Trump’s outgoing intelligence chief streamlined the intelligence community’s bureaucracy, but politicized its work

Ambassador Richard Grenell’s brief tenure as acting intelligence chief came to a close Thursday with the Senate confirmation of a permanent successor, leaving behind an ongoing controversy over his decision to declassify documents on the unmasking of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, but also what some consider a laudable effort to reduce a bureaucracy that has grown substantially since 9/11. The Senate Thursday voted to confirm…