US intelligence officials have asked the Senate and House Intelligence Committees not to hold public hearings on this year's World Wide Threats Assessment after testimony from agency chiefs last year prompted an angry response from Trump, a source says.
Officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence broached the topic during informal preliminary discussions with committee staff, the source said.While these officials made it clear that they don't want top intelligence officials to testify publicly, they haven't formally refused to do so, the source added. The request is unlikely to be granted, multiple sources told CNN.
"I get the intelligence community's understandable reluctance to avoid a confrontation with the same President who undercut testimony provided at this exact hearing last year, but it's precisely because we have a president who seems to play fast and loose with the actual intelligence that this rare public hearing is so vital right now," he told CNNAn ODNI spokesperson did not deny preliminary discussions have taken place but did provide some additional context related to last...
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