Does the US need 18 intelligence agencies? | This is America

President Donald Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence – and his subsequent decision to carry out mass firings – has reignited debate about the structure, size and politicisation of America's intelligence community. Pulte, a political ally with no intelligence background, now temporarily oversees an apparatus of 18 separate intelligence agencies, a system created after the failures of September 11, 2001. Critics argue the appointment highlights how much power is concentrated in one office and raises fresh questions about whether the post-9/11 reforms ha…

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