re: #223 Archangelus
Trump is doing lasting damage to the IC and relationships cultivated over decades of close coordination. Heās turned it all on its head in the span of a few months. The current situation shows the limitations of even competent IC at the mercy of a madman in the WH disrupting the chain of command and control over top secret information and how it is maintained.
Thereās already reports that some European countries are going to stop sharing info with the US. Thatās going to do serious and lasting harm to US and European national security.
Iād call it permanent damage, because thereās no way any intel asset will work in this environment knowing that someone like Trump could screw all of it away in a heartbeat. That means people who might otherwise have become assets wont.