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Significance
Haspel was sworn in as the new director on May 21, after serving as acting director when Mike Pompeo moved to become secretary of state.
Impacts
The US intelligence community will expand its counterterrorism work in cyberspace.
Congress will likely push for greater scrutiny of the CIA, and greater CIA transparency.
Haspel will come under pressure to find a balance between operational effectiveness and CIA openness.
Criticisms of Bush-era counterterrorism methods and Haspel’s role may complicate her work with concerned US partners.
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United States,
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Iran,
Iraq,
North Korea,
Russia,
politics,
security,
election,
foreign policy,
espionage,
government,
policy
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