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How Does Intelligence Become Politicized?

| Dec. 19, 2017

Ideally, spies should keep out of politics. Politics should not influence the work of intelligence agencies. That is how it is supposed to work, but even before President Trump assumed office, both his opponents and supporters have complained of violations of the barriers between politics and intelligence....

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Bollfrass, Alexander K.“How Does Intelligence Become Politicized?” Political Violence @ a Glance, December 19, 2017.

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