Shugaban-zabe Donald Trump ya sanar da ranar Talata cewa tsohon Darakta na Kasa na Hulda da leken asiri John Ratcliffe zai zama darakta na Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)[1].
Trump ya bayyana Ratcliffe a matsayin “wariyar gaskiya da gaskiya” a wata sanarwa a kan Truth Social, inda ya ce, “Ina fatawa da John zai zama mutum na farko da ya taba rike mukamai mafi girma guda biyu na leken asiri a kasata mu.”[1].
Ratcliffe, wanda ya wakilci Texas’ 4th Congressional District a majalisar wakilai ta Amurka, ya yi aiki a matsayin darakta na kasa na hulda da leken asiri a watannin karshe na wa’adinsa na farko na Trump, inda ya shugabanci da hukumomin leken asiri na gwamnatin Amurka a lokacin annobar COVID-19[1].
Ana ganin Ratcliffe a matsayin zaɓi mafi al’ada ga mukamin, wanda ya bukatar amincewar Majalisar Dattijai, fiye da wasu masu amincewa da aka yi zaton suna goyon bayan wasu masu neman goyon bayan Trump. Amincewarsa ta Majalisar Dattijai a baya, don mukamin DNI, ta fara ne kan layi na jam’iyya[1].
A matsayinsa na darakta na kasa na hulda da leken asiri, Ratcliffe ya samu suka daga jam’iyyar Democrat saboda yadda ya bayyana bayanan leken asiri na Rasha wanda ke zargin Democrats a lokacin zaben shugaban kasa na 2016, ko da yake ya amince cewa bayanan na iya kada su zama gaskiya.
Ratcliffe ya zama sananne a shekarar 2019 lokacin da ya zama wani mai goyon bayan Trump a lokacin taron shugabancin majalisar wakilai na farko da aka yi wa Trump. Ya kasance memba na tawagar shawarwari ta shugabancin Trump kuma ya tambayi masu shaida a lokacin taron shugabancin[1].
