Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What's the future of US intelligence gathering?
There are 17 intelligence agencies. We examine what they all do, and find out what the rift with Donald Trump over their assessment of Russian hacking will mean for intelligence gathering in the future.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenPicture courtesy of REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst; Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and National Security Agency Director U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Rogers testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on foreign cyber threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 5, 2017.
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5 storiesIs the US intelligence community bloated?
We examine exactly what the 17 intelligence agencies do, and what the rift with Trump over their assessment of Russian hacking will mean for intelligence gathering in the future.
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