CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’

"What keeps me up at night," he continued, "is the fact that Trump has put the instruments of American national security in the hands of crackpots and fools, and that their incompetence and ideological blinkers will blind them to a coming attack. If the United States gets hit again under Trump, he will destroy what is left of our democracy." …

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/15/tim-weiner-cia-trump

 

James Comey deserves blame for FBI bombshell about Hillary’s emails — but this GOP lawmaker leaked it first - Raw Story

James Comey is publicly reckoning with his decision to reveal the FBI "re-opening" the investigation into Hillary Clinton's missing emails days before the election -- but one key figure in that episode has largely escaped blame. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/james-comey-deserves-blame-fbi-bombshell-hillarys-emails-gop-lawmaker-leaked-first/

Watergate historian warns Trump is going 'beyond' what Nixon did: 'We are two tweets away from a Constitutional crisis' -- Raw Story

Tim Weiner, a journalist and historian who has written a detailed history of the FBI called "Enemies," thinks that President Donald Trump's conflicts with his own law enforcement agencies are setting up a massive constitutional crisis. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/watergate-historian-warns-trump-going-beyond-nixon-two-tweets-away-constitutional-crisis/