US Politics
A Dangerous Consolidation of Power at the CIA
Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A., has abruptly demoted a career lawyer and installed himself as the agency's acting general counsel while retaining his position as the No. 2 official. This brazen consolidation of power by a Trump loyalist with a history of controversies represents a dangerous erosion of institutional safeguards and ethical standards at America's highest intelligence agency.
