Most of the countries are those who rely on the American intelligence system for their safety. At the same time, the white house itself talks differently from its own intelligence. For example, Trump said differently about the air -working on Iran, and Pentagon separated. So does the white house also have a separate means of intelligence information? Why is there a conflict between the leader and the intelligence department in the same country?
What is the case of Iran
On June 21, the US drew missiles and bunker buster bombs at three important nuclear bases while airsching on Iran. Trump praised the attacks and said that Iran’s nuclear facilities were completely destroyed. Now this claim has been questioned. The report of the Pentagon’s unit Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said that the situation was not as bad as Trump had claimed. Here Trump and White House officials called Intelligence wrong.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Lewitt said that Pentine’s report was classified. It is a conspiracy to leak it and make false claims to degrade the President and the military. Trump, who came to attend the NATO meeting on Wednesday, also rejected the Pentagon.
Not only Trump, the president and intelligence agencies continued to collide before. But for this, first understand that everything in the US does not come under Pentagon, but intelligence is divided into many parts.
Who, who subordinates work
The Defense Intelligence Agency (Dia), who has just made claims on Iran, works with the Pentagon. Its job is to gather information on the strength of foreign armies. And if you become a situation of war, then remove intelligence.
CIA, whose name comes often, works with President and National Intelligence Director. It is not a part of the Pentagon, but an independent agency.
The NSA is technically with the Pentagon, but its operation is done independently. It works on communication and cyber security.
FBI is an institution under the Law Ministry. It works on terrorism, espionage, cybercrime and other types of organized crime inside the country and is a domestic agency.
When and when the President and the agency came face to face
After the 9/11 attacks, the then President Bush claimed that Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction. That is, bio, chemical or nuclear weapons, which can cause heavy havoc. On the basis of this, the US attacked Iraq in the year 2003. The Bush administration made many more claims, such as Iraq President Saddam Hussain has a relationship with Al Qaeda and wants to eliminate America.
Here intelligence agencies said that yes, there are some suspects in Iraq, but it cannot be said that they have weapons of mass distance. Nevertheless, the white house kept calling these unconfirmed reports sure and attacked the country. Later, due to lack of such weapons, the credibility of intelligence including the President was also affected. The then CIA director George Tetate had to resign. Later an inquiry committee was formed, which admitted that the initial report of Intelligence was made the basis of the attack. However, there was no action on the president.
Why the conflict occurs
– Many times the white house chooses only the same thing from the documents of hundreds or thousands of pages, which suits his policy or ideology. This cherry picking is difficult.
– The President and the administration want intelligence information to be seen towards his policy. At the same time, the agencies give the report that they like.
– The President’s political needs and the alphas report of intelligence continue to clash.
Is a separate agency near White House
In a way, yes. Many agencies report directly to the white house. Especially the President gets Presidential briefs every morning, which contain confidential information. Apart from this, the leader has its own National Security Advisor, Think Tank and other reliable people, who can give intelligence information. Although these are non-official channels. Trusting them, the President takes decisions many times which offends the rest of the agencies.