind his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and have since launched investigations into possible Russian ties to his campaign, his advisers, and his business interests. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell even went on record to say that “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin had recruited Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.” Throughout the presidential transition, and during the early days of his administration, Trump consistently attacked the CIA for sounding the alarm on Russian interference in the November election.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2017-04-24/trump-and-cia

July 20:
Trump ends CIA program in Syria; Turkey Exposes U.S. Special Operations in Syria

In a move with huge implications for the war in Syria, President Trump has decided to shut down the CIA’s covert program to arm and train groups of Syrian rebels fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/20/sitrep-trump-ends-cia-program-in-syria-turkey-exposes-u-s-special-operations-in-syria/

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October 16: The CIA Is Playing Coy About Trump’s First Raid In Yemen

... a group of top intelligence and military officials ... included Secretary of Defense James Mattis and CIA Director Michael Pompeo.

... they were there to discuss and sign off on an intelligence-gathering raid in al Ghayil, Yemen — the first of its kind under the Trump presidency, though planning for it had commenced under his predecessor. Days later, Navy SEAL Team 6 carried out the raid, but early reports were that the raid went awry. One service member and multiple Yemeni civilians — the exact number remains disputed — were killed.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/targeted-killing/cia-playing-coy-about-trumps-first-raid-yemen

October 19:   CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the US intelligence community determined that Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election did not affect its outcome -- a statement that was quickly clarified by his own agency.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/cia-pompeo-russia-meddling-election/index.html

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October 19: The FBI, CIA, National Security Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence ... all agree that not only was the meddling the work of the Russians, but it was designed to help Republican Donald Trump's campaign and hurt Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/cia-pompeo-russia-meddling-election/index.html

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March 3: Former CIA Chief Brennan Blasts Trump: “Unstable, Inept, Inexperienced, and Also Unethical”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/former-cia-chief-john-brennan-blasts-trump-unstable-inept-inexperienced-and-also-unethical.html

March 13: Trump's new pick for CIA director would be the first woman to lead the spy agency
http://theweek.com/speedreads/760590/trumps-new-pick-cia-director-first-woman-lead-spy-agency

March 16: Trump's CIA Has Set Up Teams To Kill Terrorists

“Small teams are locating and killing bad guys. That’s what we are doing.” The official in charge of the hit teams was a senior aide to CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who Trump just nominated to be secretary of state.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/cia-trump-kill-teams-terrorists?utm_term=.kgVzBYBWYg#.jhqmndnjdO

March 17: Former CIA Chief to Trump on McCabe Firing: ‘America Will Triumph over you'
http://fox40.com/2018/03/17/former-cia-chief-to-trump-on-mccabe-firing-america-will-triumph-over-you/

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March 18: Former CIA Director John Brennan Tells Trump He Will Go In The “Dustbin Of History”
https://www.bustle.com/p/former-cia-director-john-brennan-tells-trump-he-will-go-in-the-dustbin-of-history-8532610

May 4: CIA director Gina Haspel's Thailand torture ties
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43496212

May 7: White House scrambling to shore up support for Trump's CIA pick
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/white-house-haspel-cia-scramble/index.html

May 7: Trump backs CIA nominee Gina Haspel after she offered to quit ... Mr Trump said Gina Haspel had "come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists".

Ms Haspel, who faces a tough Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, has now decided not to withdraw.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44028854

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May 7: A behind-the-scenes U.S. intelligence community fight over the merits of publicly scorning President Trump has burst into the open recently, with the CIA’s former Moscow station chief accusing Obama-era spymaster John O. Brennan of crossing a red line through incessant Twitter and cable news excoriations of the current commander in chief.

In addition to claiming that Mr. Brennan is aiding a Kremlin plot to deepen America’s partisan divide, former CIA Clandestine Service Officer Daniel Hoffman says the former CIA director has actually jeopardized national security by publicly insinuating that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be blackmailing Mr. Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/daniel-hoffman-ex-cia-officer-brennans-trump-attac/

May 7: Trump’s CIA pick stokes fears of return to post-9/11 torture

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Trump’s CIA chief nominee, Gina Haspel, helped carry out an order to destroy videotapes of waterboarding at secret prison in Thailand
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-s-cia-pick-stokes-fears-return-post-911-torture-409465590

May 8: Gina Haspel, Trump’s controversial pick for CIA director, explained

The White House says she’s a “patriot.” Critics say she’s a torturer.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/8/17326638/gina-haspel-new-cia-director-nominee-torture-war-crimes-trump-bush-confirmation

May 8:
Haspel is Trump's chance to reset his bad start with the CIA
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-05-08/haspel-trumps-chance-reset-his-bad-start-cia

May 8: Trump's CIA pick attacked over Bush-era program; do gender politics matter?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/trumps-cia-pick-attacked-over-bush-era-program-do-gender-politics-matter.html

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May 8: 9/11 mastermind wants to share information about Trump CIA pick
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/386755-9-11-mastermind-wants-to-share-information-about-trump-cia-pick

May 8: Torture Claims and Destroyed Videos Shadow Trump’s CIA Nominee
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/torture-claims-and-destroyed-videos-shadow-trump-s-cia-nominee

May 8: Nearly 250 Jewish Clergy Oppose Trump’s CIA Nominee, Citing Torture Record

The petition was organized by T’ruah, a rabbinical human rights group with 2,000 affiliated cantors and rabbis across the Jewish religious spectrum
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/hundreds-of-jewish-clergy-oppose-trump-s-cia-nominee-1.6071885

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May 15: Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next CIA director, says in a new letter that the CIA should not have conducted then-President George W. Bush's interrogation and detention program where waterboarding and other brutal interrogation tactics were used on detainees.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/15/politics/gina-haspel-mark-warner-letter/index.html

May 25: On Monday, May 21, Gina Haspel was sworn in as the first woman to serve as CIA Director in our Agency’s 70-year history.
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2018/gina-haspel-sworn-in-as-first-female-cia-director.html

September 24:
Gina Haspel Is Skeptical of North Korea’s Willingness to Give Up Nuclear Arms
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/gina-haspel-cia-north-korea.html

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September 24: CIA Director Gina Haspel pledges to target opioids entering the U.S.

In her first public appearance as director, Haspel was not asked about Trump's criticisms of the intelligence community.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/cia-director-gina-haspel-pledges-target-opioids-entering-u-s-n912506


September 27: Gina Haspel's CIA looks to recruit more foreign spies

Director of US intelligence agency says focus will be on recruiting human assets to help target Iran and China.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/gina-haspel-cia-recruit-foreign-spies-180924203022481.html

October 22: CIA Director Gina Haspel traveling to Turkey for Khashoggi investigation
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/22/politics/haspel-turkey-khashoggi/index.html


October 26: Khashoggi murder: CIA director Gina Haspel briefs Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45977041

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