And you're going to be hearing more about that.
I understand your concerns regarding Ratcliffe's intelligence eperience deficit, but given the Deep State that has arisen, an outsider is a good idea.
No president should endure the kind of unprofessional, partisan leaking that went on throughout the IC by holdover, partisan loyalists. And given the coordination that went on between the FBI and CIA and the rest of the DOJ behind the president's back, it is clear that the US IC community has developed a sense of power that they were never meant to have.
They felt so emboldened that they attempted to take down a sitting president on false charges, they spied on an opposing party's campaign, they attempted to falsely entrap the presidents campaign members to accomplish their political goal, and they orchestrated regular leaks - always to harm the president.
I welcome the choice. No good old boy connections will mean that the information at the DOJ will now be more available for further house cleaning.
Clapper revealed his low caliber on multiple CNN segments. Ratcliffe is smart, he will come up to speed easily and quickly in a position that didn't even exist until Bush II, and he will start on Day 1 already better than James Clapper.