What in the everloving fuck?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/politics/donald-trump-foreign-spies-skeptical/index.html
Human intelligence is some of the most valuable and difficult intelligence to come by and our lack of it in the early 2000's is one of the principal reasons why US intelligence on Iraq's capabilities was so wrong. (Dick Cheney didn't help) Refusing to use human intelligence against hostile foreign countries that are most certainly employing them against us shows either that Trump is a moron and doesn't understand intelligence or that he's so corrupt he's afraid of what these unregulated sources will reveal.
Okay, it could be both.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/10/politics/donald-trump-foreign-spies-skeptical/index.html
In addition to his fear such foreign intelligence sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, Trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of the information they provide. Another former senior intelligence official told CNN that Trump "believes they're people who are selling out their country."
Even in public, Trump has looked down on these foreign assets, as they are known in the intelligence community. Responding to reports that the CIA recruited Kim Jong Un's brother as a spy, Trump said he "wouldn't let that happen under my auspices."
Human intelligence is some of the most valuable and difficult intelligence to come by and our lack of it in the early 2000's is one of the principal reasons why US intelligence on Iraq's capabilities was so wrong. (Dick Cheney didn't help) Refusing to use human intelligence against hostile foreign countries that are most certainly employing them against us shows either that Trump is a moron and doesn't understand intelligence or that he's so corrupt he's afraid of what these unregulated sources will reveal.
Okay, it could be both.