Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office?

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> excerpt - The Democratic Party is rife with internal caucuses and
>> factions. There’s the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Congressional
>> Black Caucus, the Blue Dog Coalition, the “Squad,” and so on. But since
>> 2019, when Elissa Slotkin and Abigail Spanberger first took seats in the
>> House of Representatives, the party has had another, more sinister emerging
>> faction: the CIA Spook Caucus.
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>> In the last seven years, the Spook Caucus has only gained in strength.
>> Both of its core members have graduated from the House to higher office,
>> with Slotkin elected to the Senate
>> <https://michiganindependent.com/politics/senate-2024-election-slotkin-rogers-stabenow/> in
>> 2024 and Spanberger elected the governor of Virginia
>> <https://theintercept.com/2025/11/05/briefing-podcast-democrats-election-results-zohran-mamdani/> the
>> following year. Soon afterward, Spanberger was selected by the Democratic
>> leadership to deliver the rebuttal
>> <https://theintercept.com/2026/02/25/podcast-trump-state-of-the-union/> to
>> Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address, which elevated her to the
>> national stage. Slotkin, meanwhile, has floated the idea
>> <https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/slotkin-2028-bid-door-open-00916010> of
>> a 2028 presidential run.
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>> And in the 2026 midterms
>> <https://theintercept.com/collections/midterms-2026/>, the Spook Caucus
>> might expand further: In the Democratic primary for Virginia’s 8th
>> Congressional District, former CIA officer Adam Dunigan
>> <https://www.alexandriabrief.com/dunigan-returns-to-va-8-race-after-virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-redistricting-referendum/> is
>> running for the opportunity to challenge GOP nominee
>> <https://www.arlnow.com/2025/05/23/former-cia-agent-files-as-republican-challenger-to-don-beyer/> Anthony
>> Sabio, who is *also* ex-CIA. But if you happen to care about concepts
>> like “human rights” or “democracy,” this influx of intelligence operatives
>> into our elections is extremely bad news.
>> full article - *https://theintercept.com/2026/07/08/cia-abigail-spanberger-elissa-slotkin/
>> <https://theintercept.com/2026/07/08/cia-abigail-spanberger-elissa-slotkin/>*
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