Trump considering ex-top US spy Ratcliffe for CIA chief, Punchbowl reports


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  • Thursday, 07 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Director of Natiional Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican president-elect Donald Trump is considering former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in his second administration, Punchbowl reported on Wednesday, citing multiple unnamed sources.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; editing by Rami Ayyub)

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