America will lose the service of several patriots after President Trump leaves office, among them former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.

When he left the U.S. Congress as a representative from Texas to become DNI under Trump, Ratcliffe pledged to de-politicize intelligence and give Americans the straight scoop no matter what it was or who was affected. And by all accounts, he did just that, though he — like the president he served — faced constant pushback from the legions of deep state intelligence community figures who have their own political agendas and are under the impression that they are in charge though they've never been elected to anything.

One of Ratcliffe's final official acts was to release a report on outside interference in the U.S. election, which he did earlier this month.