'Petty': Trump order barred ex-CIA chief from party for dog named for late wife

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'Petty': Trump order barred ex-CIA chief from party for dog named for late wife

Matthew Chapman
July 17, 2025 6:58PM ET

In a move blasted by The Atlantic's Shane Harris as sheer "pettiness," President Donald Trump prohibited the former Obama administration spymaster from attending the graduation ceremony of a bomb-sniffing dog he sponsored and which was named after his late wife.

The dog, named Susan, was "an adorable yellow Lab [who] completed a CIA training program for 'detection K9s,'" and was "a natural at sniffing out concealed explosives," including suicide vests and car bombs. And she had been sponsored by James Clapper.

"Clapper, 84, was one of the longest-serving and most experienced intelligence officers in U.S. history, and was the Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration," wrote Harris. "There was a certain professional symmetry in his pup ending up at the CIA, a place he both knew intimately and deeply admired. It was also bittersweet: Clapper named Susan after his late wife, a former National Security Agency employee who had been at his side during his five-decade career. Susan, a great animal lover, had volunteered at a local shelter and 'doted on the family dog, Augusta,' according to her 2023 obituary."

Clapper had been looking forward to the ceremony for the dog, but according to the report, "the day before the event, in late May, he received an email from the nonprofit dog-training group: Clapper’s name had been scratched from the guest list, per an executive order from the president of the United States."

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(If you were wondering how awful terrible inhuman t person is.)