USA – Trump names Jeff Sessions as attorney general, Mike Pompeo as CIA boss
US president-elect Donald Trump has tapped two senior leaders of his national security and law enforcement teams: Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Representative Mike Pompeo as CIA chief, a statement said Friday. The incoming commander in chief also appointed retired lieutenant general Michael Flynn, a top military advisor for Trump and one of […]
Trump’s CIA nominee wants unrestricted power to collect data
Mike Pompeo, chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, is a strident critic of the Iran nuclear deal and favors unrestrained data collection by US spy agencies. As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, Republican Representative Pompeo, 52, has been active in monitoring the CIA and other US spy agencies, […]