Mike Pompeo Is Donald Trump’s De Facto Intelligence Czar




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Summary: Photo illustration: Elise Swain/The Intercept; Photos: Getty Images (2) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is still heavily influencing the U.S. intelligence community, more than a year after he left the Central Intelligence Agency for the State Department, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials. Pompeo, who was Donald Trump’s first CIA director, is now serving as a key intermediary between Trump and the U.S.