Michael Steele
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Throughout Donald Trump's second term, we have seen his administration repeatedly undermine key national security and law enforcement agencies in order to pursue Trump's political projects and objectives.
And according to a new report from Senate Democrats obtained by MSNOW, the Trump administration has engaged in a systematic dismantling of the post-9-11 counterterrorism protections.
As Democrats write in their report, the administration has canceled critical funding, fired or reassigned essential national security personnel, and prioritized targeting its political opponents and indiscriminate mass deportations at a time when national security experts warned that the threat of violence from U.S.-based violent extremists and overseas terrorists remains high.
The report says the Justice Department and the FBI have lost more than 15,000 employees.
Others have been reassigned, including the entire staff of the FBI's domestic terrorism operations section.
MSNOW has reached out to the White House for comment, but we have not heard back.
Joining me now is the former CIA director under President Barack Obama, John Brennan.
John, this is...
So telling.
National security is the one thing Republicans always beat their breast about, certainly since 9-11.
This report essentially says politically motivated moves by this administration have made this country more vulnerable, made us less safe and more vulnerable to attacks from bad actors out there.
What from this report stands out to you?
You know, that's such an important point because it levels up for me, Director Brennan.
One of the things that this country continues to fail at, and that is recognizing the homegrown variety of domestic terrorism that has plagued this country since the Civil War.
One of the things this report points out is how the Trump administration has broadened the designation of
of terrorist organizations to include gangs and cartels, as well as designating Antifa, which isn't a structured organization, it's an idea.
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