Intel Experts Axed From Daily Terror Threats Briefing

The Washington Post reports:

Every morning at 9:45, top FBI and Justice Department officials meet to discuss the nation’s most pressing threats and update each other on federal law enforcement’s biggest investigations.

The huddle, in a secure facility on the 6th floor of Justice Department headquarters, dates back through decades of presidential administrations. It has continued since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, but many of the veteran career officials have been removed from their jobs and no longer attend.

The top national security deputies from Justice are gone — transferred from the posts they have held for years to undefined roles dealing with immigration enforcement and “sanctuary cities.” The heads of the FBI’s criminal division and international terrorism division were pushed out.

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