Originally published at: Admin Hawks Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud … To Axios - TPM – Talking Points Memo
A very odd nugget from Barak Ravid of Axios. Here’s the key passage in the lede … CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump and other senior officials that intelligence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raised serious doubts about Iran’s willingness to make the nuclear concessions the U.S. is seeking in any final deal, according to three…
This item prompts my first post on The Hive, though I have been a subscriber for years. It also prompted me to look up Ratcliffe on Wikipedia to take a look at his bio. Which appears to be that of someone who’s pretty solidly Republican, but who also has enough experience in government that he might have some independence from Trump. If there’s anybody in the Administration who would face up to Trump and call out some of his bullshit, he looks like that guy.