Ex-Counterterrorism Chief: Cutbacks Raise Risk Of New Attacks
A recently ousted counterterrorism chief says the country is risking the gains made against terrorist threats by cutting back resources with little or no public debate. In an interview with NPR, Russ Travers also expressed frustration at the poor state of relations between the intelligence community and the Trump administration.
"If people believe that conditions have so changed and the threat is so diminished that we can go back to the way things were [before the 9/11 attacks], so be it," said Russ Travers, who served as acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
"I just personally don't believe that's the right answer. And I don't like the quality of the discussion that has gotten us to thisin his first broadcast interview since leaving his government post.
