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Biden intelligence pick vows to 'restore trust'

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Published on 19 Jan 2021 / In Film and Animation

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President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for the top U.S. intelligence job vowed on Tuesday (January 19) to work towards "restoring trust" in the intelligence community if she confirmed.

Avril Haines, a former White House and CIA official nominated for to be Biden's Director of National Intelligence (DNI), appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee at her confirmation hearing.

Critics of outgoing President Donald Trump have accused him of politicizing the intelligence services, something Haines said she would scrupulously avoid.

"To be trusted, the DNI must uphold our democratic values and ensure that the work of the intelligence community, mostly done in secret, is ethical, is wise, is lawful and effective," she said. "With the aim of restoring trust and confidence, both within the intelligence community and among those we serve and protect."

Haines also said she supported what she called an "aggressive stance" to deal with the challenges posed to the United States by China.

Biden has said he wants to rejoin the deal to limit Iran's nuclear activity that Trump withdrew from, if Tehran - which denies seeking the bomb - returns to strict compliance.

DNI nominee Haines said on Tuesday that the conditions necessary to do rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) were a "long ways" away.

A Democratic congressional official told Reuters that Haines' confirmation process was expected to move rapidly, though some Democratic activists have raised questions about her role helping to manage the CIA's response to investigations into the agency's use of harsh interrogation techniques.

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MAGAA777
MAGAA777 3 years ago

No trust in someone who stole an election! PERIOD!

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