Cotton’s bill is to shrink the DNI! It’s not to interfere with Gabbard. Even if it was it wouldn’t be implemented fast enough. The DNI since created is a bloated bureaucracy full of castoffs from all over the IC. It’s original purpose was to deconflict and integrate Intel and Itel needs across the IC. Particularly resolv3xthe sticky law enforcement info IC info divide. Everyone remember the block Jamie Gorelock did to keep certain IC info from crossing into the FBI that might have alerted itblto the 9/11 highjackers. It was to be not more then 1000 people (That’s way too many!)it’s now several times that. I don’t see why it should be any more then 150-200 people.
My suggestion would be to ask the NSA to sweep through the communications captured in the DC area the night and the day following Trump’s victory in 2016. If only to review pen-register level information about calls made in those first 24 hours, as it dawned on the Obama Administration that they were not handing over the reins to a friendly successor. The setup of the Russia Hoax, the framing of Flynn, etc., were all hatched in the White House by angry and exiting Obama staff. However, I would be willing to bet that a significant amount of documents and data were hastily discarded that day, and that can be traced.
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