To have the president-elect of the United States simply reject the fact-based narrative that the intelligence community puts together because it conflicts with his a priori assumptions — wow.
First, the president's nomination of a new FBI director offers a key opportunity to highlight the bureau's law-enforcement independence and, more broadly, the importance of brutal, fact-based honesty from the intelligence community.
"To have the president-elect of the United States simply reject the fact-based narrative that the intelligence community puts together before it conflicts with his prior assumptions?" former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden said at an event in New York City on Friday.
After the press conference, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats defended the "fact-based assessments" on meddling in the 2016 election that the intelligence community has provided to Trump.
"The role of the Intelligence Community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessments possible for the President and policymakers.
The controversy surrounding the fact-based terrorist drama Zero Dark Thirty looks set to continue as the US senate intelligence committee launched an investigation into the relationship between the film's makers and CIA officials.
We're still a fact-based organization.
Fact-based again, I'm afraid.
