OPINION — US Government officials, civilian and military, alike may be facing unusual tests in the next four months: Does their loyalty rest with the oath they took to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, or to President Trump?
Maybe those officials should look no further than last week to see what that test could look like. Let’s consider whether the Trump Justice Department used Director of National Intelligence John C. Ratcliffe and Gen. Paul Nakasone, Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, as props for last week’s, last-minute, legal effort to prevent the publication of former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s tell-all book, The Room Where It Happened.
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