The Senate voted to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director approving the second high-level appointment for the Trump administration.

Spy Chat The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been stepping up its efforts to keep up with advances in AI — and has developed a particularly spy-tastic way of using chatbots. As the New York Times reports,

John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a confirmation vote on Tuesday on John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA Director, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

The Senate is poised to confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA director on Thursday as Republicans work to approve officials to the top posts in his administration amid delays by Democrats.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.

John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence during President Trump's first term, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the CIA — the first person to have held both jobs.

The former Texas lawmaker and prosecutor was Trump's national intelligence director in his first term. He vowed to reject White House political pressure

Their ability to remain calm under pressure and lie convincingly are good traits.

As I mentioned, one of the season's three main storylines has been freeing Coyote from Volchok. A few episodes back this tied into a subplot about a kill team named "Felix" embedded in Ukraine and by the end of the season those two storylines are firmly tied up together.

The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA Director on January 23, making him President Trump’s second nominee to win Senate approval. Ratcliffe, a former federal prosecutor and Director of National Intelligence,