Relations between the US Intelligence Community and US Presidents, including the Trump Administration

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ntelligence is the main response to the risks and threats facing the national security of a country. The relationship of the intelligence community with decision-makers is the key to the correct way for undertaking intelligence work. In the US case the relationship between the producers and consumers of security is not immune to polemic and throughout history a number of conflicts have developed between the US intelligence community and the White House.

The historical evolution of the US intelligence community, including its structures and its products. Technology and covert operations have been the driving forces in the Community’s evolution, which has been tremendously divided since its inception and has moved progressively towards its own centralisation with the aim of improving coordination and efficacy.

• Primary Source

Washington’s New Defense Strategy: Bridging the Transatlantic Gap? http://www.europeansources.info/record/washingtons-new-defense-strategy-bridging-the-transatlantic-gap/

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