The morale in the intelligence community is “not a good situation” because of a “lack of trust” between it and the White House, former CIA Director Leon Panetta said Sunday. “Every time he demeans the intelligence community or accuses it of leaks or accuses it of doing things that it’s not doing, that obviously impacts on the morale of that institution,” Panetta said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd.
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Panetta: Trump demeaning intelligence community is hurting morale
The morale in the intelligence community is “not a good situation” because of a “lack of trust” between it and the White House, former CIA Director Leon Panetta said Sunday. “Every time he demeans the intelligence community or accuses it of leaks or accuses it of doing things that it’s not doing, that obviously impacts on the morale of that institution,” Panetta said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd.
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