Spy agencies pulled 2020 vote study amid internal dissent


              FILE - A voter fills out his ballot, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in Miami. A team of CIA experts that studied lessons learned from the contentious 2020 vote had to unexpectedly withdraw its study after getting pushback from rank-and-file intelligence officers. The dispute over a relatively routine study and its unusual withdrawal highlight ongoing tension over how to address the varying foreign threats to U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
            
              FILE - Voters cast their ballots Sept. 13, 2022, at a polling station in Derry, N.H. A team of CIA experts that studied lessons learned from the contentious 2020 vote had to unexpectedly withdraw its study after getting pushback from rank-and-file intelligence officers. The dispute over a relatively routine study and its unusual withdrawal highlight ongoing tension over how to address the varying foreign threats to U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
            
              FILE - A voter submits their ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 26, 2022. A team of CIA experts that studied lessons learned from the contentious 2020 vote had to unexpectedly withdraw its study after getting pushback from rank-and-file intelligence officers. The dispute over a relatively routine study and its unusual withdrawal highlight ongoing tension over how to address the varying foreign threats to U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Spy agencies pulled 2020 vote study amid internal dissent