Former CIA Agent Explains Why He Resigned Because Of Trump

Edward Price worked at the CIA from 2006 until this month, most recently as the spokesman for the National Security Council.
But, as he details below in a letter published by The Washington Post, he has officially resigned “to be clear, my decision had nothing to do with politics,” seemingly because the Trump Administration is “tuning out the intelligence professionals.”
Nearly 15 years ago, I informed my skeptical father that I was pursuing a job with the Central Intelligence Agency. Among his many concerns was that others would never believe I had resigned from the agency when I sought my next job. ‘Once CIA, always CIA,’ he said. But that didn’t give me pause. This wouldn’t be just my first real job, I thought then; it would be my career. That changed when I formally resigned last week. Despite working proudly for Republican and Democratic presidents, I reluctantly concluded that I cannot in good faith serve this administration as an intelligence professional.
This was not a decision I made lightly. I sought out the CIA as a college student, convinced that it was the ideal place to serve my country and put an otherwise abstract international-relations degree to use. I wasn’t disappointed.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Feb 21, 2017.