Michael Cerny
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PhD Student in the Department of Government at Harvard
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Authoritarian regimes frequently struggle to govern effectively because accurate information doesn't reach the leadership. Trump is basically designing a system to create this problem.
We don’t *know* that this administration is getting rid of any intelligence officer who provides information contrary to Trump’s decreed view; but we don’t not know that either.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Authoritarian regimes frequently struggle to govern effectively because accurate information doesn't reach the leadership. Trump is basically designing a system to create this problem.