Trump dismantling US guardrails, warn former security officials

August 9, 2026

Financial Times: “There’s a lot of good reasons not to say anything,” said Julia Curlee, former CIA analyst who is a member of the group. “The problem is if everybody says nothing then we’re in the situation we’re in now.” She said people did not grasp “the degree to which these institutions which are so important have been hollowed out and weakened”…