The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Remains the Leading Apologist for the CIA

Photograph Source: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – CC BY 2.0

For the past 20 years, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius has been the mainstream media’s leading apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, and his latest editorial essay (“Intelligence analysts are still doing their job”) indicates he is loathe to yield his title.  In reviewing the CIA’s “Annual Threat Assessment,” Ignatius falsely credits the CIA’s analysts with “giving priority to Trump’s concerns but not, so far as I could tell...