Earlier in our history such an assertion by such a highly placed intelligence official would result in congressional curiosity about additional details but not today. How in the hell can leftists declare that they and this particular administration have high standards of integrity and simultaneously keep a straight face?
Partisan politics, as we know so well. You and I also both know that Proxy States has been a gigantic failure for the US even as the US has continued using this strategy since Iran-Contra way back in Reagan. It's as if the Pentagon has fallen in love with failure.