U.S. May Share Less Intelligence With Countries That Criminalize Homosexuality
The move is part of an effort by the acting director of national intelligence to prod countries that outlaw homosexuality to instead decriminalize it.
By
Julian E. Barnes
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering cutting back on sharing intelligence with partner countries that criminalize homosexuality as part of a push by the acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, to prod those nations to change their laws.
The intelligence community should be pushing American values with the countries it works with, Mr. Grenell said in an interview this week.
“We can’t just simply make the moral argument and expect others to respond in kind because telling others that it’s the right thing to do doesn’t always work,” he said. But, he added,
“to fight for decriminalization is to fight for basic human rights.”..
