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Issa agrees with Trump that intelligence office’s power should be curbed

By Kyle Feldscher

Published January 5, 2017 2:47pm ET

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Issa agrees with Trump that intelligence office’s power should be curbed — "It was very clear at the time of the enactment that [the Office of the Director of National Intelligence] was supposed to be a coordinated, limited body," Issa said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

A top House Republican lawmaker agrees with President-elect Trump’s assessment that the power of the Director of National Intelligence needs to be limited.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said on CNN that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has outgrown what it was legislatively intended to be. Issa said it’s now become another bureaucratic agency that doesn’t streamline information as it was intended.

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