WASHINGTON – New Orleans lawyer Peter M. Thomson was nominated by President Donald Trump as inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency, according to his law firm, Stone Pigman Walther

The Trump White House is consolidating its national security team in a way that will minimize independent voices, political columnist Carl P. Leubsdorf writes.

A top adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. director of national intelligence, acknowledged in a March 24 email that the Venezuelan government may not have specifically directed the activities of a gang that the Trump administration has used to justify fast-tracking deportations of immigrants,

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe is also eying politicization and potential waste in his agency. “Director Ratcliffe has made it clear that the CIA will pursue President ...

The director of national intelligence fired officials weeks after their group wrote an assessment contradicting Trump’s rationale for deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members.

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These agents often operate behind the scenes, gathering crucial information, sometimes even in enemy territories.