trump pressured the ODNI to delete part of a report that concluded Russia aimed to help Trump

[EleanorR]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

1. Thanks for telling the American people in real time, Dan

A mere 13 months after the administration pressed you to remove the damning judgment from the report, and a full year after the report was released with softened language. I shall call you Korg:

[hedda_foil]

2. From the BI article the tweet links to... which is drawn from the Draper piece in Sunday's NYT Mag

<snip>
After Coats' departure, the National Intelligence Estimate was published with softer language describing Russia's potential motivation for interfering in the 2020 election. Instead of directly concluding that Russia wanted Trump to win in 2020, the report was updated to state that "Russian leaders probably assess that chances to improve relations with the US will diminish under a different US president."

The changes were made, according to an email reviewed by the Times, following edits by Beth Sanner, an ODNI official who presents President Donald Trump's daily national intelligence briefings.

<snip>
Business Intelligencer link: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-report-2020-election-dni-coats-2020-8
NYT link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/magazine/us-russia-intelligence.html

[crickets]

4. Bending reality to cater to trump's whims is SOP. :sigh: nt