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| 2018-02-25 |
| [Townhall] Is American foreign policy so foreign to our values that those who have served at the very pinnacle of the national intelligence agencies have trouble telling the truth? "Have we ever tried to meddle in other countries’ elections?" Laura Ingraham, host of Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle, asked James Woolsey, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1993 to 1995, during President Clinton’s first term. "Oh, probably," Mr. Woolsey replied. "But, uh, it was for the good of the system, in order to avoid communists from taking over. For example, in Europe in ’47-’48-’49, the Greeks and the Italians, we, the CIA‐" "We don’t do that now, though?" Ingraham interjected. "We don’t mess around in other people’s elections, Jim?" "Well . . . urrrrr, yum, yum, yum, um, um, um" the old spymaster mouthed to laughter from both Ingraham and her studio cameramen. A few classic examples follow: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 I wonder if the Klingons at the Israeli desk are still operating under orders from that loathsome administration? Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom Unless they've been moved on to administrative duties in Karachi, one must assume nothing has much changed. Of course there is always that limb you could step out on. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-25 14:56 |
| #4 Zero's investments in Israeli politics still being spent. I wonder if the Klingons at the Israeli desk are still operating under orders from that loathsome administration? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-25 14:51 |
| #3 and against Bibi One does wonder who is concocting the successive rounds of accusations requiring police investigations of the prime minister, his wife, and all their friends, so much like the Russia file used against President Trump, et al. Caroline Glick has strong opinions about the game being played there, though makes no mention of who has been behind it for over two decades. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-25 09:30 |
| #2 and against Bibi |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-02-25 09:17 |
| #1 "Oh, probably," Mr. Woolsey replied. "But, uh, it was for the good of the system, in order to avoid There fixed it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-25 07:24 |