EXCLUSIVE
U.S. national security agencies including the FBI are under assault from their leaders’ “political mindset” that threatens to undermine the core mission of protecting Americans, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview.
Asked about the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Mr. Pompeo said it’s imperative to “strip out the politics” from the agency’s day-to-day operations. He warned of dangerous consequences “when you start prosecuting your enemies.”
“If you put political leaders there that have an agenda that is not connected to the mission set, whether that’s [the Defense Department] or the intelligence community, including the FBI … if they’ve begun to run operations that reflect politics, not excellence in mission, it is very dangerous,” Mr.