The CIA has become politicized and will work to stop Donald Trump from becoming president in 2024, a Georgetown University professor has sensationally claimed.
Ex-CIA analyst Dr John Gentry warned that politicization of the CIA has become a "significant" problem, citing its response to the New York Post's story on Hunter Biden prior to the 2020 vote.
At the time, 51 former intelligence officials signed onto a letter to denounce the story, saying it had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
Dr Gentry told Fox News Digital: "My guess is that the the proverbial deep state within the intelligence community will reemerge because presumably a Republican candidate will again be seen as a threat to the internal policies that many intelligence people like."
The CIA approved the publication of the Hunter Biden laptop story, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital in 2023.
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Dr Gentry added that the scepticism surrounding the Hunter Biden story was "clearly political" and that a well-placed source told him "in no uncertain terms" that it was done "explicitly" with the "intent to help the Biden campaign."
He continued: "I long have thought we are likely to again see former intelligence officers be politically active against Trump or whomever the Republican presidential candidate is next year, and I expect leaking to resume.
"The activities of 'formers' have resumed already, a bit before I expected."
CIA Director William Burns addressed allegations that the intelligence community had become politicized during a speech at the Aspen Security Forum in July.
He said: "My obligation, and President Biden reminds me of this frequently, is to offer the best intelligence that we can collect and analyze straight up, even when that's inconvenient to policymakers.
"I spent enough time on the other side of the table to know when it's inconvenient to, when somebody's telling you that the big new idea is actually not so big, not so new, and not so effective.
"Our job is to be straight about that, whether it's welcome downtown, at the White House, or other parts of the executive branch or not. It's not an easy role to play, but it's an incredibly important one. It's one I take seriously.
"I know Director Haines does and others across the US intelligence community. That's what our officers do their very best to provide."
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Ex-CIA analyst Dr John Gentry warned that politicization of the CIA has become a "significant" problem, citing its response to the New York Post's story on Hunter Biden prior to the 2020 vote.
At the time, 51 former intelligence officials signed onto a letter to denounce the story, saying it had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
Dr Gentry told Fox News Digital: "My guess is that the the proverbial deep state within the intelligence community will reemerge because presumably a Republican candidate will again be seen as a threat to the internal policies that many intelligence people like."
The CIA approved the publication of the Hunter Biden laptop story, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital in 2023.
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Dr Gentry added that the scepticism surrounding the Hunter Biden story was "clearly political" and that a well-placed source told him "in no uncertain terms" that it was done "explicitly" with the "intent to help the Biden campaign."
He continued: "I long have thought we are likely to again see former intelligence officers be politically active against Trump or whomever the Republican presidential candidate is next year, and I expect leaking to resume.
"The activities of 'formers' have resumed already, a bit before I expected."
CIA Director William Burns addressed allegations that the intelligence community had become politicized during a speech at the Aspen Security Forum in July.
He said: "My obligation, and President Biden reminds me of this frequently, is to offer the best intelligence that we can collect and analyze straight up, even when that's inconvenient to policymakers.
"I spent enough time on the other side of the table to know when it's inconvenient to, when somebody's telling you that the big new idea is actually not so big, not so new, and not so effective.
"Our job is to be straight about that, whether it's welcome downtown, at the White House, or other parts of the executive branch or not. It's not an easy role to play, but it's an incredibly important one. It's one I take seriously.
"I know Director Haines does and others across the US intelligence community. That's what our officers do their very best to provide."
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