- John Ratcliffe will be grilled by the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday
Donald Trump‘s choice to lead the CIA will promise to shake out mediocrity and return the spy agency to ‘culture of toughness and resilience’ in his opening statement to senators on Wednesday morning.
John Ratcliffe will be responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on American adversaries if he makes it through the confirmation process.
In his first remarks to the Senate Intelligence Committee he will lay out what he sees as the biggest threats to the nation as well as his plans to overhaul the CIA’s workforce, amid a string of claims that political bias has got in the way of the mission to track down enemies.
‘Above all will be a strict adherence to the CIA’s mission,’ he will say, according to remarks shared in advance with DailyMail.com.
‘We will collect intelligence – especially human intelligence – in every corner of the globe, no matter how dark or difficult.
‘We will produce insightful, objective, all-source analysis, never allowing political or personal biases to cloud our judgement or infect our products. We will conduct covert action at the direction of the president, going places no one else can go and doing things no one else can do.’
His message to staff will be either ‘buckle up’ if that sounds good, or ship out if it doesn’t.
Ratcliffe served as Trump’s director of national intelligence for his final months in office.
John Ratcliffe served as Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence for the final months of his first administration. Now he is the president-elect’s pick for CIA director
Disgruntled agents passed flyers for events such as a talk by the nation’s most senior transgender military officer to DailyMail.com as examples of the CIA’s ‘woke’ culture
Insiders expect him to take a ‘wrecking ball’ to the agency’s recent exercises in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
On Tuesday, DailyMail.com published a trove of flyers for events at the CIA’s headquarters in Langley.
They include sessions on ‘equity assurance training,’ a lecture by the highest transgender officer in the armed forces for a Pride event, and even counselling for people getting divorced.
They were collected by disgruntled officers who say that while diversity can be a strength of a spy agency, in recent years it has got in the way of the overall mission to protect the U.S.
Ratcliffe will flag low turnover rates among staff as a symbol of good recruitment practices but also as a warning that complacency is too often tolerated.
‘It has been said that the CIA’s World War II predecessor – the OSS – described its ideal recruit as “a Ph.D. who could win a bar fight,”‘ he will say
‘This sentiment is the essence of what today’s CIA must recapture.’
Rotations in private industry and opportunities for mid-career professionals with sought-after skills to join the service, will be part of his commitment to ensuring the very best talent.
‘Our officers must embrace a culture of toughness and resilience,’ he will say.
Ratcliffe will also say he will be taking on the post of spy chief at a particularly dangerous time
‘But we must also be clear that when they put themselves in harm’s way, we will make sure they’re taken care of when they return home.’
He will also say he will be taking on the post of spy chief at a particularly dangerous time.
‘Today we face what may be the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history,’ he will say.
‘The Chinese Communist Party remains committed to dominating the world economically, technologically and militarily. Transnational criminal organizations are flooding American communities with violence and deadly narcotics.
‘The Russia-Ukraine War wages on, spreading devastation and increasing the risk of the United States being pulled into conflict with a nuclear power.’
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