Trump Names John Ratcliffe as CIA Director

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he has selected John Ratcliffe as director of the CIA. “I look forward to John being the first person ever to serve in both of our Nation’s highest Intelligence positions. He will be a fearless fighter for the Constitutional Rights of all Americans, while ensuring the Highest Levels of National Security, and PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH,” Trump wrote in a message sent on the evening of Nov. 12, the latest in a flurry of Tuesday evening appointments. Ratcliffe, an attorney, served as director of national intelligence during the first Trump term. He was previously a Republican congressman from Texas and an anti-terrorism and national security chief for Eastern Texas....