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    How The Relationship Between Trump And His Spy Chiefs Soured

    The CIA whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry is just the latest in a history of bad blood. And the mistrust Trump has for U.S. intelligence could pose a national security risk.
    by Mary Louise Kelly Oct 29, 2019 6 minutes
    President Trump speaks at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., on Jan. 21, 2017, his first full day in office.

    Even when he's praising his spy chiefs, President Trump can't resist taking a swipe.

    The instinct was on full display this past weekend, as he announced the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

    "Thank you, as well, to the great intelligence professionals who helped make this very successful journey possible," he said in an address from the White House on Sunday.

    His intelligence officials are ''spectacular," "great patriots," the president went on.

    But then, this: "And it's really a deserving name, intelligence. I have dealt with some people that aren't very intelligent, having to do with intel."

    Even while proclaiming an undisputed intelligence and military success, Trump took a moment to needle and to complain about "poor leadership" and time wasted by U.S. intelligence in the past.

    Trump's hostility to the intelligence community has been relentless. He talks frequently of the "deep state" and "witch hunts" that are out to get him.

    And that was all before a whistleblower complaint revealed concerns about a

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