The lawyer alleged that John Ratcliffe, director of the CIA, and Michael Ellis, deputy CIA director, "have used the report to reinvigorate all their favorite grievances about the 'Deep State' and the 2016 election. "Ratcliffe and Ellis have also touted the fact that the report was written by 'career' CIA officers -- the head of the Directorate of Analysis, normally a career official, is listed as the author," the former CIA lawyer wrote on X. The former CIA lawyer showed an example of what a disclaimer like that might look like by showing it in the "torture report," which detailed the interrogation done by the United States for the war in Iraq.
Author: Sarah K. Burris
Published at: 2025-07-07 20:58:21
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