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Intelligence is big business

Possible government shake-up could affect private industry.

President elect Trump’s newest pick for his upcoming administration is the head of national intelligence. Dan Coats is a former Republican senator from Indiana. Trump has publicly doubted the intelligence community particularly its suggestion that the Russians hacked emails from Democrats during our election.

So the next administration could bring big changes to the intelligence sector, which includes a big role for private companies.

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