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According to The New York Times citing sources, the US President's administration is demanding that intelligence personnel provide names of all foreign spies to create a unified database. The Trump administration aims to establish a single database of spies and potential agents.
Consensus
- The Trump administration is pushing for a unified database of foreign spies and potential agents.
- The idea has been met with resistance from high-ranking officials in the CIA and FBI.
- There are concerns that such a database could compromise ongoing operations or investigations.
Points of divergence
- Some American officials fear the database might be misused or threaten intelligence operations. — kommersant
- The National Intelligence Council, which coordinates U.S. intelligence activities, is behind the push for this database. — meduza
- Employees in intelligence services note that information about foreign spies is currently classified even within their own agencies. — kommersant
- Supporters believe the unified database would allow real-time tracking of suspects. — meduza
- The National Intelligence Council's head, Bill Pulte, is currently acting in that role and has no intelligence background. — kommersant
- Congressmen have expressed concerns about potential political abuse of the database by Pulte due to his ties to Trump. — meduza
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