WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.
“Today, we face what may be the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history,” Ratcliffe said. “We will collect intelligence, especially human intelligence in every corner of the globe, no matter how dark or difficult. We will produce insightful, objective all-source analysis, never allowing political or personal biases to cloud our judgment.”
