So you don't trust Ratliffe because he doesn't agree with the agencies that have already been caught lying? Yes, they have been caught lying and have been shown to be partisan. You know this. You have read the texts and notes from the top brass at these agencies. You know they altered the paperwork to the FISA court. I am not sure why you think they are trustworthy. What gives you that confidence?
The swamp is protecting themselves. Trump can't just snap his fingers and get rid of all these bad actors. It doesn't work that way.
The emails are easily traceable from account to account. The same emails from the laptop appear in the accounts of the recipients they have contacted. I am not sure why you would expect the FBI to be on the up and up with this given their previous PROVEN, VERIFIED indiscretions.
Lots of people don't trust Ratcliffe for a lot of reasons. First, who is this guy anyway? He's a personal injury lawyer turned politician with a few years in Congress and a brief (very, like less than a year) stint on the intelligence committee. He has next to no relevant experience in managing a sprawling intelligence apparatus. What he does have experience in is defending Trump extensively and not being exactly honest with facts given to him. Just look at the list of DNIs since it was founded. Admirlas, diplomats and NSA advisors. Then we get a straight up politician. Yeah, it's a downgrade, for sure.
So if people don't trust this guy, it's not necessarily our fault.
Then you add in Ratcliffe's releasing unverified Russian intelligence about Clinton's plan to smear Trump, as if a political campaign smearing an opponent is news worthy. Just throws it out there, no commentary or context and not even any confirmation it's even true. Selective declassification is such a blatant political weapon, this should itself be it's own scandal and would in any rational government.
Then you add the rewording of the intelligence analysis about election interference, the refusal for in person briefings of Congress, and the resignation of Dan Coates who at least demonstrated some independence from Trump, it's pretty obvious who Ratcliffe is and where Trump is going with our intelligence aparatus.
As for not believing the analysis, blaming the "top brass", they're all gone. The top brass you're complaining about is gone. Any analysis that comes out of the intelligence agencies now comes from the Trump administration filtered through his appointees. If the analysis is disfavorable towards Trump, then it speaks to the strength because otherwise their politicians would have filtered it out.
You're waving your hands about "the swamp" but ignoring that Trump runs the government. There is no one to blame for "protecting democrats" anymore. Every indictment now comes from a Trump appointee. The fact that there haven't been is evidence that it just doesn't exist like you've been promising. You telling me that some low level line prosecutors are outsmarting Bill Barr? No. It doesn't work that way.
So who confirmed the emails?