Eli Lake, Columnist

America's Friends Get Arrested in Turkey's Post-Coup Purges

Erdogan survived, but cooperation against Middle Eastern terrorists may be imperiled.

July 28, 2016 at 11:53 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Failed coup, big backlash.
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Many of the Turkish officers that are the key counterparts for U.S. counterterrorism efforts have been arrested or purged after a failed coup earlier this month.

This is the frank assessment of both the U.S. general in charge of the Middle East and South Asia, Joseph Votel, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.