CIA retracts and revises reports for ‘bias’ after review by Trump-appointed board

By Dan De Luce and Alexandra Marquez CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Friday that he was directing the agency to retract or substantively edit 19 intelligence reports that President Donald Trump’s political appointees said failed to meet “tradecraft standards” or contained political bias. Ratcliffe, a Trump appointee, said the reports “fall short of the high standards of impartiality that CIA must uphold and do not reflect the expertise for which our analysts are renowned,” adding that “there is absolutely no room for bias in our work.” The agency did not identify all 19 reports, but listed three that were released during the administrations

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