Richard Grenell — Photo: U.S. Consulate Munich / Wiki Commons The Trump administration is considering cutting back on sharing intelligence with countries that criminalize homosexuality in an effort to pressure those countries into changing their laws.
The possibility of using intelligence-sharing as leverage to push countries to amend their laws is being pushed by acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, the first openly gay cabinet-level official.
Last year, as the U.S. ambassador to Germany, Grenell was tapped to lead a U.S. initiative calling on up to 70 nations — mostly in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia — to decriminalize homosexuality.
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